Buzzy #17
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeBuzzy #17 is a representative installment of DC Comics' first dedicated teen-humor series, a genre that the publisher launched in direct response to MLJ's runaway success with Archie Andrews. The Buzzy title, which ran for 77 issues between 1944 and 1958, established that DC could sustain a non-superhero, slice-of-life comedy franchise for over a decade, helping to diversify what had been an almost exclusively action-oriented line. Issue #17 reflects the series at its mid-run creative peak, with George Storm on covers and interiors and Paul S. Newman scripting multiple stories — a creative pairing that kept the book's light, jive-inflected teenage voice consistent across the late 1940s. While no single Buzzy issue carries a dramatic first-appearance milestone, the series as a whole is historically significant as DC's proof-of-concept for the teen-humor genre, and issue #17 is a solid specimen of how that formula operated in practice.
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Buzzy Brown debuted in All Funny Comics #1 in 1943, the creation of George Storm — a newspaper-strip veteran best known for his Bobby Thatcher syndicated strip, distributed by McClure Syndicate for fifteen years, and who had also created the superhero the Whip for Flash Comics. Storm and scripter Alvin Schwartz launched the solo Buzzy title in 1944, originally publishing quarterly under the Detective Comics, Inc. imprint; the schedule shifted to bi-monthly by early 1946. By the time issue #17 was published, the scripting had transitioned primarily to the prolific Paul S. Newman, whose contributions to this issue were later confirmed through Newman's own records by comics historian Robin Snyder, resolving what had been uncertain credits.
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- Buzzy #17 was published by DC Comics (then operating as Detective Comics, Inc.) in early 1948, cover-dated to correspond with that period in the ongoing 77-issue series (1944–1958).
- The issue carries cover art and interior pencils and inks by George Storm, the series' original creator — a newspaper-strip artist who had previously created the DC superhero the Whip (Flash Comics #1–4).
- Paul S. Newman scripted the majority of the issue's stories; his credits here were confirmed post-publication by comics historian Robin Snyder using Newman's own personal records.
- Henry Boltinoff, who became a primary creative force on the Buzzy series, contributes a half-page gag strip — one of many such fillers he produced across the run.
- The recurring backup feature 'Alix in Follyland,' illustrated by Tom McNamara, appears in this issue, continuing the series' tradition of mixing the main Buzzy strip with separate humor features.
- The Buzzy title was DC's deliberate answer to Archie Andrews, who had first appeared in Pep Comics #22 in 1941 and spun off into a franchise that prompted other publishers to develop their own teen-humor properties.
- The issue runs 52 pages in full color at the standard Golden Age cover price, reflecting the oversized format DC maintained for the series through its earlier years.
- Key recurring cast members appearing in issue #17 include Buzzy Brown, his girlfriend Susie Gruff, antagonist Homer Gruff, and supporting characters Wolfie, Lucy Smith, and Binks — the established ensemble that defined the series' social comedy.
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