Porky Pig #30

(June 1970)

Giant Play Zoo Animal Collection (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Colonial Studios Giant Play Zoo Animal Collection / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Birds of a Feather (Table of Contents: 2)

Porky Pig / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

Phil De Lara

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Drat it! I missed him!

Feature Logo

Porky Pig [Dell/Western Logo Two Lines]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Porky Pig; Sylvester Pussycat; Yosemite Sam; dodo bird; butterfly; Tweety Bird

Synopsis

Each working separately and unaware of the others, Porky, Sylvester, and Sam are on the trail of the rarest quarry of all – a dodo bird.

Reprints

• in Porky Pig (Magazine Management, 1973 ? series) #R1494 ([1984])

Keywords

disguise; dodo bird; feathers; get-rich-quick; reward; shotgun; working-at-cross-purposes

Indexer Notes

New story.

Beach Buffoonery (Table of Contents: 3)

Porky Pig / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

Phil De Lara

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This looks like a good spot, Cicero, let’s park here!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; big shoeless guy; life guard; beachgoers

Synopsis

Cicero inadvertently makes trouble for Porky at the beach.

Reprints

• from Porky Pig (Dell, 1952 series) #53 (July-August 1957)

Keywords

beach; sand; series of mishaps; surfboard

Indexer Notes

"Reprinted by popular demand".

The Close Call (Table of Contents: 4)

Tweety and Sylvester / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Pete Alvarado

Inks

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Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This wubber band Gwanny tied on my cage for an exerciser is making me awfully stwong! Uh-oh!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; Granny

Synopsis

Sylvester knows that he’ll get the blame, when Tweety accidently breaks Granny’s window. While Sylvester hides-out, Tweety only makes things worse while trying to help.

Reprints

• from Bugs Bunny (Dell, 1952 series) #61 (June-July 1958)

Keywords

best of intentions; brass button; broken window; fishing; rubber band; slingshot; unwanted help

Indexer Notes

"Reprinted by popular demand".

Gold Key Comics Club News (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Gold Key Comics Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Reader's Page Monsters (Table of Contents: 6)

Gold Key Comics Club / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Five drawings of monsters submitted by readers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Mark Jewelers Standard & Military Rings and Jewelry / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Jokes on You (Table of Contents: 8)

Gold Key Comics Club / text article / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Why are some kids like flannel?

Characters

Gold Key Kid

Keywords

jokes; riddles

Indexer Notes

Jokes and riddles submitted by readers.

On Guard (Table of Contents: 9)

Mary Jane and Sniffles / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Tony Strobl

Inks

John Liggera

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

“Oh, dear, Sniffles!” sighed Mary Jane to her little friend one day as she was gathering up her toys from the playroom floor.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Mary Jane; Sniffles; captain of the French guard (toy soldier); other toy soldiers; Mary Jane’s kitten

Synopsis

With her magic words, Mary Jane shrinks herself to the size of Sniffles and the pair help the captain of the French guard of Mary Jane’s toy soldiers become a hero to his toy troops.

Reprints

• from Porky Pig (Dell, 1952 series) #51 (March-April 1957)

Keywords

heroism; kitten; magic words; shrinking; toy soldiers

Passport Pickle (Table of Contents: 10)

Porky Pig / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Don R. Christensen

Pencils

Fred Abranz

Inks

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Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Cicero! My… my wallet… it’s gone!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; J.P. Moneybock (nearsighted rich passenger); Hannibal (shaggy dog); ship's kennel-master; mischievous monkey; other dogs in ship's kennel; ship's purser; Silky (jewel thief); Melvin (pickpocket/jewel thief); Polly Pickering (rich passenger); attendees of the captain's ball; various ship's crew members and passengers

Synopsis

Porky's pocket is picked, resulting in the loss of his wallet containing his money and passport, just as he and Cicero are about to board a homebound cruise ship. He gets a job as an assistant in the kennel on the ship, hoping to find the culprit, but gets framed in a scheme to steal a pearl necklace.

Reprints

• from Porky Pig (Dell, 1952 series) #59 (July-August 1958)

Keywords

cruise ship; dog disguise; dogs; framed; hypnotism; jewel thieves; kennel; monkey; passport; pearl necklace; pickpocket; wallet

Indexer Notes

"Reprinted by popular demand".

Reader's Page Doodles (Table of Contents: 11)

Gold Key Comics Club / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Reader-submitted "doodles", made from various letters of the alphabet and numbers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Western Publishing; Golden Magazine Jokes by Cracky / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Amazing $1 Art Offer (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Colonial Studios Wall Art / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

3 Complete Fishing Outfits (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Niresk Fishing Outfits / advertisement / 1 page (report information)