Beetle Bailey
During the late 1960s and into the mid-1970s, Charlton Comics brought Mort Walker's beloved newspaper strip Beetle Bailey to the comic-book rack for a 53-issue run. Written and drawn primarily by Walker himself, often with assistance from Bob Gustafson, these issues collected the daily gags and Sunday pages starring the perpetually lazy Private Beetle Bailey, his long-suffering Sergeant Snorkel, and the rest of the bumbling Camp Swampy crew. While the series didn't introduce new stories, it offered a handy, colorful package of Walker's timeless military humor for fans who wanted their favorite slacker soldier in a more durable format. It stands as a solid, if straightforward, example of how a classic newspaper strip could find a second life in the burgeoning comic-book market of the era.