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Fritzi Ritz (1948) 38

  • Issue #38
    Fritzi Ritz (1948) 38
    Published Jan 1955 by United.
    • Water damage.

    Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Ernest G. Osborne and Leonard Sansone. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz and her boyfriend, the bumbling Phil Fumble. Fritzi was later known as "Aunt Fritzi" in the Nancy comic strip. Phil finds a way to keep Fritzi's cat from leaving the yard. A strangely prescient strip has Fritzi wearing a face mask (with lipstick). Lucy assumes the worst when she finds a love poem in Wally's schoolbook. One of the backup strips in the comic is Charles Schulz's Peanuts; several early strips are presented, going back to when Lucy was a wide-eyed toddler. Other backup strips include the Dennis the Menace-like Willie. Picture Charades; Fritzi Ritz; Willie; Peanuts; Lucy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.