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Fritzi Ritz (1948) 39

  • Issue #39
    Fritzi Ritz (1948) 39
    Published Mar 1955 by United.
    • 1.75" Cumulative spine split.
    • Near full length spine split. 4" tear on two interior pages.

    Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Ernest G. Osborne, George Jahns, Elsie Hix and Leonard Sansone. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz and her boyfriend, the bumbling Phil Fumble. Fritzi was later known as "Aunt Fritzi" in the Nancy comic strip. Fritzi wants Phil to help advertise the charity bazaar, but he wants to watch the game, so he figures out a way to do both. Phil comes to the Western-themed costume party dressed as a cactus. One of the backup strips in the comic is Charles Schulz's Peanuts, including his first Sunday baseball strip. Other backup strips include the Dennis the Menace-like Willie, and the Ripley-like Strange As It Seems by Elsie Hix. The Family Scrapbook; Fritzi Ritz; Strange as it Seems; Willie; Peanuts; Little Ike: The Case of the Missing Peanuts. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.