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Issue Details

Issue #16
Published August-September 1958
Cover Price .10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Helen Meyer?
Notes Indicia: BEETLE BAILEY, No. 16, Aug.-Sept., 1958. Published bi-monthly by Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 750 Third Ave., New York 17, N. Y. George T. Delacorte, Jr., Publisher; Helen Meyer, President; Paul R. Lilly, Executive Vice-President; Harold Clark, Vice-Pres.-Advertising Director; Albert P. Delacorte, Treasurer. Re-entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, New York under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscriptions in U.S.A. and Canada 60¢ per year; foreign subscriptions $1.00 per year. Dell Subscription Service: 321 West 44th Street, New York 36, N. Y. (c) 1958, by King Features Syndicate, Inc. All rights reserved throughout the world. Authorized edition. Printed in U.S.A. Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.

Cover Details

Characters Beetle Bailey
Synopsis Beetle Bailey holds an umbrella while parachuting in the rain.
Genre humor; war
Pencils Mort Walker?
Inks Mort Walker?
Notes Indicia: BEETLE BAILEY, No. 16, Aug.-Sept., 1958. Published bi-monthly by Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 750 Third Ave., New York 17, N. Y. George T. Delacorte, Jr., Publisher; Helen Meyer, President; Paul R. Lilly, Executive Vice-President; Harold Clark, Vice-Pres.-Advertising Director; Albert P. Delacorte, Treasurer. Re-entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, New York under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscriptions in U.S.A. and Canada 60¢ per year; foreign subscriptions $1.00 per year. Dell Subscription Service: 321 West 44th Street, New York 36, N. Y. (c) 1958, by King Features Syndicate, Inc. All rights reserved throughout the world. Authorized edition. Printed in U.S.A. Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.

1 page Beetle Bailey story "Sir, there's a wild mountain lion roaming the area!"

Characters Sergeant Orville Snorkel; General Amos Halftrack; Cookie; Captain Sam Scabbard
Synopsis Because a mountain lion is on the loose, General Halftrack makes the soldiers build him a cage to sleep in for protection.
Genre humor; war
Script Jack Mendelsohn?
Pencils Tony Di Preta?
Inks Tony Di Preta?
Notes Credits from Jerry Bail's Who's Who of American Comic Books. Inside front cover includes black-and-white cartoon, indicia and legal notices.

7 page Beetle Bailey story "Heat Wave"

Characters "Killer" Diller; Bammy; Cookie; Beetle Bailey; General Amos Halftrack; Corporal Roberge
Synopsis Beetle installs a makeshift air conditioner in the trunk of Gen. Halftrack's car. The general gets caught in the trunk and nearly freezes.
Genre humor; war
Script Jack Mendelsohn?
Pencils Tony Di Preta?
Inks Tony Di Preta?
Notes The writer obviously doesn't know how an air conditioner works.

7 page Beetle Bailey story "Cupid is Stupid"

Characters "Killer Diller"; Bammy; Sergeant Orville Snorkel; Beetle Bailey; Hilda; General Casmire
Synopsis Sgt. Snorkel falls in love and is nice to the soldiers. When he mistakenly thinks that his girlfriend is stepping out in him, he's meaner than ever.
Genre humor; war
Script Jack Mendelsohn?
Pencils Tony Di Preta?
Inks Tony Di Preta?
Notes Snorkel is spelled Snorkle in the story.

4 page Beetle Bailey story "Nosy for News"

Characters "Killer" Diller; Beetle Bailey; Private Alexanderus Dmitrisonny Melnichuckski
Synopsis Beetle tries out for a job on the Camp Swampy Bugle newspaper, but fails to find any unusual characters to write about.
Genre humor; war
Script Jack Mendelsohn?
Pencils Tony Di Preta?
Inks Tony Di Preta?

3 page Beetle Bailey story "Complete Washout"

Characters Sergeant Orville Snorkel; "Killer" Diller; Miss La Marr
Synopsis Sarge tricks Killer into doing his laundry by calling it a "gorgeous bundle". Killer misses a date with actress Miss La Marr because he thinks it's another trick.
Genre humor; war
Script Jack Mendelsohn?
Pencils Tony Di Preta?
Inks Tony Di Preta?
Notes Snorkel is spelled Snorkle in the story.

1 page Froggie Phlippe text story "Daffy Drill"

Characters Froggie Phlippe; Sergeant Phlippe; Corporal Crump
Synopsis Froggie Phlippe tries to help his father, Sergeant Phlippe, who has laryngitis. He turns a drill into a comedy routine, amusing Corporal Crump.
Genre humor; war
Letters Typeset
Notes Illustrated text story

4 page Vinny the Vet story "The Circled Square"

Characters Vinny Brown (Vinnie the Vet); Rocky Maraschino; Killer Panucci
Synopsis Vinnie the Vet covers a boxing match for the Gotham Sun, and gets beaten up by Killer Panucci for writing critical comments about him.
Genre humor
Script Jack Mendelsohn?
Pencils Tony Di Preta?
Inks Tony Di Preta?

1 page Beetle Bailey story "I think you ought to keep an eye on Zero, Sarge!"

Characters Sergeant Orville Snorkel; Beetle Bailey; Zero
Synopsis Zero gets a light-duty slip by searching everywhere for it.
Genre humor; war
Script Jack Mendelsohn?
Pencils Tony Di Preta?
Inks Tony Di Preta?

5 page Beetle Bailey story "Pilot's Error"

Characters Beetle Bailey; "Killer" Diller; Captain Joystick
Synopsis Beetle and his pen-pal girlfriend send each other fake pictures of beautiful movie stars. Killer gets Beetle some quick jet-pilot training then is unpleasantly surprised when he steals Beetle's date.
Genre humor; war
Script Jack Mendelsohn?
Pencils Tony Di Preta?
Inks Tony Di Preta?

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Free magnifying glass!"

Synopsis Get a free "Dell Comics are Good Comics" magnifying glass by subscribing to Dell comics.
Letters Typeset
Notes Inside back cover

1 page advertisement "Have Fun Safely"

Synopsis Juicy Fruit Gum ad with tips for safe swimming
Letters ?; typeset
Notes Back cover