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Issue: Porky Pig #17
Publication Date: March 1968
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Issues: #17 of 108 Issues (158 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
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Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/18/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Chase Craig; Del Connell
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 10140-803. On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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1 Content Item from another Issue reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagPorky Pig #59 published July 1958 was Egg Tic-Tac-Toe [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Egg Tic-Tac-Toe

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; three hens
Synopsis: Three hens complete Porky's game of tic-tac-toe by diagonally laying three eggs in a row
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Free Money from Quaker Life Cereal!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Quaker Life Cereal
First Line: From foreign lands
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Get coins from foreign lands for a box top from Quaker Life Cereal and 10-cents handling – plus the coupon from this comic. Color ad on inside front cover.
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Robot Bird

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Bugs Bunny; Daffy Duck; Elmer Fudd; parakeet; pet shop clerk; George (robot dog); lion; various panicked citizens; Air Command officers and soldiers
First Line: I haven’t forgotten tomorrow’s your birthday, Petunia!
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
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand". The title “Robot Bird” would seem to be a misnomer, as the “bird” (parakeet) is NOT a robot, but is pursued by a “robot bird retriever” in the form of a flying mechanical dog.
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The Howl-larious Cat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tweety Bird; Sylvester Pussycat; Granny
First Line: Oh-oh! Here comes mean old Puddy Tat!
Synopsis: Sylvester vows to stop chasing Tweety, or Granny will throw the cat out into the winter cold. Tweety puts that vow through some tough testing.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand".
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Gold Key Comics Club News

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
First Line: Comics Club starts second year.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Requests for reader-submitted jokes and drawings. The first installment of “Dinosauria”, an educational feature focusing on dinosaurs, is announced – and appears in this issue. There are four consecutive Gold Key Comics Club pages, comprising the centerfold.
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Reader's Page Monsters

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Five drawings of monsters submitted by readers.
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The Joke's on You

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
Character(s): Gold Key Kid
First Line: What is one of the hardest things to beat?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Jokes and riddles submitted by readers.
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Dinosauria Styracosaurus

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
First Line: With seven sharp horns fronting and rimming its head, the styracosaurus was a dangerous dinosaur.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated text article on the styracosaurus.
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The Groovy Beat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Hairy Harry (rock star); various female fans; seals; various beach-goers; surfer
First Line: Petunia will flip when she gets a load of my new secondhand motor scooter!
Synopsis: Porky causes much trouble for beach-goers when he tries to compete with a surfing rock star for Petunia’s attentions.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: New story. Lettering in the final panel, for the angry beach-goers, appears to be by Rome Siemen rather than John Carey. Perhaps to give it a more “frenzied” effect?
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The Olympic Owl

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Henery Hawk
Character(s): Henery Hawk; Ollie Owl
First Line: It was a crisp wintery day, and Ollie Owl, mufflered and mittened against the cold, was pacing restlessly back and forth in the show at the foot of Ice Cream Mountain.
Synopsis: Ollie over-prepares for a an Olympic toboggan run, losing sight of one critical detail.
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Pages: 1
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The Money Tree

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Cicero Pig; Sam Steele (bank robber); sheriff
First Line: Here comes Porky with another load of snowballs!
Synopsis: Porky, Petunia, and Cicero are having a snowball fight when a robber drops his loot from a plane and it lands in a tree. When a big snowball hits the tree, bills drop like leaves and Porky thinks he's found a money tree.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand".
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Political Produce

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club Mini-Comics
Character(s): would-be politician
Synopsis: A would-be politician is bombarded by so many vegetables at a rally that he opens a produce stand.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Pantomime. Top half of page.
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): H.L. Anderson
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Statement of Ownership for September 28, 1967. Prepared by H.L. Anderson. Reported total distribution: 242,325 (12 month average), 210,194 (nearest issue). Lower half of page.
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Famous Name Prizes Or Cash...from Olympic

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Olympic Sales Club, Inc.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Olympic Sales Club, Inc., offering prizes or money for the sales of personalized "all-occasion" cards and stationery.
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Win $1,000.00 College Scholarship

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Junior Sales Club of America
First Line: Or other grand prize awards
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Junior Sales Club of America, offering prizes or money for the sales of "all occasion cards". Color ad on inside back cover.
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Make Money Get Prizes with Fast Selling American Seeds

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Seed Co.
Synopsis: Ad for selling vegetable and flower seeds for the American Seed Co. in exchange for prizes or money. Three kids with quotes endorsing this enterprise are seen in black and white photos.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Color ad on back cover.

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