Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham
#9
[Direct]
(August 1986)
Marvel,
1985 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.75 USD; 0.40 GBP; 0.95 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1986-04-01
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Star Comics; Marvel
- Editing
- Larry Hama (editor); Pat Redding (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (executive editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #92.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Spider-Ham / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Albelo (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Albelo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Ham; B.O.
- Reprints
-
in Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019), #1 (2019), #1 (2019) [recolored; new trade dress]
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![Cover Thumbnail for Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham (1985 series) #9 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/189/w100/189676.jpg?6208512539183579849)
Uncouth Sweet Tooth, or B.O. Go Home!
Spider-Ham / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Steve Mellor
- Pencils
- Joe Albelo
- Inks
- Pierre Fournier
- Colors
- Julianna Ferriter
- Letters
- Janice Chiang
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Ham [also appears as Peter Porker]; J. Jonah Jackal; J. Jeremiah Jackal; Bunsen Bunny; Upton Adam Stray; Orson Whales; Mr. Rhesus; Mr. Crawdad; Woodchuck Morris; B.O.
- Synopsis
- Orson Whales witnesses the arrival of an extra-terrestrial, but nobody listens to his warnings. The alien appears at the Daily Beagle office, where Peter, Jonah and the interns name him B.O., then discover that he eats everything in sight. Candy makers Rhesus and Crawdad hire Woodchuck Morris to capture B.O., and everyone arrives at the candy factory, from which B.O. is jettisoned back into space.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Power Pack; Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- children; superhero
Indexer Notes
House ad for Spider-Man and Power Pack (Marvel, 1984 series) #1, a giveaway comic available by mail, sponsored by Marvel Comics and the National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse.
The Asinine Torch vs. The Sub-Marsupial
The Asinine Torch; The Sub-Marsupial / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
- Characters
- The Asinine Torch; The Sub-Marsupial; The Weaselly Whizzard
- Synopsis
- Remembering the good old days, the Torch meets The Weaselly Whizzard, who persuades the Torch to become a wrestler. Going against the Sub-Marsupial, they're too busy reminiscing to fight, but they beat up everyone else.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Star Signals / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- Tom DeFalco
- Pencils
- Trina Robbins; Joe Albelo
- Inks
- Trina Robbins; Joe Albelo
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- DeFalco talks about the importance of reading.
Indexer Notes
Page also includes cover reproductions of Misty (Marvel, 1985 series) #5 and Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham (Marvel, 1985 series) #9.
[no title indexed]
The Pig Pen! / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Pat Redding ?
- Pencils
- Steve Mellor (illustration)
- Inks
- Steve Mellor (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Michael Skelley; Cameron Pieroway; Mike Rutherford; Lincoln Mitchell; Raul Sanchez; Philippe Bourret; Kenneth Anand; Kevin Presscault; Greg Clements; Jordon Zadorozny.
Page includes Asinine Torch vs. Sub-Marsupial panel illustration from this issue.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Spider-Ham -
1.
Uncouth Sweet Tooth, or B.O. Go Home!
Spider-Ham -
2.
[no title indexed]
Power Pack; Spider-Man -
3.
The Asinine Torch vs. The Sub-Marsupial
The Asinine Torch; The Sub-Marsupial -
4.
[no title indexed]
Star Signals -
5.
[no title indexed]
The Pig Pen!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Win Bent
- Dwayne Best
- Peter Croome
- Michael Hoskin
- Daniel Nauschuetz
- Mark Q
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Thomson
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