Buzzy #33 is an issue of the series Buzzy (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1950.
Synopsis for "Buzzy"
Wolfie tries to run some kind of Robinson Crusoe competition to see if he or Buzzy can last a coward's test on a small island, but his recorded roar of a lion is used against him to scare him and embarrass himself.
Appearing in "Buzzy"
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Supporting Characters:
- Susie
Villains:
- Wolfie
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- A Tiny Island
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Synopsis for "Buzzy (2)"
Wolfie tries to spread unsubstantiated rumors about Buzzy being unfaithful to Susie, but Buzzy and his friends manage to secretly record him boasting about having made up these lies (and how they intend to make more) and Wolfie ends up being forced to pick up all his discarded papers, which are now seen as trash.
Appearing in "Buzzy (2)"
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Supporting Characters:
- Susie
Antagonists:
- Wolfie
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Synopsis for "Willy Nilly"
Willy gets a door at his house and tries to cut it to fit a door frame, which he does manage to do, but ruins his father's tools in doing so.
Appearing in "Willy Nilly"
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- Mr. Nilly
- Door Delivery Man
Other Characters:
- Mrs. Nilly
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Synopsis for "Buzzy (3)"
Mr. Brown is furious that the "be-bop music" is everywhere and he cannot avoid it, since it's on all radio stations and television programs, so he instead turns on the faucet, the only thing in the house that doesn't produce "be-bop!"
Appearing in "Buzzy (3)"
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Supporting Characters:
- Mrs. Brown
Antagonists:
- Mr. Brown
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- The Radio
- The Television Set
- The Kitchen Sink
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Synopsis for "Scribbly"
Clover is reading Secret Heart Comics, reading a story about how a woman decides that after a kiss with a stranger that isn't her boyfriend that she should move on! Clover immediately decides to introduce doubt to her relationship with Scribbly yet again, based entirely on the unrealistic ideal of a severe spinning feeling when he kisses you. Daffodil announces her “one-and-only” Scribbly is there. She immediately demands a kiss when he tries to tell her something from the newspaper, but when he acquiesces, she finds there's no spinning and begins to doubt. She ignores him entirely and goes to consult her mother on this and finds that her first kiss with her father definitely sent her spinning. However, after Clover dashes off, she points out there was because they were playing Spin-the-Bottle! She dashes off to go see Bentley and immediately demands a kiss from him for the sake of “an experiment! Nothing personal!” However, after two soft pecks, she thinks that it clearly won't do and worries that she isn't capable of this feeling while Scribbly gets into a fistfight with Bentley. Clover sees Bentley punch him over and knock off his glasses, becoming infuriated with him, grabbing Bentley's arm and punching him repeatedly in the face. Scribbly becomes worried and pulls her off, saying she's getting “emotional” and that he can take care of himself. Clover takes this to mean she must have some kind of feelings for him to become so “emotional,” but starts to worry about the lack of spinning in Scribbly's lips. Scribbly tries to bring up something very important in the paper, but Clover is busy daydreaming and thinks he's proposing, demanding another kiss from him. He does so, but this time, she does definitely get a spinning feeling, which somehow also seems to destroy most of her living room and launches her into a hanging light fixture. She says that she didn't suspect this, but Scribbly (not clear about what they're talking about,) says that it's happened before! Clover asks for another spinning kiss, but misreads his words, thinking it means he's kissed other girls before, not helping when he notes that this happens before “especially in San Francisco!” She chases him out of her ruined home as Scribbly mopes on the corner. Dizzy approaches him and he shows him the Morning Bugle, revealing that the news was an earthquake happening!
Appearing in "Scribbly"
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Supporting Characters:
- Clover Cooley
Antagonists:
- Bentley Bilgewater
Other Characters:
- Dizzy
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Items:
- An Issue of the Morning Bugle
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Synopsis for "Buzzy (4)"
Buzzy and Susie listen to Puzzle-Tune, a radio program that offers a $1,000 prize for people who can essentially "name that tune" when they place a random call to them. They dash to find a phone to call in and decide to go to Mr. Gruff's
guess, dashing to Susie's house to let her father know that if they do call him, he needs to tell them the song is called "Chugalong", but Buzzy says it's not, but Moon Time. The two explain to him what this is about and Mr. Gruff recalls the song they're humming is actually called Bird Call and tells them he'll buy them sodas if he wins. They run off to Buzzy's house, but now realize they've forgotten the song. They call him up to ask him what the tune was called over the phone, only for him to think he's won and runs out to just decide to buy every kid he sees a free soda.
On the radio though, Puzzle-Tune ends with the correct answer, Long Time and everyone was wrong what it was called. They head off to the Sugar Bowl to go get some sodas anyways and find that Mr. Gruff thinks he's won. When Susie tells him otherwise, he grabs Buzzy by the seat of his pants, likely to inflict violence on him.
Appearing in "Buzzy (4)"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Susie Gruff
Antagonists:
- Mr. Gruff
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Items:
- The Radio
- The Television Set
- The Kitchen Sink
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Notes
- Also appearing in this issue of Buzzy was:
- A one-page Peg story by Henry Boltinoff.
- A half-page Little Pete story by Henry Boltinoff.
- "Order, Please!", a two-page Datewise story.
- A one-page Jerry the Jitterbug story by Henry Boltinoff.
- A one-page Hollywood Ha-Lights story.
- A half-page Shorty story.
- "The Dodo and the Frog Ask 'How Are Your Manners Out-of-Doors?'", a one-page public service announcement starring Dunbar Dodo and Fennimore Frog that appeared in many DC Comics in this time period.
Trivia
- Despite the cover, Susie doesn't force Buzzy to wear horse blinders at the beach to keep him from viewing other women. Once again, they don't even go to the beach this issue!
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