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SB-Z4December 1958
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Beetle Bailey and Sarge #SB-Z4

Dell · December 1958

First appearance: CookieFirst appearance: OttoFirst appearance: Lieutenant Fuzz
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Identification plate

Series
Beetle Bailey and Sarge (Dell, 1958 series)
Issue
#SB-Z4
Publication date
December 1958
Key date
1958-12-10
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$1.00
Pages
132

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of Lieutenant Fuzz - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Private Zero - 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, Sergeant Snorkel
1-illustration2pencils: Mort Walker; inks: Mort WalkerBeetle Bailey, Cookie First, Killer Diller, Lieutenant Fuzz First, General Halftrack, Otto First, Captain Scabbard, Sergeant Snorkel, Private Zero First
2Frontispieceillustration1pencils: Mort Walker; inks: Mort Walker; letters: Mort WalkerBeetle Bailey
3Welcome To Camp Swampy [Half-Title]text article1letters: typeset
4Beetle Bailey and Sarge [Title Page]text article2script: Mort Walker; pencils: Mort Walker; inks: Mort Walker; letters: Mort WalkerPrivate Beetle Bailey; Sergeant 1st Class Orville P. Snorkel [Orvie Snorkle; Sarge]; Captain Sam Scabbard; Second Lieutenant Sonny Fuzz; Private "Killer" Diller; Mess Sergeant Cookie; Commanding Brigadier General Amos T. Halftrack; Private John D. Cosmo; Private Zero
5Copyright Pagetext article1letters: typeset
6Headquarters Camp Swampytext story2script: Mort Walker; pencils: Mort Walker; inks: Mort Walker; letters: Mort WalkerPrivate Beetle Bailey; Sergeant 1st Class Orville P. Snorkel [Orvie Snorkle; Sarge]; Captain Sam Scabbard; Second Lieutenant Sonny Fuzz; Private "Killer" Diller; Mess Sergeant Cookie; Commanding Brigadier General Amos T. Halftrack; Private John D. Cosmo; Private Zero; Otto
7-comic story116script: Mort Walker; pencils: Mort Walker; inks: Mort Walker; letters: Mort WalkerPrivate Beetle Bailey; Sergeant 1st Class Orville P. Snorkel [Orvie Snorkle; Sarge]; Captain Sam Scabbard; Second Lieutenant Sonny Fuzz; Private "Killer" Diller; Mess Sergeant Cookie; Commanding Brigadier General Amos T. Halftrack; Private John D. Cosmo; Private Zero; Otto; Charlie; Martha Halftrack
8About Mort Walkertext article1pencils: None; ? (photograph); inks: None; ? (photograph); letters: typeset
9-illustration2pencils: Mort Walker; inks: Mort Walker
10A Riotous Collection Of New Cartoons, Plus a Vintage Assortment of All-Time Favoritespromo (ad from the publisher)1script: Mort Walker; pencils: Mort Walker; inks: Mort WalkerPrivate Beetle Bailey; Sergeant 1st Class Orville P. Snorkel [Orvie Snorkle; Sarge]

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Series context

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Sources

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