The True Story of Smokey Bear, 1969

In 1950, firefighters saved a badly burned bear cub from a forest fire in the Capitan Mountains of New Mexico. His rescuers named him "Smokey Bear" after the fictional bear created in 1944 by the United States Forest Service to encourage forest fire prevention. The small cub became famous, joining his fictional cousin in the cause; he even became the subject of this comic book.