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HELLO, CLAPTRAP- SIT DOWN- I'LL
GET TO THE POINT- YOU'RE THE
POLITICAL BIG SHOT IN THESE PARTS
WELL. I DON'T WANT ANY FAVORS
I'M GOING TO DO YOU A FAVOR
GOING TO KICK IN MILLION
DOLLARS FOR YOUR COMING.
CAMPAIGN-
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BAD NAME- BUT HE CANT STOP OS NOW-
EONITE IS GIVING HONEST BUSINESS
MEN A FAIR' PROFIT- MEN ARE GOING
BACK TO WORK BY THE TENS OP
THOUSANDS, THANKS TO EON ITS -EVERYTHING
IS GETTING BETTER
EVERYONE IS HAPPIER EXCEPT SLUoo-
WHEW! THAT'S
GREAT, SLUGG-
B- BUT ,
ER--- ISN'T
.THERE SOMETHING
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YOU IN RETURN?
NO! I MERELY
WISH TO SERVE THE
BEST INTERESTS OP
THIS, OUR GLORIOUS
LAND, BY ASSURING
THE ELECTION OF
SUCH STERLING
PATRIOTS AS OU
AND YOUR WORTHY
FOLLOW I
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&UT SLUGG IS WORSE THAN UNHAPPY.
HE IS LIKE A CAGED AMD
RAGING BEAST- A. CUNN.IUG
BEAST- DEADLY- DAUGEROUS-
C I'VE GOT THE TRICK THAT WILL
SMASH WARBUCKS LIKE A FLY ON
A SCREEN- CONTROLLED PUBLIC
OPINION IT 5
IRRESISTI BLE
.SUREFIRE-
MR. CLAUDS
CLAPTRAP TO
a&b YOU,
SIR-
( BALONEY? IT SOUNDS
GREAT. AND We CAN
USE THE DOUGH- BUT
WE CAN'T WIN A
CAMPAIGN WITH
MONEY ALONE- CANT
BUY ENOUGH VOTES -
We MUST BE FOR
SOMETHING -
All
THERE IS
WHERE
YOU'RE
ABSOLUTELY
WKONQ,
CLAPTRAP.
mm
YOU CALL YOURSELF
A SMART POUTICIAN
NEVER BE FOR ANYTHING,
IF YOU CAN HELP IT
OPPOSE EVERYTHING -
PROPOSE NOTHING -BE
AGAINST SOMETHING
OR SOMEONE -
YGAH-
YOU'RE
RIGHT
BUT WHO
OR WHAT
CAN WE BE
AGAINST 3
J
NO- LISTEN - THE GREAT SECRET
HE POSSESSES SHOULD BELONG TO THE
COMMON PEE-PUL- NO ONE MAN'
SHOULD HOLD SUCH TREMENDOUS
POWER- HOW DOES HE DARE SET
HIMSELF UP AS A MONSTER. CONTROLLING
-THE LIVES AND HAPPINESS OF
MILLIONS
TS,
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HM-M- LET'S
I THINK REAL HARD- ( WHY,
I IT MUST BE BIG- OLIVER
spectZJlar-0 .
I WHO'S THE BIGGEST EONITE--I
FIGURE IN THE J I RUT---
I PUBLIC EYE A. J
GET HORATIO HACK. THE WRITER-
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RONALD RENEGADE. THE PARK
AVENUE SWELL v PHlNEAS PLUNDER-
GET LESTER LACQUEY AND
BXRON BUNKUM -TURN
'EM LOOSE-
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YOU SAID
IT- WHY,
THIS IS
SURE-FIRE- A
"COMICS" THEY CALLS "N
EM- I CAN REMIMBER
WHIN IVERY COMIC
ARTIST, SO-CALLED,
TRIED TO PANIC HIS
READERS IVERY DAY
THIM DAYS IS GOME.
THAN in GOODNESS -
Maw Green
WITH ALL THE "COMICS"
THERE IS TO DAV ic
IVERY ONE WAS FUNNY
I'D LAUGH MESELF
TO DEATH- HEIGH-HO-
IT S THE STORIES
LIKE -
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( WOW! YOU'VE tix
IT- WARBUCKS
WHY HADN'T I ;
(THOUGHT OF HIM
IT'S PERFECT, DON'T
V YOU 5bbv
B-BUT
HOW CAN
WB ATTACK.
HIM? WON'T
THE PEOPLE"?
WHY. IN A MONTH.
CLAPTRAP. YOU'LL
Be A POPULAR
IDOL-' A PATRIOT-
THEY'LL CHEER
YOU WHEREVER
YOU APPEAR.
YOU'LL 6E A HERO-
I'LL NEVER
FORGET WHAT
YOU'RE DOING
FOR ME AND
THE BOYS, SLUGG
YOU'VE SURE GOT
A HEAD FOR
Politics and
A HEART OF
GOLD-
'war,
SMART WRITERS eAT
CALL THE COMIC STORIES
FOOLISH- THEY CAW
1 SAY .THEY'RE WRITTEN
TO APrSAL TO FOLKS
WITH THE BRAINS
O' CHILDREN -
HA! SO THFY ARF
BUT WHAT A LOT (V
WRITERS MISS IS THAT
SMARTER THAN A
J-OT O' GROWN UPS
Kt ALIZt -
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' TH' MISTAKE OF
TALKIN DOWN TO KIDS.
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