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Issue: Beetle Bailey #132

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Publication Date: April 1980

Issue #132
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Issues: #132 of 13 Issues (23 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Western

Brand: Whitman

Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.

On Sale Date: 02/1980

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: 0335009002504

Price: $0.40 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

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.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age U. S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (8 total)

Rocket Ruckus

Illustration on Cover, Front

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, military

Character(s): Beetle Bailey; Sarge Snorkel

Synopsis: Beetle and Sarge ride atop a runaway rocket.

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Pages: 1

The Deciding Factor

Advertisement (Comic Format) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Nick Fury; alien invaders

First Line: I don't know what these alien invaders are thinking... But I don't think I like it!

Synopsis: While Captain America appears to be losing a battle with aliens, Nick Fury distracts them with Hostess Fruit Pies.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Color ad on inside front cover.

Up a Tree

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, military

Character(s): Beetle Bailey; Sarge Snorkel; Killer Diller; Zero; General Halftrack

First Line: Hey, Sarge! Here's a good campsite!

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.

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Pages: 5

Stomach Story

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, military

Character(s): Beetle Bailey; Sarge Snorkel; Captain Scabbard; Killer Diller; Cookie

First Line: Sarge, get this report out before you go to lunch!

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.

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Pages: 6

What a Gas

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, military

Character(s): Beetle Bailey; Sarge Snorkel; Killer Diller; Cookie

First Line: Look at this mess!

Synopsis: Beetle glues together the loose seams on his gas mask, resulting in Sarge getting the mask stuck on his face.

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Pages: 4

All in Fun

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, military

Character(s): Beetle Bailey; Sarge Snorkel; Cosmo; Rocky; unnamed soldier

First Line: Anybody for a friendly game of cards?

Synopsis: Sarge expects that Beetle's typical "friendly game of cards" will take its usual unfriendly turn, and he is right.

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Pages: 3

Compute-Err

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, military

Character(s): Beetle Bailey; Sarge Snorkel; Rocky; Killer Diller; General Halftrack; Miss Blips, unnamed major

First Line: I need a volunteer to stay back here and work in the computer center.

Synopsis: To get out of a ten-mile hike, Beetle volunteers to work in Camp Swampy's computer center.

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Pages: 4

Enjoy the Lovable Antics of Tom and Jerry

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Whitman Comics; Tom and Jerry

Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy

Synopsis: Campers Jerry and Tuffy toast marshmallows atop Tom's gas stove, using the gas jets as a campfire.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Whitman house ad for Tom and Jerry. Unlike many similar Whitman promo ads, which reproduce existing covers, this ad features an original illustration (or an unused cover?) likely by Massimo Fecchi. Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story.