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Beetle Bailey (Vol. 1)

    (Charlton, 1953-1980)
™ and ©1976 King Features Syndicate
Series numbering continued from appearances in Four Color Comics; Early issues by Dell, King. Charlton published a "Complimentary Copy" of #33 in cooperation with the Cerebral Palsy Association)

Mort Walker’s bumbling G.I. Beetle Bailey was long a favorite of the newspaper comics pages. After making several appearances in Dell’s Four Color Comics, he received this, his first self-titled comic book series, in 1962. The title then ran through numerous publishers during its eighteen-year run, finally concluding in 1980.

Beetle Bailey is one of the most enduring (and lighthearted) strips to base its humor on the foibles of army life. Beetle, a layabout private, is constantly running into trouble and getting called on the carpet by blowhard Sergeant Snorkel. The hijinks continue up the chain of command, culminating with General Halftrack, a lecherous Army lifer whose lifetime ogling of his nubile assistant was all good fun for the 1960s. In the politically correct 1990s, however, it would spark a feminist protest on the grounds that the cartoon made light of sexual harassment.
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  • 6
    #6
    Jun 1956
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    #7
    Aug 1956
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    #8
    Nov 1956
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  • 9
    #9
    Feb 1957
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  • 11
    #11
    Aug 1957
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  • 15
    #15
    Jun 1958
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  • 24
    #24
    Dec 1959
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  • 26
    #26
    Apr 1960
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  • 29
    #29
    Oct 1960
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  • 30
    #30
    Dec 1960
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  • 31
    #31
    Mar 1961
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  • 33
    #33
    Jul 1961
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  • 33/A
    #33 Variation A
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    Jan 1970
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  • 35
    #35
    Nov 1961
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  • 36
    #36
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  • 37
    #37
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  • 38
    #38
    May 1962
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  • 43
    #43
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  • 44
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  • 49
    #49
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  • 59
    #59
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  • 64
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  • 67
    #67
    Feb 1969
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  • 68
    #68
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  • 71
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  • 72
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    Nov 1969
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  • 73/A
    #73 Variation A
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    Jan 1970
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  • 79
    #79
    Jan 1971
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  • 102
    #102
    Oct 1973
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  • 105
    #105
    May 1974
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  • 106
    #106
    Jul 1974
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  • 107
    #107
    Oct 1974
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  • 108
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    Jul 1976
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    #119
    Nov 1976
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    #126 Variation A
    Whitman
    Apr 1979
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