I Don't Want to Be Out Here Any More Than You Do, Beetle Bailey

A trio of slim, digest-sized collections from Tempo Books, I Don't Want to Be Out Here Any More Than You Do, Beetle Bailey reprints classic Mort Walker strips from the late 1960s and early 1970s, capturing the series' peak era of sly military satire. These books—the first of which shares its title with a classic strip—offer a handy, portable snapshot of Walker's long-running comic, showcasing the deadpan humor of the perpetually lazy Private Bailey and his long-suffering Sergeant Snorkel. While brief, the run matters as an early example of the newspaper strip being repackaged for the paperback market, preserving the gags for a new generation of readers.