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Issue: Suzie Comics #53
Publication Date: January 1946
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Issues: #53 of 52 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: An Archie MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/07/1946
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Indexed from scanned copy at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com. On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Full Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.; later Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Suzie; Al McFoof the Human Fly
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Suzie; Grandpa
First Line: Am coming to visit you.
Synopsis: When Suzie's grandfather comes for a visit, she prepares to care for a sick old man, but instead finds he's a jive talker with an appetite for carnivals, boxing, and the jitterbug.
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Pages: 10
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Suzie Puzzle Page
Character(s): Suzie
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes treasure hunt maze, connect-the-dots to form a cat, and anagram.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Suzie; Suzie's mom; Angela
First Line: Whew! What a day!
Synopsis: Suzie's mischievous niece Angela comes for a visit and goes to the park with Suzie.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Suzie appears naked in silhouette on page 8.
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Suzie's Movie Diary
First Line: Dear Diary: I am so thrilled I can hardly s-s-s-speak.
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Suzie; Beely; Baby
First Line: Whew! Me and my big business ideas!
Synopsis: Suzie gets roped into babysitting an elephant for a circus performer.
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Pages: 6
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Suzie Puzzle Page
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes spotting mistakes in drawing, connect-the-dots, and crossword puzzle.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Taffy Twist; Betsy Ross; Lotta Twist; Oliver Twist
First Line: Meet Taffy - she's terrif!
Synopsis: Taffy dresses up for the new history teacher, who is heard to resemble a handsome actor, only to find that he is attracted to "primitive women" that don't wear makeup or fancy clothes.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: First appearance of Taffy, one of many Archie clones published by Archie in the 1940s and 1950s. Taffy's differentiating characteristics are her boy-craziness and constant use of 1940s teenage slang.

Issues of Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) and Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) are displayed in a bookstore window on page three.
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Suzie Goes West!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Suzie; Don; Calamity Jane
First Line: Suzie is learning about the West fast --- she's already found out that an Indian reservation wasn't a lay-away...
Synopsis: Suzie goes to work on Don's Dude Ranch, where she wears chaps in underwear and puts a corset on a horse.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: It's amazing that this comedy series with a dumb blonde protagonist and good-for-nothing boyfriend not only predated radio's My Friend Irma debut by five years but that Suzie also went west four years before the film My Friend Irma Goes West!

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