The series premiered in 1963. Stopped in 1971 after 21 issues.

The series' characters (of which Jed Clampett is the patriarch) are a closely knitted family from the backwoods mountains, who suddenly strike oil and move to Beverly Hills in California. Although they come across as being rather dimwitted they manage to overcome any cultural misconceptions and questionable morals they encounter in their own unimpressed and unsophisticated way.

The series is a spinoff from a situation comedy TV series that ran from 1962 to 1971 (274 episodes).