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.