Porky Pig #72

(September-October 1960)

Flash! Special Offer from Dell Comics (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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Letters

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Keywords

comic book house ads; mail subscriptions

Indexer Notes

Black and white ad on inside front cover. Promo for subscriptions to Dell comics. Premium is a key and coin case. Two one-year subscriptions (six issues each) for $1.00

Goony Goony Island (Table of Contents: 2)

Porky Pig / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

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Pencils

John Carey

Inks

Steve Steere

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wasn’t Biff Bopper wonderful, Porky?

Feature Logo

Porky Pig [Dell/Western Logo Single Line]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Bugs Bunny; Dynamite Denny (boxer); restaurant diners; Mr. Moneybags; sea-plane pilot; Head Goony (chief); Goony natives; shark

Synopsis

Porky and Bugs go to Goony Goony island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean to pick up a package of diamonds. The job is complicated by the fact the island submerges and re-emerges on a regular basis and the diamonds are in an underwater cave guarded by sharks.

Reprints

• in Schweinchen Dick (Willms Verlag, 1972 series) #12
• in Porky Pig (Western, 1965 series) #35 (April 1971)

Keywords

courage; diamonds; heroics; retrieval mission; sea or island setting; shark; sponges; toughness; tropics; underwater setting

Battle Royal (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

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Pencils

Tony Strobl

Inks

John Liggera

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Mary Jane; Sniffles

Synopsis

Mary Jane encourages the bugs in the garden to cooperate in order to hold a fair.

Reprints

• in Porky Pig (Western, 1965 series) #35 (April 1971)

Keywords

bugs; fair

Henny Pennies (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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Pencils

Veve Risto

Inks

Veve Risto

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Veve Risto

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Henery Hawk; Ollie Owl; Foghorn Leghorn

Synopsis

Ollie gives Henery a bag of pennies to not chase the chickens. Foghorn overhears Henery call the pennies "chicken feed," and thinks he's swiped some of the chickens' corn. Foghorn tails Henery as he tries to find a good place to hide the bag of pennies.

Keywords

chickens; farm setting; pennies

Indexer Notes

"Chicken feed" was slang for a small amount of money.

Perilous Pursuit (Table of Contents: 5)

Porky Pig / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Don R. Christensen

Pencils

Fred Abranz

Inks

Fred Abranz

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

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Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Elmer Fudd

Synopsis

A storekeeper accidentally sells Elmer explosive oil instead of stove oil for his houseboat. Porky and Cicero try to track Elmer to warn him of the danger, but get mixed up with a motorcycle bandit and get delayed by backwoods characters.

Keywords

bandit; houseboat; motorcycle; oil; party line telephone; rifle; stove

The Graduate (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

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Pencils

Fred Abranz

Inks

Fred Abranz

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

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Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Porky Pig

Synopsis

Porky graduates from a "School of Public Speaking," to get a job hailing taxis as a doorman.

Keywords

diploma; doorman

Indexer Notes

The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." On final interior page of the comic.

Absentee Dentistry (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

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Pencils

Fred Abranz

Inks

Fred Abranz

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Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Porky Pig

Synopsis

After hearing advice to "see your dentist twice a year," Porky decides that viewing him with a telescope would be sufficient.

Keywords

dentist; telescope; television

Indexer Notes

Black and white on inside back cover.

Win a Captain's Ride (Table of Contents: 8)

Kraft Marshmallows / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Keywords

contest; Kansas City; Los Angeles; marshmallows; New York City

Indexer Notes

Color ad on back cover. Ad for "Name-the-Plane Contest" sponsored by Kraft Jet-Puffed Marshmallows. First prize is a trip for the winner and their parents to two days at TWA Super-Jet Pilot School in Kansas City, Mo., a coast-to-coast trip as a TWA Junior Captain, five days in Los Angeles and five days in New York City, and $5,000 in cash.