Publishers / Dell / Four Color (1942) / #552
552April 1954
$0.10

Four Color #552

Dell · April 1954 · on sale 1954-03-09

First appearance: General Halftrack
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Identification plate

Series
Four Color (Dell, 1942 series)
Issue
#552
Issue title
Beetle Bailey
Publication date
April 1954
Key date
1954-04-00
On-sale date
1954-03-09
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of General Halftrack - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Mort Walker; inks: Mort WalkerBeetle Bailey
1Road Testcomic story1script: Mort Walker; pencils: Mort Walker; inks: Fred Rhoads; letters: Fred RhoadsBeetle Bailey
2Key to the Safecomic story12script: Mort Walker; pencils: Mort Walker; inks: Fred Rhoads; letters: Fred RhoadsBeetle Bailey, Sergeant Snorkel
3Roughing Itcomic story10script: Mort Walker; pencils: Mort Walker; inks: Fred Rhoads; letters: Fred RhoadsBeetle Bailey, Killer Diller, General Halftrack First, Captain Scabbard, Sergeant Snorkel
4Beetle's Furloughcomic story10script: Mort Walker; pencils: Mort Walker; inks: Fred Rhoads; letters: Fred RhoadsBeetle Bailey
5The Lost Helmetcomic story1script: Mort Walker; pencils: Mort Walker; inks: Fred Rhoads; letters: Fred RhoadsBeetle Bailey, Killer Diller
6Amusement Parkcomic story1script: Mort Walker; pencils: Mort Walker; inks: Fred Rhoads; letters: Fred RhoadsBeetle Bailey, Killer Diller

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Series context

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Sources

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