We've been enjoying the antics of the long time soldier BEETLE BAILEY since 1950. Mort Walker created Beetle, first as a college student. The comic strip debuted in around 50 newspapers on September 4, 1950. Beetle and his fraternity brothers were a moderate success. The comic strip caught on and was then purchased by King Features. It is reported that Beetle Bailey was the last comic strip personally approved by William Randolph Hearst.
Mort Walker decided to have his star character accidentally enlist in the Army during the Korean Conflict of the 1950's and as they say....the rest is history. The comic strip now appears in over 1800 newspapers around the world.
Pictured is a Dell Comic book from 1956 with the antics of Beetle and his fellow soldiers.
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I own this very same comic book today.and now I am trying to find a buyer at this time or to see if these four issues of beetle bailey is worth selling at all.
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