Porky Pig
#68
(January-February 1960)
Dell,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1959-10-10
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Arctic Journey
Porky Pig / comic story / 14 pages
- Job Number
- P.P. #68-601
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Elmer Fudd
- Synopsis
- Porky's ham radio friend Ahnu in the arctic finds flowers growing in the snow. When Ahnu's transmission is cutoff in mid-sentence while he's talking about the snowflowers, Porky and Cicero go to investigate.
- Keywords
- arctic; Eskimo; florist; flowers; ham radio; igloo; pumpkins
Indexer Notes
Story title is "Snowflowers" in Christensen's notes
Rescuing Robin
Mary Jane and Sniffles / text story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Mary Jane; Sniffles
- Synopsis
- Mary Jane and Sniffles use a helium-filled balloon to help a robin tangled in kite string on telephone wires.
- Reprints
-
in Porky Pig (Western, 1965 series) #37 (August 1971)
-
- Keywords
- balloon; helium; robin; telephone wires
The Frame-up
Henery Hawk / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Henery Hawk; Ollie Owl; Foghorn Leghorn
- Synopsis
- A jaguar plans on taking all the hens and placing the blame on Henery.
- Reprints
- in Porky Pig (Western, 1965 series) #37 (August 1971)
-
- Keywords
- alibi; glue; jaguar; stilts
Magnetic Personality
Porky Pig / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Deadbeat J. Bumrisk
- Synopsis
- Porky tries to collect a debt from a cranky farmer, but a cyclone picks him up in a barrel. The barrel gets caught in some high-power electric lines and temporarily turns Porky into a magnet.
- Keywords
- barrel; cyclone; debt; electricity; magnet; television
The Ghost Forest
Porky Pig / comic story / 5.75 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Petunia Pig; Wistaria (witch)
- Synopsis
- Cicero accidentally invents a liquid that makes wood sprout. Petunia takes him to a "Ghost Forest" where all the trees died several years ago. The spray causes the trees to grow, but also attracts the witch who had originally cast the spell that killed the trees.
- Keywords
- broom; chemicals; magic spell; witch
Statement of Ownership
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
- Script
- Helen Meyer (business manager)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1959. No circulation figures.
[Plate Glass Havoc]
Porky and his Pals / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Sylvester; Petunia Pig; Daffy Duck
- Synopsis
- Porky and Sylvester are carrying a large sheet of plate glass. They avoid one accident, only to cause another.
- Keywords
- plate glass
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; pantomime story.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[Two on a Leash]
Porky Pig -
1.
Free Travel-O Game
Dell Comics -
2.
Arctic Journey
Porky Pig -
3.
Rescuing Robin
Mary Jane and Sniffles -
4.
The Frame-up
Henery Hawk -
5.
Magnetic Personality
Porky Pig -
6.
The Ghost Forest
Porky Pig -
7.
Statement of Ownership
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8.
Dad! New Target Special Family B-B Rifle!
Daisy Air Rifles -
9.
[Plate Glass Havoc]
Porky and his Pals -
10.
Bob's Christmas Gift!
Daisy Air Rifles
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- Alberto Becattini
- Steve Coates
- Merlin Haas
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