Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham #15

(May 1987)

To Oink or Not To Oink, or The Days of Swine and Roses (Table of Contents)

Spider-Ham / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Steve Mellor

Pencils:

Joe Albelo

Inks:

Pierre Fournier

Colors:

Julianna Ferriter

Letters:

Janice Chiang

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; funny animals; humor

Characters:

Spider-Ham [also appears as Peter Porker]; J. Jonah Jackal; J. Jeremiah Jackal; Bunsen Bunny; Upton Adam Stray; Aunt May Porker; Flash Tomcat; Liz Alleycat; CAMEO: Andy Warthog; Mick Jaguar; Bruce Springchicken; Cybill Sheepdog; Whoopie Goldfish; Meryl Peep; Truman Coyote; Mel Gibbon; Rebecca deMonkey; Dinah Saur; Barry Manitee; Barbara Mandrill; Buddy Gheko; VILLAIN: The Hobgobbler

Synopsis:

At the Daily Beagle, Peter works up the nerve to ask Batty Brant for a date, but she rejects him, plunging him into sorrow. Jonah and the interns become The Black Jackal and his Beagle Brigadeers (Bullet Bunny, Power Puss, Invisi-Jackal Junior), and they take Peter to a celebrity party. The Hobgobbler kidnaps Barbara Mandrill, and Spider-Ham rescues her. Arriving home, Aunt May introduces him to Mary Jane Waterbuffalo.
ORIGIN: May Porker creates an atomic powered hair dryer, gets zapped, and bites a spider, who turns into a pig with spider-powers, who May assumes is her nephew Peter. He creates web-shooters and a costume, and the rest is history.

The Mighty Scavengers (Table of Contents)

The Mighty Scavengers / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mike Mellor

Pencils:

Steve Mellor

Inks:

Steve Mellor ?

Colors:

Steve Mellor ?

Letters:

Jack Morelli

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; funny animals; humor

Characters:

Pigeon; Squawkeye; Quacksilver; The Scarlet Pooch; Black Panda; VILLAIN: Kangaroo the Conqueror; Ultrog

Synopsis:

The Futuro-Scope shows Kangaroo enslaving the 30th century, so The Scavengers take their time machine, primarily hoping for good publicity of defeating a villain. Ultrog falls for The Scarlet Pooch, but The Scavengers blow him up and take Kangaroo back to the 20th century, where they're still getting bad publicity.

Indexer Notes

Unnamed character: "Jarvis"-like walrus.

Double Trouble! (Table of Contents)

Heathcliff / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Warren Kremer ? (illustration)

Inks:

Warren Kremer ? (illustration)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children; funny animals

Characters:

Heathcliff

Indexer Notes

House ad for new Star Comics series Heathcliff's Funhouse (Marvel, 1987 series) and original series Heathcliff (Marvel, 1985 series)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Pig Pen / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Pat Redding ?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Eric Kendall; Chris Galbraith; Marty Saillon; Neal Bonenfant; William Smith; Yaron Y. Goland; John Mui; Colin Tooze; Brian Keen.
Column titled "Pigpen" (one word, in quotes) in this issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Statement of October 6, 1986.
Average number of copies sold during preceding twelve months: 184,045.
Publisher: Stan Lee; Editor and Managing Editor: Jim Shooter (all at 387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10037)
Owners: Cadence Industries Corporation, Sheldon Feinberg, Joseph Walsh, Joseph Calamari, Paul Hindin, James Galton, Jim Foy (all at 21 Henderson Drive, West Caldwell, NJ 07006)
Business Manager: Thomas Costello

Popples Pop In (Table of Contents)

Popples / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photographs)

Inks:

? (photographs)

Colors:

? (photographs)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover advertisement for the Popples line of toys (also a Star Comics title).
Popples © 1986 Those Characters From Cleveland, Inc.