Polite Dissent

With summer nearly upon us, and camping season already here, I thought it would be a good time for this PSA ad from August 1964

“Prescription Against Accidents” tells us the story of Bob and his hapless scoutmaster Mr. Joby as Mr Joby does his best to keep Bob from killing himself. In the end though, it is Mr. Joby who is done in, yet another victim of irony.

As usual for DC, this PSA was written by Jack Schiff. Art was provided by Sheldon Moldoff. It appeared in various August 1964 issue of DC comics, including Brave and Bold #55 (the source of this scan), Detective Comics #330, Doom Patrol #89, and Metal Men #9.

I like the way the writer wanted to make sure the reader knew that Rx = “Prescription” by including the footnote. Since nothing in the actual story suggests any sort of prescription, I’m guessing Schiff just wanted a catchy title, or ran out of space for a longer one.

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