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Issue: Porky Pig #42
Publication Date: September 1955
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Issues: #42 of 57 Issues (58 Printings)
Title:
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
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (7 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
Format Notes:  
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Sweater Yarn as Kite String

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Phil de Lara
Inker(s): Phil de Lara
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Porky Pig
Character(s): Porky Pig; Cicero Pig
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPorky Pig #7 published July 1966
as Sweater Yarn as Kite String [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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A Pledge to Parents

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dell
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Full-page version of Dell's "A Pledge to Parents" box.
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Elephant Disaster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don R. Christensen
Penciller(s): Fred Abranz
Inker(s): Fred Abranz
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Porky Pig
Character(s): Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Petunia Pig; Bugs Bunny
Synopsis: Porky, Bugs, and Cicero are in Africa to capture wild animals and find a herd of tiny elephants. However, when they bring the herd home, the elephants don't stay tiny.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: P.P. #42-559
Disclose Notes: Story title is "Lap-sized Elephants" in Christensen's notes
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Victory Through Hair-Power

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; Cicero Pig; Bugs Bunny; Petunia Pig
Synopsis: Porky buys a jar of hair-grower at a strange little shop. The ointment not only grows hair, but gives Porky super-strength like Samson. Porky decides to become a crime-fighter, but the crooks quickly figure out that his strength comes from his hair.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Story title is a takeoff on the World War II book and Disney feature "Victory Through Air Power."
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The Floorwalkers

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Carey
Inker(s): John Carey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): John Carey (title); Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Porky Pig
Character(s): Porky Pig; Bugs Bunny
Synopsis: Porky and Bugs are floorwalkers in a department store and accidentally cause problems for the house detective, who is tracking a shoplifter.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Happy Bird-Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tony Strobl
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Tweety and Sylvester
Character(s): Tweety; Sylvester; Granny
Synopsis: Sylvester pretends to be a mechanical toy to fool Granny.
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In Content Item: FlagBugs Bunny #124 published July 1969
as Happy Bird-day [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Tickle-Pickle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don R. Christensen
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
Synopsis: When their car has a flat tire on the way home from a picnic, Porky and Petunia seek help at house where two odd scientists have invented a "tickle-ray."
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tony Strobl
Inker(s): John Liggera ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Porky Pig
Character(s): Porky Pig; Petunia Pig
First Line: Hmm! So Petunia bought a book on dieting!
Synopsis: Porky thinks Petunia is on a diet, so he takes her to lunch, thinking she won't eat much.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Fly and Violin Practice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tony Strobl
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Porky Pig
Character(s): Porky Pig; Cicero Pig
Synopsis: A pesky fly interrupts Cicero's violin practice.
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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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