Issue Details

Issue	#85
Published	November 1971
Cover Price	$0.20
Pages	36
Editing	?

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters	Sargent Orville Snorkel; Otto
Genre	humor; army
Pencils	Mort Walker (signed)
Inks	Mort Walker (signed)

3 page Beetle Bailey story "The Dance Instructor"

Characters	Sargent Orville Snorkel; Captain Sam Scabbard; youth center director; students
Synopsis	Through a mix-up, Sarge is sent to teach a judo class but ends up teaching a dance class.
Genre	humor; army

1 page Sarge story "Easy As Pie"

Characters	Sargent Orville Snorkel; Captain Sam Scabbard; General Amos T. Halftrack (cameo)
Synopsis	The Captain explains the work of expert helicopter pilots and Sarge puts it to work for himself.
Genre	humor; army

3 page Sarge story "Sarge And Stripes"

Characters	Sargent Orville Snorkel; Beetle Bailey; Captain Sam Scabbard; medics
Synopsis	Sarge accidently injures Beetle and the medics make it look life a life threating disaster.
Genre	humor; army

3 page Beetle Bailey story "Trip To Town"

Characters	Beetle Bailey; Sargent Orville Snorkel; Killer Diller; Captain Sam Scabbard
Synopsis	The Captain orders Sarge to take a trip into town, to get away from army life, but when the guys take him he still tries army ways and ends up attacking a carnival.
Genre	humor; army

1 page Color This Page, Kids! activity "untitled"

Characters	Sargent Orville Snorkel; Beetle Bailey
Genre	humor; army
Notes	Coloring page, printed in black-and-white.

1 page Lt. Flap story "untitled"

Characters	Lt. Jack Flap; Lt. Sonny Fuzz
Synopsis	Lt. Flap tries to borrow a couple dollars from Lt. Fuzz under his door, because Lt. Fuzz is embarrased to be seen in his footie pajamas.
Genre	humor; army

1 page Little Otto story "The Listener"

Characters	Private Blips; General Amos T. Halftrack; Killer Diller; Plato; Rocky; Otto
Synopsis	Killer, Rocky and Plato demand better food in the mess hall and the General refuses, but while talking out loud after they leave is overheard by Otto.
Genre	humor; army

3 page Beetle Bailey story "The Camouflage Class"

Characters	Sarge Orville Snorkel; Beetle Bailey; other privates
Synopsis	Beetle fools Sarge into thinking he is a General to try to win a prize for camouflage class, but ends up in the stockade.
Genre	humor; army

1 page Little Otto story "untitled"

Characters	Otto; Beetle Bailey
Synopsis	Otto believes he can wander anywhere in Camp Swampy, but is kicked out of the WAC Barracks.
Genre	humor; army

1 page Service Smiles text story "The Marksman; Weather Reports; The Diagnosis"

Genre	humor; army
Letters	typeset
Notes	Three text stories about servicemen.

1 page Color This Page, Kids! activity "untitled"

Characters	Sargent Orville Snorkel; Beetle Bailey
Genre	humor; army
Notes	Coloring page, printed in black-and-white.

3 page Beetle Bailey story "The Big Splash"

Characters	Beetle Bailey; Sargent Orville Snorkel; Captain Sam Scabbard; Major
Synopsis	After another screw-up, Beetle is told by the Captain to take a note to the Major to have himself placed in the stockade, but Sarge delivers the note and is placed in the stockade instead.
Genre	humor; army

3 page Beetle Bailey story "Sarge's Helper"

Characters	Beetle Bailey; Sargent Orville Snorkel; Captain Sam Scabbard; Lt. Sonny Fuzz
Synopsis	Sarge tells Beetle to fix a storeroom door handle and Beetle leaves Sarge locked in the room while he works on it.
Genre	humor; army