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42August 1963
$0.12

Beetle Bailey #42

Western · August 1963 · on sale 1963-05-29

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Series
Beetle Bailey (Western, 1962 series)
Issue
#42
Publication date
August 1963
Key date
1963-08-00
On-sale date
1963-05-29
Indicia publisher
K. K. Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Mort Walker; inks: Mort WalkerSergeant Orville Snorkel; Beetle Bailey
1-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset
2The Ghost Writercomic story8Zero; Sergeant Orville Snorkel; Beetle Bailey
3Ski for Twocomic story8Bunny Piper; Beetle Bailey; Velma; Jerry
4Hot Water Boytext story1letters: typesetFroggy Phlippe; Colonel Crump; Sergeant Phlippe
5The Great Diamond Discoverycomic story6Beetle Bailey; Killer Diller
6Prof. Lunkhead's Love Lotioncomic story4Vinny; Prof. Lunkhead; Miss Rumplemyer; Lois Lunkhead
7Cootie Conspiracycomic story5Sergeant Moose; Sergeant Orville Snorkel; Lt. Brown; Captain Scabbard; Barney
9-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Russ Manning; inks: Russ ManningXyrkol; Magnus

Plus 1.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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