I Thought You Had the Compass, Beetle Bailey (Beetle Bailey, I Thought You Had the Compass!)

In this single 1976 comic from Tempo Books, the long-running Beetle Bailey series takes a brief detour into a standalone gag collection under the playful title I Thought You Had the Compass, Beetle Bailey. The book gathers classic strips from the beloved newspaper comic, showcasing Mort Walker’s enduring humor centered on the bumbling Private Bailey and his Camp Swampy comrades. While not a narrative arc, this slim volume captures the timeless, lighthearted spirit of one of comics’ most iconic and longest-running strips.