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Issue Details

Issue #148
Published May 1947
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "ALBERT THE ALLIGATOR AND POGO POSSUM, No. 148." Code number is A+P.O.S. #148-475. Copyright 1947 by Oskar Lebeck.

Cover Details

Characters Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum; Churchy La Femme; Chug Chug Curtis; Howland Owl
Genre funny animal
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Reprinted in Four Color (Wilson Publishing, 1948 series) #148

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "An Apology"

Characters Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum; Walt Kelly
Synopsis A tongue in cheek introduction to the series.
Script Walt Kelly (signed)
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black, red; and white. Kelly caricatures himself at the drawing board.

6 page [Albert the Alligator and Pogo Possum] story "The Great Sam Widge Contest"

Characters Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum; Howland Owl; Churchy La Femme
Synopsis Owl and Albert are judges in Pogo and Churchy's sandwich-making contest.
Genre funny animal
Script Walt Kelly
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Letters Walt Kelly

10 page [Albert the Alligator and Pogo Possum] story "Rainy Daze"

Characters Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum
Synopsis Pogo and Albert get on each other's nerves while spending a rainy day together at Albert's house.
Genre funny animal
Script Walt Kelly
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Letters Walt Kelly
Reprinted in Four Color (Wilson Publishing, 1948 series) #148

10 page [Albert the Alligator and Pogo Possum] story "The Catfish Pirates"

Characters Pogo Possum; Mistuh Frog; Churchy La Femme; Howland Owl
Synopsis Pogo catches a boatload of catfish, but Churchy and Owl dress up as pirates to steal the fish for dinner.
Genre funny animal
Script Walt Kelly
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Letters Walt Kelly
Reprinted in Four Color (Wilson Publishing, 1948 series) #148

12 page [Albert the Alligator and Pogo Possum] story "Mr. Owl and the Atomic Bomb"

Characters Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum; Howland Owl; Duck; Boll Weevil
Synopsis Owl captures a batch of bugs named Adam in order to make an "Adam" [Atom] bomb.
Genre funny animal
Script Walt Kelly
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Letters Walt Kelly
Reprinted in Four Color (Wilson Publishing, 1948 series) #148

12 page [Albert the Alligator and Pogo Possum] story "East Lint with Albert and Pogo and an All Star Cast in Person"

Characters Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum; Boll Weevil; Howland Owl; Basil Bunny; Churchy La Femme; Barnstable Bear
Synopsis The swamp critters dress in costume to see who is the best actor.
Genre funny animal
Script Walt Kelly
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Letters Walt Kelly
Notes Story continues on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on back cover in color.