Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for June 15, 1971
Transcript:
B.D.: Bernie! How're ya, kid! I didn't know you were in my unit! Bernie: Yup, B.D. I'm in chemical warfare research! B.D.: Chemical warfare? Poison gas is against the law! Bernie: Oh, this stuff is strictly non-lethal! Here, take a whiff. This gas is my latest invention. But it really hasn't been tested yet. B.D.: Cough! Cough! Hack! Bernie: It works! It works!
“It won’t kill you, it’ll just make you WISH you were dead!”