Wikipedia on Li’l Abner character Wolf Gal:

Wolf Gal: A feral, irredeemable, Amazonian beauty who was raised by wolves and preferred to live among them; she lured unwary Dogpatchers to their doom to feed her ravenous pack. Wolf Gal was possibly, and even probably a cannibal — although the point was never stressed since she considered herself an animal, as did the rest of Dogpatch. One of Capp’s more popular villains, Wolf Gal was briefly merchandised in the fifties with her own comic book, doll, handpuppet, and even a latex Halloween mask.

Moonbeam McSwine was a character in Al Capp;s comic strip Li’l Abner.

Wikipedia’s summary:

Moonbeam McSwine: The unwashed but shapely form of languid, delectable Moonbeam was one of the iconic hallmarks of Li’l Abner — an unkempt, impossibly lazy, corncob pipe-smoking, flagrant (and fragrant), raven-haired, earthly (and earthy) goddess. Beautiful Moonbeam preferred the company of pigs to suitors — much to the frustration of her equally lazy pappy, Moonshine McSwine. She was usually showcased luxuriating among the hogs, somewhat removed from the main action of the story, in a deliberate travesty of glamour magazines and pinup calendars of the day. Capp designed her in caricature of his wife Catherine (minus the dirt), who had also suggested Daisy Mae’s name.

Frank Frazetta was a li’l Abner artist.

I was reading Archie: The Daily Newspaper Comics 1946-1948 when I ran across a panel that startled me:

© Archie

Betty Cooper: Being an usher after school must be prime!
Archie Andrews: Oh, it gets kind of butthole at times!

I find it hard to believe that:

• Bob Montana would’ve used the word in a 1940s comic strip.
• Newspaper editors wouldn’t have excised the word or rejected the strip.
• Citizens wouldn’t have written in bitching about ‘profanity.’

Even in the 21st century daily newspaper strips conservative venues where buttholes will not appear.

Did someone insert the word in the reprint? I remember how Golden Age reprints were defaced some years back.