(May 1953)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell Comic
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "BEETLE BAILEY, No. 469." Code number is B.BAILEY O.S. #469-535. Copyright 1953 by King Features Syndicate, Inc. First of four Beetle Bailey Four Colors.
[Sleeping on Saturday]
Beetle Bailey / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Mort Walker
- Pencils:
- Mort Walker
- Inks:
- Fred Rhoads
- Letters:
- Fred Rhoads
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Beetle Bailey; Killer
- Synopsis:
- Beetle persists in sleeping in until he's told it's Saturday.
Indexer Notes
Script, Pencils, Inks, and letters credits from "Beetle Bailey's Secret Life" by Craig Shutt in Hogan's Alley #12 (2004)
[Stuck in the Scenery for USO Show]
Beetle Bailey / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Mort Walker (signed)
- Pencils:
- Mort Walker (signed)
- Inks:
- Fred Rhoads
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Fred Rhoads
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Beetle Bailey; Killer; Sgt. Snorkel
- Synopsis:
- Beetle gets his head caught in a bannister used as scenery for a USO show on base and has to stay onstage as the show is being performed.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits from "Beetle Bailey's Secret Life" by Craig Shutt in Hogan's Alley #12 (2004)
[Sarge has a Crush on PX Girl]
Sarge / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Mort Walker
- Pencils:
- Mort Walker
- Inks:
- Fred Rhoads
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Fred Rhoads
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Beetle Bailey; Sgt. Snorkel; Zero (cameo)
- Synopsis:
- Sarge has a crush on the girl who sells ice cream at the PX.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits from "Beetle Bailey's Secret Life" by Craig Shutt in Hogan's Alley #12 (2004)
[Tied to His Work]
Beetle Bailey / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Mort Walker (signed)
- Pencils:
- Mort Walker (signed)
- Inks:
- Fred Rhoads
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Fred Rhoads
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Beetle Bailey; Sgt. Snorkel; Cookie
- Synopsis:
- Tired of Beetle loafing on the job, Sarge ties his wrists to a wheelbarrow loaded with sand. The wheelbarrow goes out of control down a hill, taking Beetle with it on a slapstick rampage through the base and into town.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits from "Beetle Bailey's Secret Life" by Craig Shutt in Hogan's Alley #12 (2004)
[The Last Straw]
Beetle Bailey / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Mort Walker
- Pencils:
- Mort Walker
- Inks:
- Fred Rhoads
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Beetle Bailey
- Synopsis:
- Beetle laboriously puts on heavy equipment for a hike, then falls through the wooden floor when he grabs his rifle.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white; pantomime story. Script, pencils, and inks credits from "Beetle Bailey's Secret Life" by Craig Shutt in Hogan's Alley #12 (2004)
[Bottle of Soda]
Beetle Bailey / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Mort Walker (signed)
- Pencils:
- Mort Walker (signed)
- Inks:
- Fred Rhoads
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Fred Rhoads
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Beetle Bailey
- Synopsis:
- Beetle brings along a bottle of soda on a hike on a hot day.
Indexer Notes
Back cover; color. Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits from "Beetle Bailey's Secret Life" by Craig Shutt in Hogan's Alley #12 (2004)
Table of Contents
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1.
[Sleeping on Saturday]
Beetle Bailey -
2.
[Stuck in the Scenery for USO Show]
Beetle Bailey -
3.
[Sarge has a Crush on PX Girl]
Sarge -
4.
[Tied to His Work]
Beetle Bailey -
5.
[The Last Straw]
Beetle Bailey -
6.
[Bottle of Soda]
Beetle Bailey
- Merlin Haas
- Gene Reed
- Roger A. Budnick
- John P. Selegue
- Merlin Haas
- Ken Lemons
- Chris Launder
- Jim Walls
- Terry Vraspir
- Gary Perlman
- Jerry Hillegas
- Craig Delich
- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth Blair
- Mike Nielsen
- David Porta
- Matthew Torrance
- Ken Kwilinski
- Gary L. Watson
- Gregg Whitmore
- Max Capp
- Tony R. Rose
- Lou Mazzella
- Rodney Hinkle
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Donald Dale Milne
- Karl Wilcox
- Darrel McCann
- Peter Croome
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