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Issue: Porky Pig #49
Publication Date: November 1956
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Issues: #49 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: 12 (9 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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Violin and Doughnuts

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ralph Heimdahl
Inker(s): Ralph Heimdahl
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Porky Pig
Character(s): Porky Pig; Cicero Pig
Synopsis: Cicero Pig snares a doughnut while practicing his violin.
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In Issue: FlagPorky Pig #18 [unnamed variant] published June 1968
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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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 and Petunia
Character(s): Porky Pig; Petunia Pig
First Line: How do you like my new hat, Porky?
Synopsis: Petunia is proud of a new hat she is wearing and wants Porky to figure out what is so different about it. He figures out she used real fruit and flowers when a horse they pass by eats part of it.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover, black & white.
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"The Pied Piper'ess of Hamlitz"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don R. Christensen
Penciller(s): Tony Strobl
Inker(s): Steve Steere ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Porky Pig and Petunia
Character(s): Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Cicero Pig; Monsieur Allie; Sneaky; Sniffy
Synopsis: Petunia finds out that when she plays the piccolo the sound scares away all of the rats. She only wants to be known for how good she sounds, but instead she gets a job helping the town of Hamlitz get rid of their rats. They sell rat traps so when a few rats are spotted there they have to get rid of them or their traps will quit selling. It turns out that a rat is teaching other rats how to avoid their traps, but Petunia's playing saves the day.
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Pages: 12
Job Number: P.P. #49-5611
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"The Scholarly Scalawag"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Vivie Risto
Inker(s): Vivie Risto
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Vivie Risto
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Henery Hawk
Character(s): Henery Hawk; Orville; "Leaping" Lena
Synopsis: Henery Hawk decides he wants to catch more than one chicken at a time so he tries something different. He tries being helpful and reading poetry out loud. The chickens like to hear him read so they go to his home to listen. He starts whispering as he reads so that they will have to come inside but Lena goes in first and sees that he is reading a book about how to prepare chicken. They overpower him with their numbers and force him to read real poems to them.
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Pages: 4
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Porky Pig and the Mysterious Mummies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tony Strobl
Inker(s): John Liggera
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Porky Pig
Character(s): Porky Pig; Sylvester; Little Louie; Tall Paul
Synopsis: Porky Pig has a new job as guard for a museum. He decides to show Sylvester around while he closes up. What he doesn't know is that two thiefs are hiding inside of new mummy cases so that they can steal the world's largest pearl. Porky and Sylvester manage to thwart the robbery. Sylvester is offered a job as an assistant guard but turns it down because "my mummy said there would be days like this - but I'm not about let it become a habit!"
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Pages: 8
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The Wandering Warbler

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tony Strobl
Inker(s): John Liggera
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Mary Jane and Sniffles
Character(s): Mary Jane; Sniffles; Mary Jane's mother; Cheeper
Synopsis: When Cheeper escapes Mary Jane makes herself little and goes out into the night with Sniffles to find him. Once they find him they are not sure how to get home but lightning bugs help show them the way.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tony Strobl
Inker(s): John Liggera
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Porky Pig
Character(s): Porky Pig; Cicero Pig
First Line: Porky! I'm positive of it!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Porky Pig is running for Junior Mayor and Cicero is convinced that two photographers trying to get a candid photo are really bad guys tryng to kill him. He gets Porky so spooked that he runs to the police with the photographers right behind. Porky jumps in a jail cell asking for protection and the photographers take a picture of him in jail. Porky is mad at him and Cicero asks the police to keep him in jail for at least 10 seconds so that he can get a head start running away.
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"Dire Straights"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tony Strobl
Inker(s): John Liggera
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Porky Pig
Character(s): Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis: Porky and Cicero clean out their garage and take everything to the dump, however, Cicero mistakenly took Porky's tennis racket also. When they go back to look for it Bugs and Elmer see them and think that they are so poor that they have to get their furniture from the dump. When they get home their garage is full of furniture donated to them by their friends.
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In Content Item: FlagPorky Pig #14 published September 1967
as Dire Straights [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tony Strobl
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Cicero
Character(s): Cicero Pig; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis: While playing catch the football goes into an ostrich cage. Cicero throws back an ostrich egg (which breaks on Elmer's head) by mistake.
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Pages: 0.7
Disclose Notes: Pantomime story.
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Riddle Rhyme:

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ralph Heimdahl
Inker(s): Ralph Heimdahl
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
Synopsis: Advertisement for Looney Tunes (Dell, 1955 series) #181 (November 1956).
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Pages: 0.3
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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): Cicero
Character(s): Cicero Pig; Fontleroy
First Line: Fontleroy needs some exercise, Cicero!
Synopsis: Cicero Pig is paid 25 cents to walk Fontleroy for an hour, but he gets tired. He solves the problem by taking Fontleroy to the store and letting him walk up the down escalator.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover, black & white.
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Have Mom and Dad take you down to see the new toys in Toyland!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Toyland; Melode Bells
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes an advertisement for "Melode Bells".

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