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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#5

April, 1956
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $5.00 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#6

June, 1956
Cover Price: $0.10
2 copies available from $2.00 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#7

August, 1956
Cover Price: $0.10
4 copies available from $1.00 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#8

November, 1956
Cover Price: $0.10
3 copies available from $2.62 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#9

February, 1957
Cover Price: $0.10
2 copies available from $16.00 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#11

August, 1957
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $8.85 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#12

November, 1957
Cover Price: $0.10
2 copies available from $0.80 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#15

June, 1958
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $30.90 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#21

June, 1959
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $7.00 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#24

December, 1959
Cover Price: $0.10
2 copies available from $2.25 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#26

April, 1960
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $10.00 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#29

October, 1960
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $5.00 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#30

December, 1960
Cover Price: $0.10
3 copies available from $5.00 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#31

March, 1961
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $2.41 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#33

July, 1961
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $3.00 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#35

November, 1961
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $11.05 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#36

January, 1962
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $2.41 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#37

March, 1962
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $2.41 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#38

May, 1962
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $15.45 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#43

November, 1963
Cover Price: $0.12
2 copies available from $2.41 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#44

February, 1964
Cover Price: $0.12
2 copies available from $6.00 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#48

February, 1965
Cover Price: $0.12
1 copy available for $1.50 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#49

May, 1965
Cover Price: $0.12
1 copy available for $7.00 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#51

November, 1965
Cover Price: $0.12
1 copy available for $2.50 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#57

February, 1967
Cover Price: $0.12
1 copy available for $4.99 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#59

June, 1967
Cover Price: $0.12
2 copies available from $1.00 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#62

September, 1967
Cover Price: $0.12
1 copy available for $3.00 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#64


Cover Price: $0.12
1 copy available for $2.88 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#67

February, 1969
Cover Price: $0.12
1 copy available for $14.40 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#69

June, 1969
Cover Price: $0.12
3 copies available from $2.50 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#71

October, 1969
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $8.90 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#72

November, 1969
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $1.98 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#73

January, 1970
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $4.75 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#73 Variation A (Complimentary Copy from the Cerebal Palsy Association Cover A by Mort Walker)

January, 1970
Cover Price: $0.15
2 copies available from $5.00 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#74

March, 1970
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $6.50 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#75

May, 1970
Cover Price: $0.15
2 copies available from $9.98 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#77

September, 1970
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $2.75 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#78

November, 1970
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $3.00 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#79

January, 1971
Cover Price: $0.15
4 copies available from $2.00 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#80

March, 1971
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $4.50 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#81

May, 1971
Cover Price: $0.15
2 copies available from $3.00 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#82

July, 1971
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $3.50 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#84

October, 1971
Cover Price: $0.20
1 copy available for $3.00 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#88

March, 1972
Cover Price: $0.20
1 copy available for $4.00 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#91

July, 1972
Cover Price: $0.20
1 copy available for $0.73 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#92

August, 1972
Cover Price: $0.20
1 copy available for $3.98 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#102

October, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
1 copy available for $2.98 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#105

May, 1974
Cover Price: $0.00
1 copy available for $9.12 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#106

July, 1974
Cover Price: $0.25
2 copies available from $4.66 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#108

December, 1974
Cover Price: $0.25
1 copy available for $11.50 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#109

February, 1975
Cover Price: $0.25
1 copy available for $2.50 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#110

April, 1975
Cover Price: $0.25
1 copy available for $2.00 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#114


Cover Price: $0.25
1 copy available for $3.98 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#117

July, 1976
Cover Price: $0.30
1 copy available for $4.50 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#119

November, 1976
Cover Price: $0.30
1 copy available for $4.50 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#120 Variation A (Whitman Edition)

April, 1978
Cover Price: $0.35
1 copy available for $34.98 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#121

June, 1978
Cover Price: $0.35
2 copies available from $1.00 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#121 Variation A (Whitman)

May, 1980
Cover Price: $0.35
1 copy available for $1.50 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#122

August, 1978
Cover Price: $0.35
1 copy available for $1.75 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#126 Variation A (Whitman)

April, 1979
Cover Price: $0.40
1 copy available for $3.00 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#127 Variation A (Whitman)

May, 1980
Cover Price: $0.40
1 copy available for $2.00 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#128

August, 1979
Cover Price: $0.40
1 copy available for $2.99 		Mort WalkerMort Walker
#132

April, 1980
Cover Price: $0.40
1 copy available for $5.98 		Mort WalkerMort Walker