Four Color
#191 - Porky Pig to the Rescue
(June 1948)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1948-05-14
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
A Dell Comic
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "PORKY PIG TO THE RESCUE, No. 191." Code number is P.P.O.S. #191-486. Copyright 1948 by Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1948 Pamphlets, page 577.
Porky Pig to the Rescue
Porky Pig / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig [as Porkington Pigge]; Petunia Pig [as Princess Petunia]
- Keywords
- castles; medieval costumes; swords
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[no title indexed]
Porky Pig / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are you sure this is the b-best rod and reel y'got?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Cicero Pig
- Synopsis
- Porky buys all the latest fishing gear, but gives them to Cicero and ends up catching the most fish with a stick, string, and a bent pin.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, white, and red. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Porky Pig to the Rescue
Porky Pig / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; historical; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Bugs Bunny; Lulu Belle; Petunia Pig; Handsome Homer; Porkington Pigge (dream sequence); Princess Petunia (dream sequence); Bugs Bunnikins (dream sequence); Earl of Wottaham (dream sequence)
- Synopsis
- Handsome Homer tricks Petunia into going with him to a costume party instead of going with Porky. Porky, dressed in a Robin Hood costume, falls asleep on a park bench. He dreams he's Porkington Pigge of Robin Hood's band and rescues Princess Petunia from the evil Earl of Wottaham.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Porky Pig's Magic Show
Porky Pig / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Cicero Pig
- Synopsis
- Porky wants to become a magician so Cicero tries to get him a job as Blackrock the Magician's assistant. The stage hand directs him to the airport, where Porky is mistakenly thought to be an assistant for a test pilot.
- Reprints
-
in Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig (Western, 1965 series) #1 (September 1965)
-
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). "Blackrock the Magician's" name is a takeoff on "Blackstone the Magician."
[no title indexed]
Porky Pig / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yes, Cicero! I used to be quite a boxer!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Petunia Pig
- Synopsis
- When Porky goes into boxer Killer Diller's locker room, Cicero thinks he's going to challenge Killer to a fight.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black, white, and red. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[no title indexed]
Porky Pig / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How about it, P-petunia? C-care to take a few d-driving lessons?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Petunia Pig
- Synopsis
- Porky gives Petunia a driving lesson, but forgets to check the gas gauge.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Porky Pig to the Rescue
Porky Pig -
1.
["Are you sure this is the b-best rod and reel y'got?"]
Porky Pig -
2.
Porky Pig to the Rescue
Porky Pig -
3.
Porky Pig's Magic Show
Porky Pig -
4.
["Yes, Cicero! I used to be quite a boxer!"]
Porky Pig -
5.
["How about it, P-petunia? C-care to take a few d-driving lessons?"]
Porky Pig
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Pat Conolly
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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