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Issue: Porky Pig #40
Publication Date: May 1955
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Issues: #40 of 57 Issues (58 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: DellView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy Cover; newsprint Interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Woodpecker and Baseball Bat

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Tony Strobl
Inker(s): Tony Strobl
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Porky Pig
Character(s): Porky Pig; Cicero Pig
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In Content Item: FlagPorky Pig #6 published June 1966
as Woodpecker Widens the Strike Zone [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dell Comics
First Line: Dell is proud to present one of its many awards...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Photo of plaque presented to George T. Delacorte, Jr., by the Newsdealers Post #1169, American Legion, on November 14, 1954. Page also has Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
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Robot Bird

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Phil de Lara
Inker(s): Phil de Lara
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Porky Pig
Character(s): Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Bugs Bunny; Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis: Porky buys a parakeet for Petunia, but it escapes its cage. Bugs is working for a company that makes robot bird retrievers and tries to use one to capture the parakeet. The robot comes back with everything but the parakeet.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: P.P. #40-556
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Porky Pig Meets the Great Optic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Abranz
Inker(s): Fred Abranz
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Porky Pig
Character(s): Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Cicero Pig; The Great Optic
Synopsis: Porky says he can't be hypnotized, but when he volunteers to be a subject at a preformance of "The Great Optic," he is, of course, immediately hypnotized. A fire in the theatre leaves Petunia and Cicero with a still-hypnotized Porky, who behaves like any animal that is mentioned in conversation.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Builder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Phil de Lara
Inker(s): Phil de Lara
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Porky Pig
Character(s): Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Cicero Pig
Synopsis: Porky decides that he'll build a summer cabin for Petunia on a lot at the lake. Porky goes through the usual construction mishaps and then finds himself stranded in the middle of the lake when the lot breaks loose and slides into the lake.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The Rag Rug Roundup

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don R. Christensen
Penciller(s): Phil de Lara
Inker(s): Phil de Lara
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Porky Pig
Character(s): Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Sea Rover Sam [Yosemite Sam]; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis: Petunia is weaving a rag rug for a hobby show and sends Porky to collect rags for it. Elmer and Sam think Porky has hit hard times and buy him some new clothes.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Catching a Tire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Phil de Lara
Inker(s): Phil de Lara
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Porky Pig
Character(s): Porky Pig; Cicero Pig
Synopsis: Fishermen on a dock are mystified when Porky keeps catching large fish and throws them back.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Pantomime story.
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Turtle Race

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Phil de Lara
Inker(s): Phil de Lara
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Porky Pig
Character(s): Porky Pig; Cicero Pig
Synopsis: Porky and Cicero have a turtle race. Cicero cheats by using a roller skate.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.88
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Pantomime story. Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."

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