Four Color
#260 - Porky Pig, Hero of the Wild West
(December 1949)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- On-sale Date
- 1949
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
A Dell Comic
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "PORKY PIG, HERO OF THE WILD WEST, No. 260." Code number is P.P.O.S. #260-4912. Copyright 1949 by Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.
Hero of the Wild West
Porky Pig / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; western-frontier; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Petunia Pig
- Reprints
- Keywords
- cowboy hats; revolvers
in Indexer Notes
Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[no title indexed]
Porky Pig / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Where have you been, Porky? I've been waiting hours for you!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Petunia Pig
- Synopsis
- Porky goes to a memory expert, then decides that tying a piece of string around his finger would be just as good.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Porky Pig, Hero of the Wild West
Porky Pig / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; western-frontier; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Elmer Fudd; The Krisco Kid
- Synopsis
- While on a vacation at a ranch, Petunia nags Porky about not being a he-man. Petunia is abducted by The Krisco Kid, who looks like Porky, except with a pointed black moustache. Porky finds the Kid's hideout and beats him up--much to Petunia's dismay.
- Reprints
-
in Porky y sus amigos (Editorial Novaro, 1951 series) #371 (16 de septiembre de 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
The Krisco Kid is a parody of the Cisco Kid. Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Porky Pig, Truant Officer
Porky Pig / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Bernard Buzzard; Bugs Bunny
- Synopsis
- Porky is truant officer. Cicero and his friend are out fishing, thinking it is Saturday, and Porky disguises himself as an (Asian) Indian prince in order to try to capture them.
Indexer Notes
Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[no title indexed]
Porky Pig / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's raining, Porky! Don't you just love a rainy Sunday afternoon?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Cuthbert; Chauncey; Beaky Buzzard
- Synopsis
- Petunia sends Porky to the forest in a rainstorm to gather some nuts for the fudge she is making. When Porky gets to the forest he finds two squirrels, Cuthbert and Chauncey, are hogging all the nuts.
Indexer Notes
Pencil, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini.
[no title indexed]
Porky Pig / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi-yoh, Tumbleweed!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Bernard Buzzard; Petunia Pig
- Synopsis
- Porky's nosy neighbor keeps criticizing the things Porky allows Cicero to do.
Indexer Notes
Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini.
[no title indexed]
Porky Pig / comic story / 11 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Y-yippee! Today's c-circus day!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Cicero Pig; Elmer Fudd; Bugs Bunny; Sylvester (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Porky is running a bill collection agency. When the circus comes to town, Petunia sends him to the circus management to collect $15 for a dress that was ruined by an elephant the last time the circus was there. The manager gives Porky an old, tame lion to settle the debt, but that just starts a string of trouble for Porky.
[no title indexed]
Porky Pig / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah-hh! There's s-something very inspiring about the f-first snowfall!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Bernard Buzzard
- Synopsis
- Cicero tries to knock off Porky's high silk hat with snowballs, but the hat appears to dodge them without Porky's help.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini.
[no title indexed]
Porky Pig / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Still wanta be an artist, eh, Pork?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Cicero Pig
- Synopsis
- Cicero makes fun of Porky's attempt to paint a flower.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Hero of the Wild West
Porky Pig -
1.
["Where have you been, Porky? I've been waiting hours for you!"]
Porky Pig -
2.
Porky Pig, Hero of the Wild West
Porky Pig -
3.
Porky Pig, Truant Officer
Porky Pig -
4.
["It's raining, Porky! Don't you just love a rainy Sunday afternoon?"]
Porky Pig -
5.
["Hi-yoh, Tumbleweed!"]
Porky Pig -
6.
["Y-yippee! Today's c-circus day!"]
Porky Pig -
7.
["Ah-hh! There's s-something very inspiring about the f-first snowfall!"]
Porky Pig -
8.
["Still wanta be an artist, eh, Pork?"]
Porky Pig
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
- John P. Selegue
- Jim Van Dore
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