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Issue Details

Issue #377
Published February 1952
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "SUSIE Q. SMITH, No. 377." Code number is S.Q.S. #377-522 (Code number does not have "O.S.") Copyright 1952 by King Features Syndicate. Second of four Susie Q. Smith Four Colors. Based on the "Susie Q. Smith" newspaper strip.

Cover Details

Characters Susie Q. Smith; Hutch Hopkins
Genre teen
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter

2 page Susie Q. Smith filler "My Diary"

Characters Susie Q. Smith; Muscles Maloney; Lana; Hutch Hopkins
Synopsis Seven one-panel gags representing the days of the week from Susie's diary.
Genre teen
Script Jerry Walter
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter
Letters Linda Walter ?
Notes Inside front cover and inside back cover; black and white. Gags may be re-formatted from newspaper panel cartoons.

15 page Susie Q. Smith story "Jealousy is Strickly for the Dogs"

Characters Susie Q. Smith; Hairbrush; Hutch Hopkins; Legs O'Hara
Synopsis Susie thinks Hutch is taking another girl, Lucinda, on a trip to the park. When she gets there she finds that Lucinda is Hutch's new dog. Embarrassed, she flees into the swamp where she gets lost and has to be rescued by Hutch's dog.
Genre teen
Script Jerry Walter
Pencils Linda Walter (signed)
Inks Linda Walter (signed)
Letters Linda Walter ?

2 page Every Dog Has His Say filler "My boyfriend always drops in when I least expect it..."

Characters Susie Q. Smith; Hutch Hopkins
Synopsis Letters from girls complaining about boys and boys complaining about girls.
Genre teen
Script Jerry Walter
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter
Letters Linda Walter ?
Notes Susie and Hutch live in Woodstock, N.Y. (or at least that's where the letters are to be sent.) Published letters from Ann Barrow, New Haven, Conn.; Mary Ellen Bush, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Jim Hunter, Portland, Ore.; and Mickey Monroe, New Orleans, La.

1 page Susie Q. Smith story "Rained Out"

Characters Susie Q. Smith; Hutch Hopkins
Synopsis Susie gets a new hairstyle, but Hutch doesn't notice until after it's ruined by a rainstorm.
Genre teen
Script Jerry Walter
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter
Letters Linda Walter ?

13 page Susie Q. Smith story "Owlie Olson...Boy Genius"

Characters Susie Q. Smith; Hutch Hopkins; Owlie Olsen; Muscles Maloney; Legs O'Hara; Hungry Harris; Hairbrush; Caz
Synopsis The gang goes on a skating party and has a picnic inside an old barn. The next morning the owner of the barn accuses them of leaving a fire that burned down the building and Owlie has to find a way to prove their innocence.
Genre teen
Script Jerry Walter
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter
Letters Linda Walter ?

1 page Susie Q. Smith story "Foreign Atmosphere"

Characters Susie Q. Smith; Caz
Synopsis When Susie wants to eat at a place with a foreign atmosphere, Caz takes her to a hot dog cart manned by an Italian vendor.
Genre teen
Script Jerry Walter
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter
Letters Linda Walter ?

1 page Susie Q. Smith filler "My Diary..."

Characters Susie Q. Smith; Millie Miller; Legs O'Hara; Hungry Harris; Muscles Maloney
Synopsis Four one-panel gags presented as pages from Susie's diary.
Genre teen
Script Jerry Walter
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter
Letters Linda Walter ?
Notes Back cover. Gags may be re-formated reprints from newspaper strip cartoons.