Four Color
#284 - Porky Pig in The Kingdom of Nowhere
(July 1950)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- On-sale Date
- 1950
- 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 in THE KINGDOM OF NOWHERE, No. 284." Code number is P.P.O.S. #284-507. Copyright 1950 by Warner Bros Cartoons, Inc.
The Kingdom of Nowhere
Porky Pig / cover / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[no title indexed]
Cicero Pig / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wah!" "N-now what?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Cicero Pig; Porky Pig
- Synopsis
- When the new kid next door won't talk to Cicero, Porky suggests Cicero talk to himself.
- Reprints
-
in Porky Pig (Western, 1965 series) #4 (November 1965)
-
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white; Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Kingdom of Nowhere
Porky Pig / comic story / 27 pages
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Sylvester; the Black Knight
- Synopsis
- Sylvester and Porky find a suitcase full of "Boovarian" paper money. It turns out to be counterfeit, as there is no country of "Boovaria." However, Sylvester enters a "Name the Kingdom" contest in Porky's name with "Boovaria" as the entry. Porky and Sylvester are summoned to the Kingdom of Nowhere for the final judging. There the naming contest will be decided on the jousting field between Porky and the Black Knight.
- Reprints
-
in Schweinchen Dick (Condor, 1975 series) #90 - in Porky Pig (Western, 1965 series) #4 (November 1965)
-
Indexer Notes
Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Seafarers
Porky Pig / comic story / 21 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Petunia Pig; Sylvester
- Synopsis
- Porky becomes a scoutmaster in the Sea Scouts and takes Cicero and Sylvester on a chaotic trip in a rowboat. They end up in a lagoon full of rare and unusual fish.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[no title indexed]
Petunia Pig / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- (Sniff, sniff) Mm-m...smells like Petunia baked a cake before she went shopping!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Petunia Pig; Cicero Pig
- Synopsis
- Cicero writes a note that makes Petunia too embarrassed to take her cake to the bridge club.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[no title indexed]
Porky Pig / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sure is an excitin' book! It makes a feller's hair stand on end!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Sylvester
- Synopsis
- Porky buys a toupee so that his hair can stand on end when he reads an exciting book.
- Reprints
- in Porky Pig (Western, 1965 series) #4 (November 1965)
-
in Allers Månedshefte (Allers Forlag, 1970 series) #6/1970 (uke 48 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Back Cover; color. Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Kingdom of Nowhere
Porky Pig -
1.
["Wah!" "N-now what?"]
Cicero Pig -
2.
The Kingdom of Nowhere
Porky Pig -
3.
The Seafarers
Porky Pig -
4.
["(Sniff, sniff) Mm-m...smells like Petunia baked a cake before she went shopping!"]
Petunia Pig -
5.
["Sure is an excitin' book! It makes a feller's hair stand on end!"]
Porky Pig
This issue was modified by, among others
- Pat Conolly
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Rodney Hinkle
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Roger Reus
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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