Peter Porkchops
#59
(December 1958-January 1959)
DC,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1958-10-14
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Larry Nadle (actual editor)
Issue Notes
Initial index by Steven Bond.
On-sale date from copyright registration.
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Peter Porkchops / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Peter Porkchops; Wolfie
- Keywords
- ice cream; typewriters
[no title indexed]
Peter Porkchops / comic story / 5.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Is that all you have to do, Peter...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Peter Porkchops; Wolfie
- Synopsis
- Peter catches Wolfie with a slingshot and rightly guesses that he's up to some mischief but Wolfie claims it's a star-wisher and tries to swindle Peter out of a free meal.
Sharing -- The United Nations Way!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils
- George Roussos
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Editing
- Jack Schiff
- Genre
- advocacy
- Synopsis
- The International Labor Organization of the United Nations teaches various trades to the people of a Mexican village, who pass on their new knowledge to others.
Indexer Notes
published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
[no title indexed]
Peter Porkchops / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh boy, that sounds exciting!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Peter Porkchops
- Synopsis
- Peter applies for a job as a rocket tester.
[no title indexed]
Kwizzlers / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How many arms has an octopus?
Indexer Notes
puzzles
[no title indexed]
Custer Cat and Cheesy the Mouse / comic story / 4.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I sure am hungry!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Cheesy Mouse; Custer Cat
- Synopsis
- Cheesy is tired of eating cheese so he tries to trick Custer into giving him something else to eat.
[no title indexed]
Fun Shop / activity / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- These five letters arranged properly will spell the name of a well-known animal!
Indexer Notes
fun facts and puzzles
[no title indexed]
Peter Porkchops / comic story / 6.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hic!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Peter Porkchops; Wolfie
- Synopsis
- Wolfie offers to cure Peter's hiccups with his great-grandmother Hepzibah's method but it's all a scam.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Peter Porkchops -
1.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
2.
["Is that all you have to do, Peter..."]
Peter Porkchops -
3.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
["Who has the brightest nose in the whole wide world?"]
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer -
5.
Sharing -- The United Nations Way!
-
6.
["Oh boy, that sounds exciting!"]
Peter Porkchops -
7.
["How many arms has an octopus?"]
Kwizzlers -
8.
The Antique Elephant
-
9.
["I sure am hungry!"]
Custer Cat and Cheesy the Mouse -
10.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll Pop -
11.
["These five letters arranged properly will spell the name of a well-known animal!"]
Fun Shop -
12.
["Hic!"]
Peter Porkchops -
13.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
14.
[no title indexed]
Littleton Stamp Co. -
15.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Manufacturing Company -
16.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
17.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Brian Saner Lamken
- Donald Dale Milne
- Steven Rowe
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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