| Issue | #552 |
| Published | April 1954 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia title is "BEETLE BAILEY, No. 552." Code number is B.BAILEY O.S. #552-544. Copyright 1954 by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Third of four Beetle Bailey Four Colors. |
| Characters | Beetle Bailey |
| Genre | humor |
| Pencils | Mort Walker (signed) |
| Inks | Mort Walker (signed) |
| Characters | Beetle Bailey |
| Synopsis | Beetle puts his jeep through a torture test, then complains when it fails. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Mort Walker |
| Pencils | Mort Walker |
| Inks | Fred Rhoads |
| Letters | Fred Rhoads |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. |
| Characters | Beetle Bailey; Sarge Snorkle |
| Synopsis | Beetle accidentally drops the key to the Captain's safe in the back of a garbage track. He races to the dump, only to be detained by the police twice, once for speeding and later for looking like a vagrant after digging through the trash to find the key. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Mort Walker |
| Pencils | Mort Walker |
| Inks | Fred Rhoads |
| Letters | Fred Rhoads |
| Notes | Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from "Beetle Bailey's Secret Life" by Craig Shutt, Hogan's Alley #12 (2004). |
| Characters | Gen. Halftrack (intro); Killer; Capt. Scabbard; Beetle Bailey; Sarge Snorkle |
| Synopsis | A Senator comes to inspect the camp after receiving complaints that the troops have been living in the woods for two months. Gen. Halftrack takes the Senator to the field camp, where they find the soldiers' ingenuity has given them the comforts of home. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Mort Walker |
| Pencils | Mort Walker |
| Inks | Fred Rhoads |
| Letters | Fred Rhoads |
| Notes | First appearance of Gen. Halftrack in the comic book stories. Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from "Beetle Bailey's Secret Life" by Craig Shutt, Hogan's Alley #12 (2004). |
| Characters | Beetle Bailey; Beetle's father; Beetle's mother; Beetle's brother; Buzz Breezey (Beetle's old girlfriend) |
| Synopsis | Beetle returns to his home town for a furlough. He is chosen to judge a beauty contest, but gets some salt and pepper in his eyes and can't see. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Mort Walker |
| Pencils | Mort Walker |
| Inks | Fred Rhoads |
| Letters | Fred Rhoads |
| Notes | Beetle appears in the civilian outfit he had in the comic strip before entering the Army. Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from "Beetle Bailey's Secret Life" by Craig Shutt, Hogan's Alley #12 (2004). |
| Characters | Beetle Bailey; Killer |
| Synopsis | Beetle loses his helmet and has to go to the supply sergeant to retrieve it. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Mort Walker |
| Pencils | Mort Walker |
| Inks | Fred Rhoads |
| Letters | Fred Rhoads |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from "Beetle Bailey's Secret Life" by Craig Shutt, Hogan's Alley #12 (2004). |
| Characters | Beetle Bailey; Killer |
| Synopsis | Beetle and Killer spend the day on the rides at an amusement park; then complain about how rough the ride is on the bus back to the base. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Mort Walker |
| Pencils | Mort Walker |
| Inks | Fred Rhoads |
| Letters | Fred Rhoads |
| Notes | Back cover; color. Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from "Beetle Bailey's Secret Life" by Craig Shutt, Hogan's Alley #12 (2004). |