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Issue: Impollutable Pogo #[nn]
Publication Date: January 1972
 
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Publisher: FlagSimon and Schuster
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Indicia Publisher: Simon and Schuster
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 132
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 35 (22 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Walt Kelly ?
Disclose Notes: SBN 671-20401-7; Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 72-132022. Library of Congress card number indicates 1972 publication of Pogo newspaper strips with a copyright date of 1970. The copyright date is the only one in the book.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: two color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: 6" x 9 1/4"
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: perfect bound
Publishing Format: one-shot
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Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Pogo
Pogo; Howland Owl; Churchy LaFemme; Hyena; Snavely (on flag)
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Blank Pages

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The inside front cover and inside back cover are blank.
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Pogo

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Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Pogo
Pogo
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Very small illustration of Pogo sowing seeds, which appears in most of the Pogo collections.
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Other Books by Walt Kelly

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Simon and Shuster
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List of Pogo collections.
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Impollutable Pogo

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Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Snavely (on flag)
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Title page with illustration of flag drawing from the cover.
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Copyright and cataloguing information.
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Dedication

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Walt Kelly
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Dedication: "In memory of Joe Barnes, who early on understood freedom." Joseph F. Barnes (1907-1970) was editor of the short-lived New York Star, which ran Pogo in late 1948-early 1949, before syndication.
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Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Pogo
Pogo (silhouette); Porkypine (silhouette)
Is goin' down harder than goin' up?
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Contents

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An Early Final Thought

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A quote by Walt Kelly from an article in the Milwaukee Journal, February 22, 1970. Same quote is used on the back cover.
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Churchy LaFemme

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Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Pogo
Churchy LaFemme
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Small clip art illustration of Churchy LaFemme bowing.
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Chapter 1 - Looking Ahead Behind by a Nose

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Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Pogo
Pogo; Churchy LaFemme; Beauregard Bugleboy; Miz Beaver (cameo); Howland Owl (cameo); Albert Alligator; Porky Pine; Ma'm'selle Hepzibah (cameo);
The cast celebrates New Year's Day and later Howland, Churchy, and Beauregard discuss changing the calendar.
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from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-01-01 to 1970-01-3, 1970-01-05 to 1970-01-08
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Chapter 2 - Which Vice Is Versa?

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Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Pogo
Pogo; Howland Owl; Churchy LaFemme; Beauregard Bugleboy
Howland and Churchy decide air pollution could be reduced if people would stop breathing.
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Chapter 3 - Four Bats and a Ball

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Pogo
Howland Owl; The Three Bats [Bewitched; Bothered; Bemildred]
Howland and the bats discuss air pollution, then the discussion evolves toward producing a seance television program to promote non-breathing.
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from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-01-26 to 1970-01-30, 1970-02-05, 1970-02-06
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Chapter 4 - Bearly Bear

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Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Pogo
Pogo; Porky Pine; Bear [Hyena]; Churchy LaFemme; Beauregard Bugleboy
A bug wakes up a "bear," thinking it's a ground hog. The "bear" frightens Pogo and Porky, but ends up befriending Churchy.
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New bridging panel between 1970-02-04 and 1970-02-09. The "Bear" is a caricature of then Vice-President Spiro Agnew and his dialogue parodies his political speeches. The character is referenced as a hyena on all online resources, so it is identified as such except for the few early appearances. The character is never given a name.
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Chapter 5 - A Head in a Hole and Vice Versa

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Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Pogo
Howland Owl; The Three Bats [Bewitched; Bothered; Bemildred]; Deacon Mushrat; Sarcophagus MacAbre; Churchy LaFemme
Howland and the bats walk by the cemetery and are scared when they hear the voices of the Deacon and Sarcophagus, who are hidden by tombstones. Churchy and Howland discuss the proposed seance television show.
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New bridging panels between 1970-02-13 and 1970-02-16 and also new panel after 1970-02-19.
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Chapter 6 - Uncle Beanfellow Is Dead Sure

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Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Pogo
The Three Bats [Bewitched; Bothered; Bemildred]
The three bats discuss their proposed seance television show and gossip about Auntie Fudgenut and Uncle Beanfellow.
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from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-02-20, 1970-02-23 to 1970-02-25
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Chapter 7 - The Drive-In, Self-Service Mortuary

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Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Pogo
Deacon Mushrat; Sarcophagus MacAbre; Howland Owl; Churchy LaFemme
Deacon and Sarcophagus meet Howland and Churchy and go to Sarcophagus' home in a mausoleum to listen to some funeral marches.
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from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-02-26 to 1970-02-28, 1970-03-13, 1970-03-14, 1970-03-16, 1970-03-17
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New bridging panel between 1970-03-14 and 1970-03-16. Second panel of 1970-03-16 is not printed. A bass drum in Sarcophagus' home has a "The Firehouse Five + 2" logo, which was the name of a 1950s Dixieland jazz band made up of members of the Disney animation department.
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Chapter 8 - A Hair's Breath

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Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Pogo
Pogo; Albert Alligator; one of the Three Bats; Porkypine
One of the three bats looks for a "non-breather" and tries to convince Pogo and Albert that a seance television program is feasible.
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Original bridging panels between 1970-03-07 and 1970-03-12 and after 1970-03-10. Boat name is "The U.S.S. Jack Koch, Cincinnati".
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Chapter 9 - An Unspeakable Minority

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Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Pogo
Hyena; Bun Rabbit; Molester Mole; Seminole Sam; Chug Chug Curtis
The Hyena gets a military uniform, complete with pistol, but he is the only one who thinks it looks good.
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Wiley Catt is mentioned, but does not appear.
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Chapter 10 - Twenty Percent of Zero Is Better Than Nothing

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Walt Kelly
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Pogo
Seminole Sam, Molester Mole; Hyena; Sarcophagus MacAbre
Sam, Mole, and Hyena go to Mole's house, but find there isn't any food. Mole and the Hyena decide to visit Sarcophagus MacAbre.
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from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-03-26 to 1970-03-31, 1970-04-02 to 1970-04-04, 1970-04-06. 1970-04-07
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Chapter 11 - The Corridor to Nowhere Is a Long Haul

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Pogo
Albert Alligator; one of the Three Bats; Pogo; Porkypine
Albert and one of the bats tell Pogo and Porkypine about their seance television show.
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New bridging panel after 1970-04-11. Pogo's boat names are "Ol' Sam Potter," "Sandy Anderson, Cincy, O.", The S. S. Joe McGraw, N.J.", and "Sam Pruett Esq. Cincy.O".
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Chapter 12 - The Pettifoggery of Subterfusion

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Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Pogo
The Three Bats [Bewitched; Bothered; Bemildred]; Albert Alligator
The bats read a letter from Auntie Fudgenut and discuss their seance television show with Albert.
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from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-04-13 to 1970-04-18, 1970-04-20
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Chapter 13 - Twenty Years, a Bed of Stone and Thou ... Singing?

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Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Pogo
Deacon Mushrat; Molester Mole; Sarcophagus MacAbre; Hyena; Howland Owl; Churchy LaFemme
The Hyena convinces the others that Howland and Churchy should be locked up.
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Chapter 14 - Justice Is Blind, Deaf and Stoned

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Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Pogo
Deacon Mushrat; Molester Mole; Sarcophagus MacAbre; Hyena; Howland Owl; Churchy LaFemme
The Hyena, Deacon, Mole, and Sarcophagus discuss Howland and Churchy's trial. Sarcophagus asks Howland and Churchy if they have a million dollars for bail.
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from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-05-04, 1970-05-06 to 1970-05-08, 1970-05-11 to 1970-05-14
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New bridging panel after 1970-05-14. Some of the trial jokes about democracy are very similar to those used in the Simple J. Malarkey satire of the McCarthy Trials in the 1950s.
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Chapter 15 - Hung Up on the Ectoplasmic Phone

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Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Pogo
Albert Alligator; The Three Bats [Bewitched; Bothered; Bemildred]; Cleopatra (on phone)
One of the three bats accidentally connects with Cleopatra while using a toy telephone to demonstrate how the seance television show would work.
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from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-05-15, 1970-05-16, 1970-05-18 to 1970-05-22
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Cleopatra speaks in faux hieroglyphics.
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Chapter 16 - The Rover Boys Would Rather Writhe

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Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Pogo
Howland Owl; Churchy LaFemme; Sarcophagus MacAbre
Howland tricks Sarcophagus into giving them some rope so they can try to escape from their jail cell.
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from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-05-27 to 1970-05-30, 1970-06-02 to 1970-06-04, 1970-06-13
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There is an extra tier of two panels between 1970-06-04 and 1970-06-13. Date unknown.
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Chapter 17 - Wrong Number: Nobody Here But Us

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Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Pogo
Albert Alligator; The Three Bats [Bewitched; Bothered; Bemildred]
The bats are using the seance phone to call Uncle Beanfellow and Cleopatra.
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from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-06-06, 1970-06-08 to 1970-06-11
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Possibly half of 1970-06-12 as last panel.
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Chapter 18 - Steadily Upward, Onward, and Over

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Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Pogo
Pogo; Porkypine
Pogo and Porky climb a mountain.
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from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips 1970-06-01, 1970-06-18 to 1970-06-20
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Chapter 19 - A Clearing in the Forest of the Mind

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Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Pogo
Howland Owl; Churchy LaFemme; Deacon Mushrat; Molester Mole; Sarcophagus MacAbre; Hyena
The Hyena runs a trial, aided by Deacon and Mole, to convict Howland and Churchy of something, anything.
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from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-06-15 to 1970-06-17, 1970-06-22 to 1970-06-27
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Only first half of 1970-06-27 (two panels) is reprinted.
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Chapter 20 - A Clearing in a Jugular Vein

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Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Pogo
Deacon Mushrat; Mole; Hyena; Howland Owl
Deacon, Mole, and Hyena continue to determine what crimes to charge Howland and Churchy with, but get caught up in legalese. Then they are distracted by a pistol with a hair-trigger.
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from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips 1970-06-29 to 1970-04-04
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Last half of 1970-04-04 is not reprinted.
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Chapter 21 - The Wild Blown Yonder

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Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Pogo
Albert Alligator; The Three Bats [Bewitched; Bothered; Bemildred]; Bun Rabbit; Hyena; Deacon Mushrat; Molester Mole; Howland Owl; Churchy LaFemme; Sarcophagus MacAbre; Miz Beaver; Ma'm'selle Hepzibah; Grundoon
Albert gathers most of the rest of the cast to go to Sarcophagus' home to hold the seance television show. Pogo and Porky get there sooner and the Hyena puts them on trial with Howland. The rest of the group arrives later and are tricked into joining Pogo and crew in the jail cell.
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from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-07-06 to 1970-07-09, 1970-7-14 to 1970-07-18, 1970-07-20 to 1970-07-25
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Only two panels from 1970-07-25 are reprinted. Reference to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on the seance telephone.
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Chapter 22 - All's Well That Ends

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Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Pogo
Hyena; Molester Mole; Deacon Mushrat; Pogo; Albert Alligator; Sarcophagus MacAbre; Howland Owl; Churchy LaFemme; Miz Beaver; The Three Bats [Bewitched; Bothered; Bemildred]; Ma'm'selle Hepzibah; Porkypine
The Hyena accuses Deacon and Mole of treason and throw them into the jail cell with the others. The captives use a rope tied to Deacon's tail to escape from the jail, while the Hyena leaves the scene, looking for others who will agree with him absolutely.
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from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-07-27 to 1970-08-1, 1970-08-03 to 1970-08-08
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Second half of 1970-08-01 is not reprinted. Catch phrase "We have met the enemy and he is us." is stated by Porky as the final line in the book.
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An Early Final Thought

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Walt Kelly
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Back cover. Quote by Walt Kelly from article in the Milwaukee Journal, February 22, 1970. (Same quote as sequence 10.)

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