Porky Pig
#69
(March-April 1960)
Dell,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1960-02-04
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell
- Editing
- Chase Craig (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[Pogo Stick and Ice Cream Cone]
Porky Pig / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Cicero Pig
- Synopsis
- Cicero jumps-up on a pogo stick to get a lick of Porky’s ice cream cone.
- Reprints
-
in Porky Pig (Western, 1965 series) #36 (June 1971) -
in Porky Pig (Magazine Management, 1973 ? series) #26003 ([1976]) - For the 1971 reprint in Porky Pig (Western, 1965 series) #36, two illustrated insets were added to the bottom of the cover image – one for Bugs Bunny and one for Cool Cat – listing the stories contained therein.
-
- Keywords
- ice cream cone; pogo stick
The Aztec Eye
Porky Pig / comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Don R. Christensen
- Pencils
- Tony Strobl
- Inks
- John Liggera
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Rome Siemon
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look out, Elmer!
- Feature Logo
Porky Pig [Dell/Western Logo Single Line]- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Elmer Fudd; Professor Torina; Bowarti Natives; mischievous monkeys
- Synopsis
- Porky and Elmer are on an archeological expedition as assistants to Professor Torina. While exploring Aztec ruins in a jungle surrounded by a mysterious fog, they find a huge egg-shaped sapphire that carries a curse which hypnotizes Elmer into believing he is the descendent of an Aztec tyrant. He goes to a nearby hostile native village where the inhabitants think he is a great spirit from out of the fog. Can Porky break the curse, and shock Elmer out of his hypnotic trance and back to normal, by uttering a key emotion-stirring phrase?
- Reprints
-
in Schweinchen Dick (Willms Verlag, 1972 series) #1 which is reprinted - in Porky Pig (Western, 1965 series) #31 (August 1970)
-
- Keywords
- Aztecs; exploring; hostile natives; hypnosis; jungle setting; monkeys; ruins; sapphire
A Trunkful of Trouble
Mary Jane and Sniffles / text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One day Mary Jane hid Sniffles in her picnic hamper and took him along with her for a visit to the zoo.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural; humor
- Characters
- Mary Jane; Sniffles; elephant
- Synopsis
- Mary Jane takes Sniffles to the zoo, where he gets in trouble in the elephant's pen.
- Reprints
- in Porky Pig (Western, 1965 series) #31 (August 1970)
-
- Keywords
- elephant; zoo
Poultry Portraits
Henery Hawk / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Henery, I never thought an old poultry-fancier like you would be interested in painting!
- Feature Logo
Henery Hawk [thick letters - single line]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Henery Hawk; Ollie Owl; Foghorn Leghorn; three hens
- Synopsis
- Henery pretends to be an artist to try to lure the hens out of their pen.
- Keywords
- artist; glass eggs; painting; trickery
Submarine Mountain
Porky Pig / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Don R. Christensen
- Pencils
- Tony Strobl
- Inks
- John Liggera
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Rome Siemon
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What a voyage! No excitement… Nothing!
- Feature Logo
- Porky Pig [Dell/Western Logo Single Line]
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Bugs Bunny; Blinky; Shag; whale
- Synopsis
- Porky, Bugs, and Cicero are fishing in the Atlantic when an underwater mountain rises beside them. Their boat gets beached by the rising mountain, but when they fashion lines to lower it to ocean level, the mountain decides to submerge again. They are saved when their boat lands on top of a whale. In the process, an artifact from the mountain is washed onto their boat. When two curious seafaring strangers show up, Porky and Bugs do their best to hide their discovery.
- Reprints
- in Porky Pig (Western, 1965 series) #36 (June 1971)
- in Porky Pig (Magazine Management, 1973 ? series) #26003 ([1976])
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- Keywords
- artifact; mountain; sea or island setting; suspicion; unexpected intrusion; whale
Indexer Notes
Dialogue contains a reference to the first story in this issue.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Pogo Stick and Ice Cream Cone]
Porky Pig -
1.
New Kraft Jet-Puffed Marshmallows
Kraft Jet-Puffed Marshmallows -
2.
The Aztec Eye
Porky Pig -
3.
A Trunkful of Trouble
Mary Jane and Sniffles -
4.
Poultry Portraits
Henery Hawk -
5.
Submarine Mountain
Porky Pig -
6.
You'll Like This Ball Point Pen!
Dell Comics -
7.
Join the Original J.S.C.A.
Junior Sales Club of America -
8.
Imagine "Touring" England for only 10¢
American Geographical Society's Around the World Program
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Alberto Becattini
- Steve Coates
- Merlin Haas
- Joe Torcivia
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