Beetle Bailey
#16
(August-September 1958)
Dell,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell
- Editing
- Helen Meyer ?
[no title indexed]
Beetle Bailey / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; war; military
- Characters
- Beetle Bailey
- Synopsis
- Beetle Bailey holds an umbrella while parachuting in the rain.
- Keywords
- parachutes; rain; umbrella
[no title indexed]
Beetle Bailey / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sir, there's a wild mountain lion roaming the area!
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Sergeant Orville Snorkel; General Amos Halftrack; Cookie; Captain Sam Scabbard
- Synopsis
- Because a mountain lion is on the loose, General Halftrack makes the soldiers build him a cage to sleep in for protection.
Indexer Notes
Credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books. Inside front cover includes black-and-white cartoon, indicia and legal notices.
Heat Wave
Beetle Bailey / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- B. BAILEY #16-588
- Genre
- humor; war; military
- Characters
- "Killer" Diller; Bammy; Cookie; Beetle Bailey; General Amos Halftrack; Corporal Roberge
- Synopsis
- Beetle installs a makeshift air conditioner in the trunk of Gen. Halftrack's car. The general gets caught in the trunk and nearly freezes.
Indexer Notes
The writer obviously doesn't know how an air conditioner works.
Cupid Is Stupid
Beetle Bailey / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor; war; military
- Characters
- "Killer Diller"; Bammy; Sergeant Orville Snorkel; Beetle Bailey; Hilda; General Casmire
- Synopsis
- Sgt. Snorkel falls in love and is nice to the soldiers. When he mistakenly thinks that his girlfriend is stepping out in him, he's meaner than ever.
- Reprints
-
in Beetle Bailey (Western, 1962 series) #51 (November 1965)
-
Indexer Notes
Snorkel is spelled Snorkle in the story.
Nosy for News
Beetle Bailey / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; war; military
- Characters
- "Killer" Diller; Beetle Bailey; Private Alexanderus Dmitrisonny Melnichuckski
- Synopsis
- Beetle tries out for a job on the Camp Swampy Bugle newspaper, but fails to find any unusual characters to write about.
Complete Washout
Beetle Bailey / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; war; military
- Characters
- Sergeant Orville Snorkel; "Killer" Diller; Miss La Marr
- Synopsis
- Sarge tricks Killer into doing his laundry by calling it a "gorgeous bundle". Killer misses a date with actress Miss La Marr because he thinks it's another trick.
Indexer Notes
Snorkel is spelled Snorkle in the story.
Daffy Drill
Froggie Phlippe / text story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; war
- Characters
- Froggie Phlippe; Sergeant Phlippe; Corporal Crump
- Synopsis
- Froggie Phlippe tries to help his father, Sergeant Phlippe, who has laryngitis. He turns a drill into a comedy routine, amusing Corporal Crump.
Indexer Notes
Illustrated text story
The Circled Square
Vinny the Vet / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Vinny Brown (Vinnie the Vet); Rocky Maraschino; Killer Panucci
- Synopsis
- Vinnie the Vet covers a boxing match for the Gotham Sun, and gets beaten up by Killer Panucci for writing critical comments about him.
- Reprints
- in Beetle Bailey (Western, 1962 series) #50 (August 1965)
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[no title indexed]
Beetle Bailey / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I think you ought to keep an eye on Zero, Sarge!
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Sergeant Orville Snorkel; Beetle Bailey; Zero
- Synopsis
- Zero gets a light-duty slip by searching everywhere for it.
Pilot's Error
Beetle Bailey / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; war; military
- Characters
- Beetle Bailey; "Killer" Diller; Captain Joystick
- Synopsis
- Beetle and his pen-pal girlfriend send each other fake pictures of beautiful movie stars. Killer gets Beetle some quick jet-pilot training then is unpleasantly surprised when he steals Beetle's date.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Beetle Bailey -
1.
["Sir, there's a wild mountain lion roaming the area!"]
Beetle Bailey -
2.
Heat Wave
Beetle Bailey -
3.
Cupid Is Stupid
Beetle Bailey -
4.
Nosy for News
Beetle Bailey -
5.
Complete Washout
Beetle Bailey -
6.
Daffy Drill
Froggie Phlippe -
7.
The Circled Square
Vinny the Vet -
8.
["I think you ought to keep an eye on Zero, Sarge!"]
Beetle Bailey -
9.
Pilot's Error
Beetle Bailey -
10.
Free magnifying glass!
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11.
Have Fun Safely
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- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- James Ludwig
- Per Sandell
- John P. Selegue
- Jim Van Dore
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