Bully Says: Comics Oughta Be Fun!: Today in Comics History, December 24, Christmas Eve: Batman cracks the buttlegging ring

'Okay, Dr. Richards...now get THE HECK OUT OF MY TOWN!'

from The Brave and the Bold #148 (DC, March 1979), script by Bob Haney, pencils by Joe Staton, inks and letters by Jim Aparo, colors by Jerry Serpe
Buttlegging?

'NObody likes having their butt legged!'

'NObody likes having their butt legged!'

Buttlegging!

'Okay, Bats! I'll check out the gift shop and get some of those silver mud flap decorations shaped like Catwoman.'

Buttleggin'...for Christmas!

Not only are those the biggest poinsettias I've ever seen, somebody poured Clorox all over 'em.

Occasionally called buttsmuggling...

'He hit Big Jake!'

Santa loves yankin' himself up some buttleggin'!

Well, you went uptown buttleggin' in your limousine / With your fine Park Avenue clothes / You had the buttleggin' in your hand / And the spoon up your nose

Well, you went uptown buttleggin' in your limousine / With your fine Park Avenue clothes / You had the buttleggin' in your hand / And the spoon up your nose

Oh, so that's what buttlegging means. Smuggling cigarettes.

'Thanks, Batman! I'll smoke 'em later.'

That's not as exciting as what I thought it would be.

Monday, December 24, 2012

Today in Comics History, December 24, Christmas Eve: Batman cracks the buttlegging ring

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