(October 1973)
Charlton,
1973 Series
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- On-sale Date
- 1973
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Charlton Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Charlton Comics [bullseye]
- Editing
- George Wildman (credited) (managing editor)
Issue Notes
Per the book "The Charlton Companion" by Jon B. Cooke (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2022), all issues in this series were written and drawn by Greg Walker (son of Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker).
Keywords first issue
[Old Pumpkin Head]
Sarge Snorkel / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Greg Walker (credited as Mort Walker)
- Inks
- Greg Walker (credited as Mort Walker)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Sarge Snorkel; Beetle Bailey
- Synopsis
- Beetle carves a jack-o-lantern to look like Sarge.
- Keywords
- Halloween; jack-o-lantern; slow burn
Temporary Sarge
Sarge Snorkel / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Greg Walker (credited as Mort Walker)
- Pencils
- Greg Walker (credited as Mort Walker)
- Inks
- Greg Walker (credited as Mort Walker)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- D-3919
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sarge, why don't I ever get a promotion like the other guys?
- Feature Logo
Sarge Snorkel [Thick Rounded Letters]- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Sarge Snorkel; Beetle Bailey
- Synopsis
- To make a point, Sarge trades places with Beetle - and gets the worst of it.
- Keywords
- getting-more-than-you-bargained-for; role reversal
The Decision
Sarge Snorkel / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Greg Walker (credited as Mort Walker)
- Pencils
- Greg Walker (credited as Mort Walker)
- Inks
- Greg Walker (credited as Mort Walker)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- D-5505
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is a free country! I should be able to do what I want!
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Sarge Snorkel; Beetle Bailey; Killer Diller
- Synopsis
- Beetle "freely chooses" to do it Sarge's way - or else.
- Keywords
- freedom-of-choice; intimidation
The Fight Game
Sarge Snorkel / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- D-5509
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bats, balls, gloves, helmets -- What's that noise?
- Feature Logo
Sarge Snorkel [Upper-Lowercase Letters]- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Sarge Snorkel; Beetle Bailey; unnamed army boxer; agent; Zero; Plato; Killer Diller; Cosmo; Sonny Fiston (boxer)
- Synopsis
- A fast-talking agent gets Sarge into the fight game, where he does well until an opponent discovers his one weakness.
- Keywords
- betting; boxing; parody or tribute references; possible misspelling
Indexer Notes
"Sonny Fiston" is a parody/tribute reference to boxer Sonny Liston.
Page 5, panel 4: Sarge's name is misspelled on his boxing jersey as "Orville Snorkle". Nothing in the story points to it being a gag, so it could just as easily be an editorial mistake.
Getting Even
Sarge Snorkel / comic story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- D-5502
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- K.P. again?!
- Feature Logo
Sarge Snorkel ["Sarge" Patch in Logo]- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Beetle Bailey; Sarge Snorkel; Killer Diller; Plato
- Synopsis
- Sarge finds a unique way of shutting Beetle up.
- Keywords
- ingenuity; need-for-peace-and-quiet
Hey, Kids! Color This Page!
Sarge Snorkel / activity / 1 page
- Job Number
- D-3839
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Sarge Snorkel; Beetle Bailey
- Synopsis
- Batter Sarge hits a scorching line drive over the head of a ducking Beetle.
- Keywords
- baseball; coloring page
Out on a Limb
Sarge Snorkel / comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- D-5506
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boy, it sure is beautiful up here at sunrise -- Oops!
- Feature Logo
- Sarge Snorkel [Thick Rounded Letters]
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Sarge Snorkel; Otto; Beetle Bailey; Killer Diller; Zero; Plato; Cookie
- Synopsis
- Falling yet again off the same cliff and hanging onto the same protruding branch, Sarge sends his dog Otto to get help... "like Lassie does on TV".
- Keywords
- branch; cliff; dog; running gag
Indexer Notes
One of a long-running series of Beetle Bailey comic strip and comic book gags where Sarge finds himself hanging on to a small branch, after having fallen off a high cliff.
Sarge's Food Dreams
Sarge Snorkel / comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- D-5504
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey! What happened? Where are we?
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Sarge Snorkel; Lt. Fuzz; Plato; Killer Diller; Zero; Beetle Bailey; General Halftrack
- Synopsis
- In Sarge's dream, the cast walk around in the form of jellybeans, pondering their odd, new existence.
- Keywords
- comic absurdity; dream; jellybeans
Indexer Notes
All characters appear in dream-form, with only Sarge appearing as his "real self" in the final panel.
Service Smiles
text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The U.S. Army had made mistakes - some not serious and some almost fatal.
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Beetle Bailey; Killer Diller (both as floating heads in feature logo illustration)
- Synopsis
- Three humorous text stories about the armed services: "The Army Secretary", "The Captain", and "The Plane Problem".
- Keywords
- floating heads; short stories; United States Armed Forces
The Punching Bag
Sarge Snorkel / comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- D-5386
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I think I'll enter the post boxing tournament.
- Feature Logo
- Sarge Snorkel ["Sarge" Patch in Logo]
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Sarge Snorkel; Beetle Bailey; Killer Diller; railroad ticket agent
- Synopsis
- Sarge has the misfortune of walking between Beetle and Killer, when they are about to punch each other.
- Keywords
- fighting; wrong-place-at-wrong-time
The Homecoming
Sarge Snorkel / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Greg Walker (credited as Mort Walker)
- Pencils
- Greg Walker (credited as Mort Walker)
- Inks
- Greg Walker (credited as Mort Walker)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- D-3733
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are you just returning from your pass?
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Beetle Bailey; Sarge Snorkel; Captain Scabbard; General Halftrack
- Synopsis
- Beetle returns from leave and, within seconds, chaos ensues.
- Keywords
- series of mishaps
Tied Score
Sarge Snorkel / comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- D-5507
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Want to play ping pong tonight, Zero?
- Feature Logo
Sarge Snorkel ["Sarge" Overlapping Rounded Letters]- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Sarge Snorkel; Zero
- Synopsis
- Sarge offers Zero a huge handicap, if he agrees to play ping pong.
- Keywords
- handicap; ping pong
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[Old Pumpkin Head]
Sarge Snorkel -
1.
Temporary Sarge
Sarge Snorkel -
2.
The Decision
Sarge Snorkel -
3.
The Fight Game
Sarge Snorkel -
4.
Getting Even
Sarge Snorkel -
5.
Hey, Kids! Color This Page!
Sarge Snorkel -
6.
Out on a Limb
Sarge Snorkel -
7.
Sarge's Food Dreams
Sarge Snorkel -
8.
Service Smiles
-
9.
The Punching Bag
Sarge Snorkel -
10.
The Homecoming
Sarge Snorkel -
11.
Tied Score
Sarge Snorkel
This issue was modified by, among others
- Paul Lefebvre
- Ramon Schenk
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
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