(December 1953)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell Comic
- Editing:
- ?
- 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 521." Code number is B.BAILEY O.S. #521-5311. Copyright 1953 by King Features Syndicate. Second of four Beetle Bailey Four Colors.
[Hot Seat]
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; Sarge Snorkle; Capt. Scabbard
- Synopsis:
- Beetle puts his lit pipe in his back pants pocket during inspection.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from "Beetle Bailey's Secret Life" by Craig Shutt, Hogan's Alley #12 (2004).
[The New Major]
Beetle Bailey / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Mort Walker
- Pencils:
- Mort Walker
- Inks:
- Fred Rhoads
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Fred Rhoads
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Beetle Bailey; Sarge Snorkle; Capt. Scabbard
- Synopsis:
- A new major is assigned to this battalion. Beetle is assigned to clean up his room, but is mistaken for the major by two lieutenants, who Beetle cons into cleaning the room for him.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from "Beetle Bailey's Secret Life" by Craig Shutt, Hogan's Alley #12 (2004).
[The Librarian]
Beetle Bailey / comic story / 3 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Mort Walker
- Pencils:
- Mort Walker
- Inks:
- Fred Rhoads
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Fred Rhoads
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Beetle Bailey; Killer
- Synopsis:
- A librarian puts Killer in his place when he gets fresh with her.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from "Beetle Bailey's Secret Life" by Craig Shutt, Hogan's Alley #12 (2004).
"Always Room for One More"
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; Sarge Snorkle; Lt. Snavely; Capt. Scabbard
- Synopsis:
- Capt. Scabbard leaves his apartment at the Bent Arms for a week, and asks Sarge to keep an eye on it. The Desk Clerk then rents the room to a soldier's girlfriend. Before Capt. Scabbard is off the base, he meets Lt. Snavely and his new wife. They need a place to stay, So Scabbard offers him the use of his apartment while he's gone. Meanwhile, the janitor has told a couple of tramps that the apartment will be vacant, so they plan on staying there. Everyone shows up at once, as does Scabbard when his orders are canceled.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from "Beetle Bailey's Secret Life" by Craig Shutt, Hogan's Alley #12 (2004).
Beetle Bailey Gets Promoted
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; Sarge Snorkle; Killer; Capt. Scabbard
- Synopsis:
- Sarge absent-mindedly puts Beetle on the list for promotion to Corporal. For this mistake, Sarge is demoted to private and Beetle runs him ragged. Eventually Capt. Scabbard decides he needs Sarge to keep up with running his office, so he restores him to his old rank.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from "Beetle Bailey's Secret Life" by Craig Shutt, Hogan's Alley #12 (2004).
[The Transformation]
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:
- Killer is disappointed when his date at the USO appears to be plain. After she does a quick makeover in the powder room, Killer doesn't recognize her as the same girl.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from "Beetle Bailey's Secret Life" by Craig Shutt, Hogan's Alley #12 (2004).
[Broken Windshield]
Beetle Bailey / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Mort Walker
- Pencils:
- Mort Walker
- Inks:
- Fred Rhoads
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Fred Rhoads
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Beetle Bailey; Sarge Snorkle
- Synopsis:
- Beetle makes people jump when he squirts their windshields with a hose.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from "Beetle Bailey's Secret Life" by Craig Shutt, Hogan's Alley #12 (2004).
Table of Contents
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1.
[Hot Seat]
Beetle Bailey -
2.
[The New Major]
Beetle Bailey -
3.
[The Librarian]
Beetle Bailey -
4.
"Always Room for One More"
Beetle Bailey -
5.
Beetle Bailey Gets Promoted
Beetle Bailey -
6.
[The Transformation]
Beetle Bailey -
7.
[Broken Windshield]
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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