As an example of Odd Bodkins' content, a large part of the collection is an extended sequence in which the protagonists Fred and Hugh discover that the world is being terraformed by the brass horseman General Injuns in preparation for a Martian invasion.

After revealing their knowledge, they are pursued by the General and various other characters symbolizing The Establishment, fleeing on Hugh's intelligent Norton motorcycle.

They then encounter the ghost of Abraham Lincoln, referred to in the strip as Five Dollar Bill O'Brady, who reveals that Martians orchestrated his assassination.

The group gives Norton the motorcycle a 'magic cookie' (an occasional plot device in the strip, probably symbolizing LSD) which allows the vehicle to leave Earth's orbit.

They are then placed in a giant hourglass and die, landing in Hell, which is controlled by a caricature of Mickey Mouse named Virgo the Rat.