Porky Pig #29
(April 1970)

Western, 1965 Series
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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1970-02
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Brand
Gold Key
Editing
Chase Craig (editor); Del Connell (editor)

Issue Notes

Cover code: 10140-004.

Publication date is derived from the last three digits of the cover code (004 = April, 1970). On sale date (month and year) is derived from the issue code appearing in the bottom tier of page one (702 = February, 1970).

[Yo-Yo Oh-No!] (Table of Contents)

Porky Pig / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Pete Alvarado
Inks
?
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Porky Pig; Cicero Pig
Synopsis
Porky tangles himself up, while attempting to perform yo-yo tricks.
Reprints
Keywords
tangled; tricks; yo-yo

Dick Dastardly Wants You (Table of Contents: 1)

Kellogg's cereals / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Dick Dastardly
Keywords
box tops; cereal

Indexer Notes

Ad offering membership in Dick Dastardly’s Vulture Squadron for 25-cents and one Kellogg’s cereal box top.

Character and concept based on the animated TV series “Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines” (1969). Color ad on inside front cover.

The Inferior Decorator (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Don R. Christensen
Pencils
Phil De Lara
Inks
Phil De Lara
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text
For weeks Porky has been redecorating this seashore cottage…
Feature Logo
Porky Pig [Dell/Western Logo Two Lines]
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Yosemite Sam; Petunia Pig; Harold J. Van Bucks; butler
Synopsis
Porky’s efforts toward redecorating a seashore cottage in order to sell it, are complicated by a cannon-firing, cutlass wielding Yosemite Sam.
Keywords
cannon; cutlass; paint job; redecorating; seashore cottage; series of mishaps; wreaking havoc; wrong impression

Indexer Notes

New story. In this story, Yosemite Sam is known as "Sea Rover Sam".

The Shy Showboater (Table of Contents: 3)

Porky Pig / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Don R. Christensen
Pencils
Phil De Lara
Inks
Phil De Lara
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ahoy, lads! Welcome aboard the old showboat!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Captain Hanky Hog; Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; Petunia Pig; Caroline Fairweather (lost little girl); the Fairweather family; Luke and Paw (hillbillies)
Synopsis
Cicero is delighted to get an important part in Captain Hanky Hog’s showboat presentation of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, but that changes when he finds that he is to be Little Eva. When Cicero suffers a black eye, Captain Hanky puts the curly wig on Porky, and insists that the show go on. Porky ducks out at the last moment, rather than be seen by Petunia, Elmer, and Bugs, only to be mistaken for a lost little girl by a pair of hillbillies.
Reprints
Keywords
play; showboat; wrong impression; “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”

Indexer Notes

"Reprinted by popular demand".

Gold Key Comics Club News (Table of Contents: 4)

Gold Key Comics Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
'Goodbye, Mr. Chips' Film Triumph Now Delights in Gold Key Version
Feature Logo
Gold Key Comics Club
Characters
Bugs Bunny; Yosemite Sam; François (character from Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery)
Synopsis
A list of all Gold Key Comics on sale in March 1970, with focus blurbs on Dark Shadows, The Close Shaves of Pauline Peril (first issue), Bugs Bunny, The Twilight Zone, Goodbye Mr. Chips (movie comic), and Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery. No issue numbers are given.
Keywords
issue previews

Reader's Page Monsters (Table of Contents: 5)

Gold Key Comics Club / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Our readers (that's you) are proving every day what talented artists they are.
Feature Logo
Gold Key Comics Club
Keywords
drawings; monsters

Indexer Notes

Drawings of various monsters, submitted by readers.

[Alien Out of Gas] (Table of Contents: 6)

Gold Key Comics Club; Mini-Comics / illustration / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Gold Key Comics Club Mini-Comics
Genre
humor
Characters
alien
Synopsis
A traveler is stranded on a country road with no gas, but he’s an alien.
Keywords
alien; flying saucer

Indexer Notes

Pantomime. Top half of page.

These 3 Big Drafting Kits Given to You! (Table of Contents: 7)

North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Colors
? (red lettering only)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
...When you train at home with NADS for a high pay job in drafting!
Keywords
careers by mail; drafting

Indexer Notes

Ad offering a home-study course in drafting. Includes testimonies from two persons whose head-shot photographs appear in the ad. Black and white ad (with some red lettering) on lower half of page.

Jokes on You (Table of Contents: 8)

Gold Key Comics Club / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What has four legs but only one foot?
Feature Logo
Gold Key Comics Club
Characters
Gold Key Kid
Keywords
jokes; riddles

Indexer Notes

Jokes and riddles submitted by readers.

The Musical Mystery (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
John Liggera
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mary Jane skipped happily up the broad white steps onto her friend Linda’s front porch.
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Mary Jane; Sniffles; Linda; parakeet
Synopsis
With her magic words, Mary Jane shrinks herself to the size of Sniffles and the pair work to rescue a parakeet who is trapped inside a piano. They must accomplish this task, and Mary Jane must return to normal size (and hide Sniffles away), before her friend Linda can discover their “shrinking secret”.
Reprints
Keywords
magic words; parakeet; piano; shrinking; size differential

Indexer Notes

Mary Jane and Sniffles’ magic words shrinking adventures don’t usually take place in the “real world” (as in her friend Linda’s house), making the “race against time and discovery” an unusual added-element to the series’ norms.

[Daffy Crosses a Lion!] (Table of Contents: 10)

Daffy Duck / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Don R. Christensen
Pencils
Phil De Lara
Inks
Phil De Lara
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Phil De Lara

First Line of Dialogue or Text
(Ho hum)...Wonder what's new in the news tonight!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Daffy Duck; lion
Synopsis
Daffy hopes to stall an escaped and hungry lion with the old “grateful-lion-with-a-thorn-removed-from-its-paw-bit”, only to have the situation reversed when the lion pulls the thorn from Daffy’s foot. Daffy shows his “undying gratitude” with earnest gestures that put the lion through the wringer, despite the Duck's good intentions.
Reprints
Keywords
best of intentions; gratitude; lion; paw; series of mishaps; thorn

Indexer Notes

"Reprinted by popular demand".

[More Than Porky Bargained For] (Table of Contents: 11)

Porky Pig / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Don R. Christensen
Pencils
Phil De Lara
Inks
Phil De Lara
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Phil De Lara

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi, Petunia! I thought I'd drop over!
Feature Logo
Porky Pig [Dell Tilted Block Letters]
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; mob of bargain shoppers
Synopsis
There’s a big bargain sale at the local department store today but, despite needing a new dress, Petunia opts to stay home rather than fight the mob of bargain shoppers. Porky drags her out to show her how to negotiate the crowds and chaos. …He doesn’t. …Not at all.
Reprints
Keywords
buyer beware; counter fights; crowded bus; department store; elevator; elevator shaft; escalator; know-it-all; mob of shoppers; ripping and tearing of clothing; sale; series of mishaps; trampled

Indexer Notes

"Reprinted by popular demand".

Porky's Picture Trip Puzzle (Table of Contents: 12)

Porky Pig / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
John Liggera
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There are a lot of places that Porky would like to visit, and the names of some of them are hidden in these rebus puzzles.
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
Reprints
Keywords
rebus puzzles

Reader's Page Doodles (Table of Contents: 13)

Gold Key Comics Club / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Our readers (that's you) are proving every day what talented artists they are.
Feature Logo
Gold Key Comics Club
Keywords
doodles

Indexer Notes

Reader-submitted "doodles", made from various letters of the alphabet and numbers.

No joke... Here's the happiest new happening of the season!! Golden's Jokes by Cracky (Table of Contents: 14)

Western Publishing; Golden Magazine Jokes by Cracky / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
More than one thousand of the funniest jokes, laughingest jokes by Cracky
Characters
Cracky
Keywords
publisher’s-house-ads-not-for-comic-books

Indexer Notes

Western Publishing house ad for "Jokes by Cracky" magazine. On final interior page of the comic.

Win 2 Ways Without Cost (Table of Contents: 15)

Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Be eligible for grand prize bonus awards
Keywords
greeting cards; prizes; sales

Indexer Notes

Ad for selling greeting cards for Junior Sales Club of America in exchange for prizes or cash and be eligible for a $1,000 college scholarship. Color ad on inside back cover.

Make Money Get Prizes (Table of Contents: 16)

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?; ? (photos)
Inks
?; ? (photos)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
With fast selling American Seeds
Characters
Two kids with quotes endorsing this enterprise, seen in black and white photos.
Keywords
prizes; sales; seeds

Indexer Notes

Ad for selling vegetable and flower seeds for the American Seed Co., in exchange for prizes or money. Color ad on back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Yo-Yo Oh-No!]
    Porky Pig
  2. 1. Dick Dastardly Wants You
    Kellogg's cereals
  3. 2. The Inferior Decorator
    Porky Pig
  4. 3. The Shy Showboater
    Porky Pig
  5. 4. Gold Key Comics Club News
    Gold Key Comics Club
  6. 5. Reader's Page Monsters
    Gold Key Comics Club
  7. 6. [Alien Out of Gas]
    Gold Key Comics Club; Mini-Comics
  8. 7. These 3 Big Drafting Kits Given to You!
    North American School of Drafting
  9. 8. Jokes on You
    Gold Key Comics Club
  10. 9. The Musical Mystery
    Mary Jane and Sniffles
  11. 10. [Daffy Crosses a Lion!]
    Daffy Duck
  12. 11. [More Than Porky Bargained For]
    Porky Pig
  13. 12. Porky's Picture Trip Puzzle
    Porky Pig
  14. 13. Reader's Page Doodles
    Gold Key Comics Club
  15. 14. No joke... Here's the happiest new happening of the season!! Golden's Jokes by Cracky
    Western Publishing; Golden Magazine Jokes by Cracky
  16. 15. Win 2 Ways Without Cost
    Junior Sales Club of America Cards
  17. 16. Make Money Get Prizes
    American Seeds
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Joe Torcivia
  • Jim Van Dore