Porky Pig
#42
(June 1972)
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1972-04
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Western Publishing Company Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Editing
- Chase Craig (editor); Del Connell (editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[Eight Flavor Ice Cream Cone]
Porky Pig / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Tony Strobl
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- typeset; ? (logo)
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Cicero Pig
- Synopsis
- Indecisive (or gluttonous, take your pick) Cicero can’t decide among the eight flavors of ice cream offered by vendor Porky, so he gets them all – stacked on one very tall ice cream cone.
- Reprints
-
from Porky Pig (Dell, 1952 series) #35 (July-August 1954)
-
- Keywords
- decisions; ice cream cone; satisfied customer
![Cover Thumbnail for Porky Pig (1965 series) #42 [Whitman]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/786/w100/786529.jpg?7876171058042351032)
It Shoots as Good as It Looks.
Daisy Manufacturing Co. / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Daisy "Safari Mark I" looks, feels and acts just like a big-game hunter’s gun.
- Keywords
- B-B gun
Indexer Notes
Ad for Daisy’s Safari Mark I B-B Gun. Color ad on inside front cover.
Twenty Thousand Leaps Under the Sea
Porky Pig / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Bob Gregory; ?
- Pencils
- Massimo Fecchi
- Inks
- Massimo Fecchi
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Somewhere, on one of the seven seas…
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Bugs Bunny; Cicero Pig; Captain Hemo; crew of the Naughtylus; giant clam; sharks; Billy the Squid
- Synopsis
- Porky, Bugs, and Cicero become the “involuntary guests” of Captain Hemo and his mighty submarine The Naughtylus.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- captives; deep-sea diving; giant clam; giant squid; literary parody; pearl; sea or island setting; sharks; submarine
in Indexer Notes
New story. Porky comments that “Hemo” is a bit of an unusual name, to which the captain replies “Well, it’s really Captain Blood! But history already had a character by that name, so I changed my name to Hemo!” Both good art and snappy dialogue make this story superior to the average 1970s Western Publishing fare.
Script credit from Bob Gregory's collection of payment request invoices from Western Publishing Company, Inc., invoice dated September 14, 1971. Gregory's original title for the story was "The Unjolly Roger".
[no title indexed]
Mark Jewelers / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 25 Years Service to Military Personnel
- Keywords
- mail order marketing; military; rings
Indexer Notes
Ad for military emblem rings and other products from Mark Jewelers. Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story.
[A Frog Named Petunia]
Porky Pig and Petunia / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Don R. Christensen
- Pencils
- Phil De Lara
- Inks
- Phil De Lara
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, boy! A shooting gallery!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; ventriloquist; carnival magician
- Synopsis
- Has Petunia been turned into a frog? Only she knows, and she ain't croakin'!
- Reprints
- from Looney Tunes (Dell, 1955 series) #174 (April 1956)
-
- Keywords
- carnival; frog; jealousy; magic; wrong impression
Indexer Notes
"Reprinted by popular demand".
Wow! 88 Posters only 65 cents
Gandalf Products Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All in full color all different
- Keywords
- mail order marketing; posters; sixties counterculture
Indexer Notes
Various psychedelic images and sixties counterculture symbols offered as mini-posters. Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story. Top half of page.
Enter the Wonderful World of Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys
Sea-Monkeys / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Own a bowl full of happiness – Instant pets!
- Keywords
- mail order marketing; Sea-Monkeys
Indexer Notes
Ad for Sea-Monkeys. Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story. Lower half of page.
Incredible Appliques
Gandalf Products Co. / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 1.00 each for 3 or more
- Keywords
- appliques; decorative items; mail order marketing
Indexer Notes
Ad offering appliques of various cartoony specimens of animal, plant, and insect life. Runs vertically on left page of the middle of centerfold.
Kids Get This Official Johnny Bench Magnetic Baseball Game $3.99
Gandalf Products Co. / advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- Johnny Bench
- Keywords
- baseball; games; mail order marketing
Indexer Notes
Ad offering the Official Johnny Bench Magnetic Baseball Game, with “exclusive ‘catching device’ throws to all bases” and “metal infielders [that] ‘catch Johnny’s pick off’ throw’s [sic]”. Middle right page of centerfold.
The Runaway
Tweety / text story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Phil De Lara
- Inks
- Phil De Lara
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- “You’ll have to stay in your cage,” Tweety’s mistress said one day, “so you’ll be out of the way while I do my house cleaning.”
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tweety; Tweety’s mistress; woman with the flowered hat
- Synopsis
- A bored and caged Tweety escapes to find excitement. He hitches a ride on a lady’s flowered hat, is taken aboard a bus, is confined to a restaurant’s locker with the hat, and must make his way home through a cold, heavy rain.
- Reprints
- from Looney Tunes (Dell, 1955 series) #171 (January 1956)
-
- Keywords
- bus; cage; escape; hat; locker; quest for excitement; rain; series of mishaps; there’s-no-place-like-home
Indexer Notes
A rare story of Tweety without Sylvester, and where he has an owner other than Granny.
Pearl Baiting
Yosemite Sam / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Phil De Lara
- Inks
- Phil De Lara
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Bill Spicer
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sniff-Sniff! I smell a yummy fragrance in today’s salty sea air! (Slurp!)
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Yosemite Sam; Daffy Duck
- Synopsis
- Yosemite Sam tries to rid himself of mooching Daffy by sending him on a fake pearl hunt.
- Keywords
- best-laid-plans; clam chowder; mooching; outsmarting one’s-self; pest; sea or island setting; ship
Indexer Notes
New story.
Blow Yourself Up
Gandalf Products Co. / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- To poster size
- Keywords
- mail order marketing; posters
Indexer Notes
Ad for you to send your photos to be blown up into 2x3 or 3x4 foot black and white posters. Also into custom watches, jigsaw puzzles, and dartboards. Originals returned. Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story.
Jollying with the Jolly Roger
Porky Pig / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Bob Gregory
- Pencils
- Phil De Lara
- Inks
- Phil De Lara
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Bill Spicer
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You’re a sharp one, Porky… Buying a pirate ship for only a hundred bucks!
- Feature Logo
Porky Pig [Dell/Western Logo Two Lines]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Porky Pig; Daffy Duck; two bank robbers; police officers; original captain and mate of the excursion ship
- Synopsis
- Porky and Daffy set out to run a pirate-themed novelty excursion ship. Their first customers are two bank robbers on the run, looking for a quick and unsuspicious getaway. Cluelessly focused on getting their guests into the pirate-festivities before leaving the dock, Porky and Daffy confound their increasingly desperate passengers.
- Keywords
- bank robbers; excursion ship; inattentiveness; pirate-themed activities
Indexer Notes
New story.
Get This Original Spiro Agnew Watch from the Dirty Time Co.
Gandalf Products Co. / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here is the genuine, original Spiro Agnew watch you’ve seen on television and in leading magazines and newspapers.
- Characters
- Vice President Spiro Agnew; President Richard Nixon (as “Dickey Nixon”); Moshe Dayan (Israeli military leader and politician); W.C Fields (actor/comedian); Laurel and Hardy (actors/comedians); “Republican Party Elephant” (symbol); “Democratic Party Donkey” (symbol) as caricatures on novelty watch faces
- Keywords
- comedians; late sixties and early seventies culture; mail order marketing; novelty watches; political figures; political imagery
Indexer Notes
Ad for novelty watches featuring caricatures of Spiro Agnew, Richard Nixon, Moshe Dayan, W.C Fields, Laurel and Hardy, “Republican Party Elephant” and “Democratic Party Donkey”. The Spiro Agnew watch stems from a then-popular joke which asked: “What kind of a wrist watch does Mickey Mouse wear? …A Spiro Agnew watch!” Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story.
Kids, Roach Designs Are Now Available as Iron-On Transfers!
Gandalf Products Co. / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Various sixties counterculture symbols offered as iron-on transfers.
Dig These!
Monogram Models; Mattel / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for drag-car style snap-together models of construction equipment. Color ad on inside back cover.
Collections
Gandalf Products Co. / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Express yourself with these great new things.
- Keywords
- mail order marketing; sixties counterculture
Indexer Notes
Psychedelic images and counterculture symbols are offered as posters, rings, dog-tags, and sew-on patches. Color ad on back cover.
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0.
[Eight Flavor Ice Cream Cone]
Porky Pig -
1.
It Shoots as Good as It Looks.
Daisy Manufacturing Co. -
2.
Twenty Thousand Leaps Under the Sea
Porky Pig -
3.
["25 Years Service to Military Personnel"]
Mark Jewelers -
4.
[A Frog Named Petunia]
Porky Pig and Petunia -
5.
Wow! 88 Posters only 65 cents
Gandalf Products Co. -
6.
Enter the Wonderful World of Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys
Sea-Monkeys -
7.
Incredible Appliques
Gandalf Products Co. -
8.
Kids Get This Official Johnny Bench Magnetic Baseball Game $3.99
Gandalf Products Co. -
9.
The Runaway
Tweety -
10.
Pearl Baiting
Yosemite Sam -
11.
Blow Yourself Up
Gandalf Products Co. -
12.
Jollying with the Jolly Roger
Porky Pig -
13.
Get This Original Spiro Agnew Watch from the Dirty Time Co.
Gandalf Products Co. -
14.
Kids, Roach Designs Are Now Available as Iron-On Transfers!
Gandalf Products Co. -
15.
Dig These!
Monogram Models; Mattel -
16.
Collections
Gandalf Products Co.
- Katie
- Max Capp
- Peter Croome
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
- Mike Verhart
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