Porky Pig #40

(May-June 1955)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

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Pencils

? (photograph)

Inks

? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dell is proud to present one of its many awards...

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Photo of plaque presented to George T. Delacorte, Jr., by the Newsdealers Post #1169, American Legion, on November 14, 1954. Page also has Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."

Robot Bird (Table of Contents: 2)

Porky Pig / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Phil de Lara

Inks

Phil de Lara

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

P.P. #40-556

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Bugs Bunny; Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd

Synopsis

Porky buys a parakeet for Petunia, but it escapes its cage. Bugs is working for a company that makes robot bird retrievers and tries to use one to capture the parakeet. The robot comes back with everything but the parakeet.

Reprints

• in Porky Pig (Western, 1965 series) #17 (March 1968)

Keywords

anti-aircraft guns; lion; painting; parakeet; robot; smokestack; UFO

Porky Pig Meets the Great Optic (Table of Contents: 3)

Porky Pig / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Fred Abranz

Inks

Fred Abranz

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?

Letters

?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Cicero Pig; The Great Optic

Synopsis

Porky says he can't be hypnotized, but when he volunteers to be a subject at a preformance of "The Great Optic," he is, of course, immediately hypnotized. A fire in the theatre leaves Petunia and Cicero with a still-hypnotized Porky, who behaves like any animal that is mentioned in conversation.

Reprints

• in Schweinchen Dick (Willms Verlag, 1972 series) #37
• in Porky Pig (Western, 1965 series) #19 (August 1968)

Keywords

hypnotist

The Builder (Table of Contents: 4)

Porky Pig / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Phil de Lara

Inks

Phil de Lara

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Cicero Pig

Synopsis

Porky decides that he'll build a summer cabin for Petunia on a lot at the lake. Porky goes through the usual construction mishaps and then finds himself stranded in the middle of the lake when the lot breaks loose and slides into the lake.

Keywords

construction; lake; summer cabin

The Rag Rug Roundup (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Don R. Christensen

Pencils

Phil de Lara

Inks

Phil de Lara

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Sea Rover Sam [Yosemite Sam]; Elmer Fudd

Synopsis

Petunia is weaving a rag rug for a hobby show and sends Porky to collect rags for it. Elmer and Sam think Porky has hit hard times and buy him some new clothes.

Reprints

• in Yosemite Sam (Western, 1970 series) #14 (June 1973)

Keywords

hobby show; rag rug

[Catching a Tire] (Table of Contents: 6)

Porky Pig / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Phil de Lara

Inks

Phil de Lara

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Porky Pig; Cicero Pig

Synopsis

Fishermen on a dock are mystified when Porky keeps catching large fish and throws them back.

Reprints

• in Daffy (Allers Forlag, 1959 series) #19/1959 (16. september 1959)

Keywords

fishing; spare tire

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Pantomime story.

[Turtle Race] (Table of Contents: 7)

Porky Pig / comic story / 0.875 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Phil de Lara

Inks

Phil de Lara

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Porky Pig; Cicero Pig

Synopsis

Porky and Cicero have a turtle race. Cicero cheats by using a roller skate.

Reprints

• in Daffy (Allers Forlag, 1959 series) #21/1959 (14. oktober 1959)

Keywords

roller skates; turtles

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Pantomime story. Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."