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453February 1953
$0.10

Four Color #453

Dell · February 1953 · on sale 1953-01-06

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Identification plate

Series: Four Color (Dell, 1942 series)
Issue: #453
Issue title: Susie Q. Smith
Publication date: February 1953
Key date: 1953-02-00
On-sale date: 1953-01-06
Indicia publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Linda Walter; inks: Linda Walter; letters: Linda Walter	Susie Q. Smith; Hutch Hopkins
1	Gags	cartoon	1	script: Linda Walter, Jerry Walter; pencils: Linda Walter; inks: Linda Walter	Susie Q. Smith; Hutch Hopkins; Cleo Smith
2	Wedding Bell Blues	comic story	14	script: Linda Walter, Jerry Walter; pencils: Linda Walter; inks: Linda Walter	Susie Q. Smith; Hutch Hopkins; Owlie; Muscles; Babs (Susie's cousin)
3	A Girl's Best Friend is Her Dog.	comic story	1	script: Linda Walter, Jerry Walter; pencils: Linda Walter; inks: Linda Walter	Cleo Smith; Susie Q. Smith
4	Every Dog Has His Say	cartoon	2	script: Linda Walter, Jerry Walter; pencils: Linda Walter; inks: Linda Walter	Susie Q. Smith (cameo); Hutch Hopkins (cameo)
5	Sweet Revenge	comic story	1	script: Linda Walter, Jerry Walter; pencils: Linda Walter; inks: Linda Walter	Cleo Smith; Susie Q. Smith; Cousin Elsworth
6	A Birthday Surprise for the Birthday Girl!	comic story	8	script: Linda Walter, Jerry Walter; pencils: Linda Walter; inks: Linda Walter	Susie Q. Smith; Owlie; Muscles
7	A Friendly Gorilla	comic story	2	script: Linda Walter, Jerry Walter; pencils: Linda Walter; inks: Linda Walter	Susie Q. Smith; Cleo Smith; Cousin Elsworth
8	Down With Baby Sitters!	comic story	4	script: Linda Walter, Jerry Walter; pencils: Linda Walter; inks: Linda Walter	Susie Q. Smith; Hutch Hopkins; Horrible Horace White; Awful Arthur White
9	My Diary	comic story	2	script: Linda Walter, Jerry Walter; pencils: Linda Walter; inks: Linda Walter	Susie Q. Smith; Hutch Hopkins

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Sources

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