Porky Pig #64

(May-June 1959)

Kraft Candies (Table of Contents: 1)

Kraft Fudgies / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

Whitney Darrow (signed); ? (photographs)

Inks

Whitney Darrow (signed); ? (photographs)

Colors

Whitney Darrow (signed); ? (photographs)

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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Ad for Kraft Fudgies candy.

The Wide, Wide Westerners (Table of Contents: 2)

Porky Pig / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Don R. Christensen

Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

Phil De Lara

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Job Number

P.P. #64-595

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Yosemite Sam

Synopsis

After losing weight in a workout center, Porky is talked into opening a weight-loss franchise in Stirrup Bend, a cattle town where the cowboys have gotten soft and fat due to automation. After finding the locals aren't interested in losing weight, Porky calls in Yosemite Sam to stir things up.

Keywords

amnesia; concussion; cowboys; posse; railroad; weight-loss

Indexer Notes

Story title is "Top Weight Western" in Christensen's notes

A Wet Solution (Table of Contents: 3)

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

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Characters

Mary Jane; Sniffles

Synopsis

During a heavy rain, Mary Jane gives the tiny garden animals and bugs shelter in her dollhouse.

Reprints

• in Porky Pig (Western, 1965 series) #26 (October 1969)

Keywords

dollhouse; garden; rain

Eggs Mark the Spot (Table of Contents: 4)

Henery Hawk / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Veve Risto

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Veve Risto

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Letters

Veve Risto

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Henery Hawk; Foghorn Leghorn

Synopsis

Henery tries to use a box of fake eggs to switch for real ones, but has to switch them back when he's caught by Foghorn and a watch dog.

Keywords

eggs

Porky Pig and the Wax-Works Bandits (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

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Pencils

Phil De Lara

Inks

Phil De Lara

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; Sylvester; Petunia Pig (cameo)

Synopsis

Porky gets a job as a night watchman in a wax museum. After not getting any sleep during the day he falls asleep on the job and is mistaken for a wax statue by the "notorious museum bandits, Waxey and Maxey." Porky captures the bandits and becomes a celebrity.

Reprints

• in Schweinchen Dick (Willms Verlag, 1972 series) #4
• in Porky Pig (Western, 1965 series) #26 (October 1969)

Keywords

night watchman; robbery; soundproof booth; wax museum

Subscribe Now for a Big Surprise! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

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Indexer Notes

All-text promo for subscriptions to Dell comics. 12 issues for $1.20 plus a bonus of a year's subscription to a quarterly: Turok, Andy Panda, Popeye, Little Iodine, Henry, or Tweety & Sylvester.

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

Gambles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wow! It's the bike buy of the year...from Gambles

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Ad for Gambles stores highlighting the Hiawatha "Vanguard" 26 in. bicycle for $38.88. Gamble-Skogmo, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.

What Does a Dynamite Loader Drink to Quench His Thirst? (Table of Contents: 8)

"Fresh up" Freddie Says; 7-Up / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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"Fresh up" Freddie

Synopsis

Freddie loads cases of dynamite.

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad in comic format for 7-Up soft drink. Part of the "Right now, you're probably asking yourself" series.