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Issue: Suzie Comics #100
Publication Date: August 1954
 
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Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/14/1954
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 28 (22 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Cover, Front
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Suzie; Ferdie
Suzie! You spilled gravy all over my new suit!
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Miscellaneous
1
This issue adds a textual preview of the stories to the cover. Such previews were added to Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series), Ginger (Archie, 1951 series), Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series), and Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 series) around the same time.
Reversed Psychology!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Suzie; Ferdie; Gregory Van Dripp
Aw! What's the use? Nothing I do does any good!
Ferdie attempts to convince Suzie that he's not jealous of Gregory so that Suzie will think he's losing interest and spend more time with him.
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Miscellaneous
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A Colorful Situation

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Suzie; Ferdie
Hi, Suzie! How's about a movie?
Suzie can't decide which color to paint her bedroom.
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Miscellaneous
1.5
Simple Arithmetic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Suzie; Ferdie
Nuts! This thing is deader'n a door nail!
Suzie believes that the six-mile walk home divides into three miles each for her and Ferdie.
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Miscellaneous
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3 small panels
Game Try

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Suzie; Ferdie
I wish I could think up some good games for our party tonight!
Suzie thinks pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey is not a feasible party game because she can't bring a donkey inside the house.
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3 small panels
Musical Chair

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Suzie
I want my money back!
Suzie returns a music stool because it doesn't make noise.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
From Rags to Stitches!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Suzie; Suzie's father; Ferdie
Suzie, what's that idiot boy friend of yours working at these days besides being stupid!
Ferdie gets a job in textile reclamation and wearing apparel rehabilitation, also known as buying old rags.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Come Clean!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Suzie; Ferdie; Suzie's father; Aunt Agatha
Emergency flash, Suzie! Aunt Agatha just called.
Ferdie polishes the wrong car in preparation for Aunt Agatha's visit.
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Miscellaneous
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Thoughtful Ferdie!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Suzie; Ferdie
What a miserable headache I have!
Ferdie brings the gang over to visit a headache-ridden Suzie.
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Miscellaneous
1
Indian Sign

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Suzie; Ferdie
Hi, Suzie! All set for the costume ball tonight?
Suzie forgets that she has babysitting duties during a costume party, so she dresses an Indian and brings the baby in a papoose.
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Miscellaneous
1
Topsy Teevee!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Suzie; Ferdie
Yes, sir - she's my
Ferdie can't afford tickets to the drive-in for his date with Suzie, so they park outside and watch TV through the window.
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Miscellaneous
2
[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Broadway-Hollywood Wire
BROADWAY:—A statistician, whose mother had undoubtedly been frightened...
Information/Gossip column about happenings on stage and screen.
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Miscellaneous
2
Something Fishy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Wilbur; Slats
We've been here for an hour -- and not a bite!
Wilbur and Slats can't get a bite while fishing, but when Wilbur dives underwater, he finds tons of fish.
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Miscellaneous
1
Clothes Harmony!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Suzie; Ferdie; Suzie's father
No! No! No! Oooh! I can't stand it!
Suzie takes her father's financial advice to "cut everything in half" to heart and takes scissors to her dresses.
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Miscellaneous
1.75
A Weighty Problem

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Suzie; Ferdie
Hi, cookie! How are your horseback lessons coming?
Suzie's riding lessons are helping the horse lose weight.
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Miscellaneous
0.25
3 small panels
Calling all Cards

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Suzie
Do you have any "thank you" cards?
Suzie gets 25 thank-you cards for those who bought her birthday gifts and 25 "get well soon" cards for those who ate her homemade cake.
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, non-fiction
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Hey gang! Send in for your brand-new Archie Annual #6...
Full page ad for Archie Annual #6 featuring Archie, Betty & Veronica.
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Miscellaneous
1
Offer included 1955 Archie Pin-up calendar featuring Veronica
Fire Away!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Suzie; Ferdie
What's up, Suzie?
Suzie is upset when the baby she's babysitting swallows matches. Ferdie offers his cigarette lighter to her.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Suzie
Am I lucky I found this place!
Suzie thinks the food in a cafeteria is free because the sign in the window reads "every meal a treat."
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Sand Papers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Suzie; Ferdie
Hey, Suzie! How's about hopping over to the beach for a quick dip?
Ferdie convinces Suzie to take her office work to the beach, but it blows into the water.
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Miscellaneous
2
Cinema-Dope

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Suzie; Ferdie
Ferdie, let's go down to the Bijou and see "From There to Infinity"!
Suzie asks Ferdie why he walked out in the middle of a movie.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, non-fiction
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
I'm introducing a brand new magazine called Archie's Mechanics...
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Promo for Archie's Mechanics (Archie, 1954 series) featuring Archie, Betty, and Veronica in a workshop.
[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
childrens
Fun Page
Suzie; Ferdie
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Miscellaneous
0.75
Includes matching peg to space, decoding message in hearts, writing lower half of letters to complete sentence, and disk game (suggested by Ralph Jones, Jr., Charleston, SC).
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, non-fiction
Fearless Fosdick
Fearless Fosdick
Fosdick, we're going to test this atomic cannon on you.
Ad for Wildroot Cream Oil Hair Tonic featuring Fearless Fosdick
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Miscellaneous
0.25
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Katy Keene; Sis
Hiya, Katy! What's black an' white an' red all over?
Sis shares a twist on the old black and white and red all over riddle.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Lettering by Roberta Kimes (Cedar Rapids, IA); swim suit and pose by Kathrine Jenness (Correctionville, IA); clothes tree by Patricia Jack (Mechanicsville, IA); outfits and joke by Frances Rostal (New York 25, NY). Woggon adds a "Hurrah for Iowa" note since 3/4 of this story's designs originate from the state.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Katy Keene; K.O. Kelly
Hiya, Katy, can you suggest colors for our boxing team?
Katy suggests the colors for the boxing team.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Love scene by Barbara Luszcz and Evelyn Lis (Ware, MA); outfits and joke by Georgia Coidakis (Newport, NH). Final panel is promo for K.O. and Katy double pin-up and cut-out set.
Speedy Recovery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Suzie
Ugh! Oh!
Suzie gets pulled over for speeding.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
By the Weigh

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Suzie; Ferdie
Can't you shut that kid up?
Ferdie tries to buy balloons to calm down Suzie's baby cousin.
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Miscellaneous
1

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