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Issue: Four Color #191
Publication Date: June 1948
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Issues: #191 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: Porky Pig to the Rescue
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/14/1948
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "PORKY PIG TO THE RESCUE, No. 191." Code number is P.P.O.S. #191-486. Copyright 1948 by Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1948 Pamphlets, page 577.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Porky Pig to the Rescue

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, historical
Character(s): Porky Pig [as Porkington Pigge]; Petunia Pig [as Princess Petunia]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; Cicero Pig
First Line: Are you sure this is the b-best rod and reel y'got?
Synopsis: Porky buys all the latest fishing gear, but gives them to Cicero and ends up catching the most fish with a stick, string, and a bent pin.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black, white, and red. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Porky Pig to the Rescue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, historical
Character(s): Porky Pig; Bugs Bunny; Lulu Belle; Petunia Pig; Handsome Homer; Porkington Pigge (dream sequence); Princess Petunia (dream sequence); Bugs Bunnikins (dream sequence); Earl of Wottaham (dream sequence)
Synopsis: Handsome Homer tricks Petunia into going with him to a costume party instead of going with Porky. Porky, dressed in a Robin Hood costume, falls asleep on a park bench. He dreams he's Porkington Pigge of Robin Hood's band and rescues Princess Petunia from the evil Earl of Wottaham.
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Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Porky Pig's Magic Show

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; Cicero Pig
Synopsis: Porky wants to become a magician so Cicero tries to get him a job as Blackrock the Magician's assistant. The stage hand directs him to the airport, where Porky is mistakenly thought to be an assistant for a test pilot.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). "Blackrock the Magician's" name is a takeoff on "Blackstone the Magician."
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Petunia Pig
First Line: Yes, Cicero! I used to be quite a boxer!
Synopsis: When Porky goes into boxer Killer Diller's locker room, Cicero thinks he's going to challenge Killer to a fight.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black, white, and red. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; Petunia Pig
First Line: How about it, P-petunia? C-care to take a few d-driving lessons?
Synopsis: Porky gives Petunia a driving lesson, but forgets to check the gas gauge.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

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