(May 1950)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- A Dell Comic
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "PORKY PIG in DESERT ADVENTURE, No. 277. Code number is P.P.O.S. #277-505. Copyright 1950 by Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.
[Laundry Drawings]
Porky Pig / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Gil Turner
- Inks:
- Gil Turner
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Gil Turner
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Petunia Pig
- Synopsis:
- After Porky compliments him on his drawings, Cicero decorates Petunia's laundry.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Story title and pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
"Desert Adventure"
Porky Pig / comic story / 20 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Fred Abranz
- Inks:
- Fred Abranz
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Fred Abranz
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals; western
- Characters:
- Porky Pig; Sylvester; Squire Squeeze
- Synopsis:
- As part of a plan to evict Porky and keep his first month's rent, landlord Squire Squeeze puts an ostrich in Porky's house. Porky and Sylvester take the ostrich to the desert to dump it, but Porky's car gets hooked by a runaway hot air balloon and they end up lost in the middle of the desert.
Indexer Notes
Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
"The Lost Look"
Porky Pig / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- John Carey
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Patricia Pig
- Synopsis:
- After frightening Petunia as a joke and causing her to spill ink on her new dress, Porky has to find a way to get the ink spots out. After he ruins the dress with some cheap spot remover, Porky has to make a new dress for Petunia to wear in a style show.
Indexer Notes
Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Super-Strength
Porky Pig / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Gil Turner
- Inks:
- Gil Turner
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Gil Turner
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Petunia Pig
- Synopsis:
- Porky borrows Cicero's Hercules play suit to wear to a masquerade party. Cicero sets up some tricks so make Porky think he really has become as strong as Hercules.
Indexer Notes
Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Workout
Porky Pig / comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Gil Turner
- Inks:
- Gil Turner
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Gil Turner
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Porky Pig; Petunia Pig
- Synopsis:
- Porky comes up with a solution when Petunia complains that she is having trouble sleeping.
Indexer Notes
Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Keeping Cicero Busy]
Porky Pig / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Gil Turner
- Inks:
- Gil Turner
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Gil Turner
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Porky Pig; Cicero Pig
- Synopsis:
- In order to keep Cicero quiet, Porky has him enter contests.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Story title and pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Unhelpful Keeper]
Porky Pig / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Gil Turner
- Inks:
- Gil Turner
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Gil Turner
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Porky Pig; Bugs Bunny
- Synopsis:
- Bugs helps Porky move, but does more harm than good.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Story title and pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Table of Contents
-
1.
[Laundry Drawings]
Porky Pig -
2.
"Desert Adventure"
Porky Pig -
3.
"The Lost Look"
Porky Pig -
4.
Super-Strength
Porky Pig -
5.
The Workout
Porky Pig -
6.
[Keeping Cicero Busy]
Porky Pig -
7.
[Unhelpful Keeper]
Porky Pig
- Merlin Haas
- Gene Reed
- Roger A. Budnick
- John P. Selegue
- Merlin Haas
- Ken Lemons
- Chris Launder
- Jim Walls
- Terry Vraspir
- Gary Perlman
- Jerry Hillegas
- Craig Delich
- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth Blair
- Mike Nielsen
- David Porta
- Matthew Torrance
- Ken Kwilinski
- Gary L. Watson
- Gregg Whitmore
- Max Capp
- Tony R. Rose
- Lou Mazzella
- Rodney Hinkle
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Donald Dale Milne
- Karl Wilcox
- Darrel McCann
- Peter Croome
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