(April 1954)
- 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. 552." Code number is B.BAILEY O.S. #552-544. Copyright 1954 by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Third of four Beetle Bailey Four Colors.
[Road Test]
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
- Synopsis:
- Beetle puts his jeep through a torture test, then complains when it fails.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white.
[Key to the Safe]
Beetle Bailey / comic story / 12 pages
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 accidentally drops the key to the Captain's safe in the back of a garbage track. He races to the dump, only to be detained by the police twice, once for speeding and later for looking like a vagrant after digging through the trash to find the key.
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).
"Roughing It"
Beetle Bailey / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Mort Walker
- Pencils:
- Mort Walker
- Inks:
- Fred Rhoads
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Fred Rhoads
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Gen. Halftrack (intro); Killer; Capt. Scabbard; Beetle Bailey; Sarge Snorkle
- Synopsis:
- A Senator comes to inspect the camp after receiving complaints that the troops have been living in the woods for two months. Gen. Halftrack takes the Senator to the field camp, where they find the soldiers' ingenuity has given them the comforts of home.
Indexer Notes
First appearance of Gen. Halftrack in the comic book stories. Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from "Beetle Bailey's Secret Life" by Craig Shutt, Hogan's Alley #12 (2004).
[Beetle's Furlough]
Beetle Bailey / 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; Beetle's father; Beetle's mother; Beetle's brother; Buzz Breezey (Beetle's old girlfriend)
- Synopsis:
- Beetle returns to his home town for a furlough. He is chosen to judge a beauty contest, but gets some salt and pepper in his eyes and can't see.
Indexer Notes
Beetle appears in the civilian outfit he had in the comic strip before entering the Army. Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from "Beetle Bailey's Secret Life" by Craig Shutt, Hogan's Alley #12 (2004).
[The Lost Helmet]
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 loses his helmet and has to go to the supply sergeant to retrieve it.
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).
[Amusement Park]
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; Killer
- Synopsis:
- Beetle and Killer spend the day on the rides at an amusement park; then complain about how rough the ride is on the bus back to the base.
Indexer Notes
Back cover; color. 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.
[Road Test]
Beetle Bailey -
2.
[Key to the Safe]
Beetle Bailey -
3.
"Roughing It"
Beetle Bailey -
4.
[Beetle's Furlough]
Beetle Bailey -
5.
[The Lost Helmet]
Beetle Bailey -
6.
[Amusement Park]
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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