Beetle Bailey
#132
(April 1980)
Western,
1978 Series
- Price
- 0.40 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1980-02
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Western Publishing Company Inc.
- Brand
-
Whitman W [with Face]
- Barcode
- 0335009002504
- Editing
- Michael Teitelbaum ? (editor)
Issue Notes
Cover code: 90025-004 Based on the character created by Mort Walker.
Publication date is derived from the last three digits of the cover code. On sale date (month and year) is derived from the issue code appearing in the bottom tier of page one. (802)
Final issue in the long unbroken continuum of Beetle Bailey comic books beginning in 1953 with Dell, and moving through Gold Key, King Comics, Charlton, and Gold Key/Whitman.
The only USA Beetle Bailey comic book issue to be published during the 1980s.
Del Connell editing credit removed from this index. Connell worked out of Western Publishing's west coast office and the Beetle Bailey title was produced by Western's New York office, therefore Connell could not have edited this issue. Possibly edited by Michael Teitelbaum.Keywords final issue
Publication date is derived from the last three digits of the cover code. On sale date (month and year) is derived from the issue code appearing in the bottom tier of page one. (802)
Final issue in the long unbroken continuum of Beetle Bailey comic books beginning in 1953 with Dell, and moving through Gold Key, King Comics, Charlton, and Gold Key/Whitman.
The only USA Beetle Bailey comic book issue to be published during the 1980s.
Del Connell editing credit removed from this index. Connell worked out of Western Publishing's west coast office and the Beetle Bailey title was produced by Western's New York office, therefore Connell could not have edited this issue. Possibly edited by Michael Teitelbaum.
[Rocket Ruckus]
Beetle Bailey / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bob Gustafson (signed as Mort Walker)
- Inks
- Bob Gustafson (signed as Mort Walker)
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Beetle Bailey; Sarge Snorkel
- Synopsis
- Beetle and Sarge ride atop a runaway rocket.
- Keywords
- rocket
Up a Tree
Beetle Bailey / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bob Gustafson
- Pencils
- Bob Gustafson
- Inks
- Bob Gustafson
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Sarge! Here's a good campsite!
- Feature Logo
Beetle Bailey Classic Logo: Feature Logo- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Beetle Bailey; Sarge Snorkel; Killer Diller; Zero; General Halftrack
- Synopsis
- On bivouac, Sarge builds a comfortable treehouse for himself to watch the men from above. So comfortable is the treehouse that General Halftrack takes it for himself.
- Keywords
- bivouac; forest setting; rank-has-its-privileges; treehouse
Stomach Story
Beetle Bailey / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bob Gustafson
- Pencils
- Bob Gustafson
- Inks
- Bob Gustafson
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sarge, get this report out before you go to lunch!
- Feature Logo
Beetle Bailey Gold Key Whitman Logo- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Beetle Bailey; Sarge Snorkel; Captain Scabbard; Killer Diller; Cookie
- Synopsis
- Faced with the dilemma of completing Captain Scabbard's report or having lunch first, Sarge opts for the mess hall. He quickly comes back for seconds and tells Cookie the horror story of when he once dieted.
- Keywords
- decisions; diet; lunch; mess hall
What a Gas
Beetle Bailey / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Bob Gustafson
- Pencils
- Bob Gustafson
- Inks
- Bob Gustafson
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look at this mess!
- Feature Logo
- Beetle Bailey Classic Logo: Feature Logo
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Beetle Bailey; Sarge Snorkel; Killer Diller; Cookie
- Synopsis
- Beetle glues together the loose seams on his gas mask, resulting in Sarge getting the mask stuck on his face.
- Keywords
- gas mask; glue; unintended slapstick consequences
All in Fun
Beetle Bailey / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Bob Gustafson
- Pencils
- Bob Gustafson
- Inks
- Bob Gustafson
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Anybody for a friendly game of cards?
- Feature Logo
- Beetle Bailey Gold Key Whitman Logo
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Beetle Bailey; Sarge Snorkel; Cosmo; Rocky; unnamed soldier
- Synopsis
- Sarge expects that Beetle's typical "friendly game of cards" will take its usual unfriendly turn, and he is right.
- Keywords
- argument; card game; expectations met
Compute-Err
Beetle Bailey / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Bob Gustafson
- Pencils
- Bob Gustafson
- Inks
- Bob Gustafson
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I need a volunteer to stay back here and work in the computer center.
- Feature Logo
- Beetle Bailey Gold Key Whitman Logo
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Beetle Bailey; Sarge Snorkel; Rocky; Killer Diller; General Halftrack; Miss Blips, unnamed major
- Synopsis
- To get out of a ten-mile hike, Beetle volunteers to work in Camp Swampy's computer center.
- Keywords
- computers; confusion
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[Rocket Ruckus]
Beetle Bailey -
1.
The Deciding Factor
Captain America; Hostess Fruit Pies -
2.
Up a Tree
Beetle Bailey -
3.
Stomach Story
Beetle Bailey -
4.
What a Gas
Beetle Bailey -
5.
All in Fun
Beetle Bailey -
6.
Compute-Err
Beetle Bailey -
7.
Enjoy the Lovable Antics of Tom and Jerry
Whitman Comics; Tom and Jerry
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Peter Croome
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Mark Rudnitski (R.I.P.)
- Tanya Schuehle
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
- Karl Wilcox
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