Hmm last week's Key was not a howling success. Let's be charitable and say it has a great cover and leave it at that.
OK, so this is our first comparison read. I thought once a month might be in order, and we start with a light one suggest by a group member. I guess you may well guess who. As I am feeling a tad lazy I'll just copy and paste the message I got:
"Suzie Issue 50 https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=58682 (https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=58682) either Suzie the Chorus Girl! (p 23) or Little Miss Suzie (p 39)
Suzie Issue 68 https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=59105 (https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=59105) it's not quite the exact middle of the run but it is a Transition issue, Fagaly still on covers but the interior art is different from the early issues, not 100% sure if all the interior work is by Schwartz "Suzie the Perfect Shopper" is a pretty typical Suzie story for this time period. By the time the issues #s got into the 70's Schwartz had taken over the book.
Suzie 100 https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=58592 (https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=58592) 1st story, "Reversed Psychology" at three pages long it is the longest piece in the entire issue!"
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So this week we do our first reading group comparison, I am not sure how this is going to work out, but "nothing ventured nothing gained".
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#1 on the list is Suzie #50 and "Suzie the Chorus Girl". I live in a "dog friendly" house. Well, so I have been told by the missus and the three free-loading mutts who live with us. So, I guess it was really rather wrong of me to laugh at the dog (or "flea factory" as the director calls Cuddles) in the sausage machine. I also read the other suggested story in this issue "Little Miss Suzie"
So after reading these two, the early Suzie is done. She is standard dizzie blonde fare, but rather well done. They were both light fun reads.
After reading the transitional Suzie in "The Perfect Shopper", I am not quite sure what I "should" be thinking, but I preferred both the the art and humor of the earlier incarnation. This one really is standard filler fare.
Now for the last one on our three. Suzie now appears to be a comic strip gag. I thought this was better than the middle one. But as is pretty usual for me I preferred the original one.
PS: Jim... we have no stinking badges or rules here!! So comparison can be a development of a single character or comparing one character against another ... or whatever. If anyone has any ideas for an Xmas comparison please message me!