Four Color
#469 - Beetle Bailey
(May 1953)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1953-04-03
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell Comic
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
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. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1953 Pamphlets, page 556.
First of four Beetle Bailey Four Colors.
First of four Beetle Bailey Four Colors.
[no title indexed]
Beetle Bailey / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Beetle Bailey
- Reprints
-
in Beetle Bailey (Frew Publications, 1962 series) #1 ([December 1962] ?) -
in Billy Spesial (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #2/2000 ([august] 2000)
-
- Keywords
- backpacks; United States Army; wheelbarrows
[Sleeping on Saturday]
Beetle Bailey / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wake up, Beetle!
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Beetle Bailey; Killer
- Synopsis
- Beetle persists in sleeping in until he's told it's Saturday.
- Reprints
- in Billy Spesial (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #2/2000 ([august] 2000)
-
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
- Script
- Mort Walker (signed)
- Pencils
- Mort Walker (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Rhoads
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Fred Rhoads
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Where did he go?
- Genre
- humor; military
- 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.
- Reprints
- in Beetle Bailey (Frew Publications, 1962 series) #1 ([December 1962] ?)
- in Billy Spesial (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #2/2000 ([august] 2000)
-
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
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say when!
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Beetle Bailey; Sgt. Snorkel; Zero (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Sarge has a crush on the girl who sells ice cream at the PX.
- Reprints
- in Beetle Bailey (Frew Publications, 1962 series) #1 ([December 1962] ?)
- in Billy Spesial (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #2/2000 ([august] 2000)
-
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
- Script
- Mort Walker (signed)
- Pencils
- Mort Walker (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Rhoads
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Fred Rhoads
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Sarge! Stop that wheelbarrow!
- Genre
- humor; military
- 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.
- Reprints
- in Billy Spesial (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #2/2000 ([august] 2000)
-
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
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Beetle Bailey
- Synopsis
- Beetle laboriously puts on heavy equipment for a hike, then falls through the wooden floor when he grabs his rifle.
- Reprints
- in Billy Spesial (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #2/2000 ([august] 2000)
-
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
- Script
- Mort Walker (signed)
- Pencils
- Mort Walker (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Rhoads
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Fred Rhoads
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boy! I'm hot and thirsty!
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Beetle Bailey
- Synopsis
- Beetle brings along a bottle of soda on a hike on a hot day.
- Reprints
- in Billy Spesial (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #2/2000 ([august] 2000)
-
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).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Beetle Bailey -
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
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Pat Conolly
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
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