| Issue | #553 |
| Published | April 1954 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia title is "SUSIE Q. SMITH, No. 553." Code number is S.Q.S. O.S. #553-544. Copyright 1954 by McNaught Syndicate. Fourth of four Susie Q. Smith Four Colors. Based on the "Susie Q. Smith" newspaper strip by Jerry and Linda Walter. |
| Characters | Susie Q. Smith; Hutch Hopkins |
| Genre | teen |
| Pencils | Linda Walter |
| Inks | Linda Walter |
| Characters | Susie Q. Smith; Cleo Smith |
| Synopsis | Four one-panel gags involving Susie's sister Cleo. |
| Genre | children |
| Script | Jerry Walter |
| Pencils | Linda Walter |
| Inks | Linda Walter |
| Letters | Linda Walter ? |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Four one-panel gags, possibly newspaper strip reprints. |
| Characters | Susie Q. Smith; Legs O'Hara; Muscles Maloney; Hutch Hopkins; Owlie Olson; Hairbrush; Cleo Smith; Butterfly (dog) |
| Synopsis | Susie and Legs compete in a beauty contest to be the mascot of the Boys' Club. |
| Genre | teen |
| Script | Jerry Walter |
| Pencils | Linda Walter |
| Inks | Linda Walter |
| Letters | Linda Walter ? |
| Characters | Cleo Smith |
| Synopsis | Cleo is using olives as ammunition for her sling-shot. |
| Genre | children |
| Script | Jerry Walter |
| Pencils | Linda Walter |
| Inks | Linda Walter |
| Characters | Susie Q. Smith; Hutch Hopkins |
| Synopsis | Illustrated letters from teen girls complaining about teen boys; and vice versa. |
| Genre | teen |
| Script | Jerry Walter |
| Pencils | Linda Walter |
| Inks | Linda Walter |
| Letters | Linda Walter ? |
| Notes | Letters from Frances Yanna, Auburn, Mich.; Barbara Bivens, Evansville, Ind.; Eddie Norvind, Swissvale, Pa.; and Willard Lutz, Marietta, Ohio. These may be newspaper strip reprints. |
| Characters | Horrible Horace White; Awful Arthur White; Susie Q. Smith |
| Synopsis | Susie gets more than she bargained for when she plays cowboy with the boys. |
| Genre | children |
| Script | Jerry Walter |
| Pencils | Linda Walter |
| Inks | Linda Walter |
| Letters | Linda Walter ? |
| Characters | Susie Q. Smith; Hutch Hopkins; Hairbrush; Cleo Smith; Butterfly (dog); Muscles Maloney; Owlie Olson; Smiley; Wolf Wilson |
| Synopsis | Thinking Hutch prefers playing baseball to seeing her, Susie gets Wolf Wilson to teach her baseball; but Wolf has some other lessons on his mind. |
| Genre | teen; sports |
| Script | Jerry Walter |
| Pencils | Linda Walter |
| Inks | Linda Walter |
| Letters | Linda Walter |
| Characters | Cleo Smith; Susie Q. Smith; Cousin Clyde |
| Synopsis | Cleo and her friends make Cousin Clyde stay in their clubhouse at night to prove he's not scared of ghosts. |
| Genre | children |
| Script | Jerry Walter |
| Pencils | Linda Walter |
| Inks | Linda Walter |
| Letters | Linda Walter ? |
| Characters | Susie Q. Smith; Hungry Harris; Legs O'Hara; Caz Kelly; Butterfly (dog); Hutch Hopkins |
| Synopsis | Seven one-panel gags; one for each day of the week. |
| Genre | teen |
| Script | Jerry Walter |
| Pencils | Linda Walter |
| Inks | Linda Walter |
| Letters | Linda Walter ? |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white; continues on back cover in color. Possibly reprinted from newspaper strips. |