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Issue: Porky Pig #29
Publication Date: April 1970
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Issues: #29 of 108 Issues (158 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/1970
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
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Content Items: 17 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Cover code: 10140-004.

Publication date is derived from the last three digits of the cover code (004 = April, 1970). On sale date (month and year) is derived from the issue code appearing in the bottom tier of page one (702 = February, 1970).
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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
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1 Content Item from another Issue reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagPorky Pig #61 published November 1958 was Tangled Up in Yo-yos [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Yo-Yo Oh-No!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Inker(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; Cicero Pig
Synopsis: Porky tangles himself up, while attempting to perform yo-yo tricks.
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Pages: 1
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Dick Dastardly Wants You

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kellogg's cereals
Character(s): Dick Dastardly
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Disclose Notes: Ad offering membership in Dick Dastardly’s Vulture Squadron for 25-cents and one Kellogg’s cereal box top.

Character and concept based on the animated TV series “Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines” (1969). Color ad on inside front cover.
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The Inferior Decorator

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Yosemite Sam; Petunia Pig; Harold J. Van Bucks; butler
First Line: For weeks Porky has been redecorating this seashore cottage…
Synopsis: Porky’s efforts toward redecorating a seashore cottage in order to sell it, are complicated by a cannon-firing, cutlass wielding Yosemite Sam.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: New story. In this story, Yosemite Sam is known as "Sea Rover Sam".
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The Shy Showboater

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Captain Hanky Hog; Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; Petunia Pig; Caroline Fairweather (lost little girl); the Fairweather family; Luke and Paw (hillbillies)
First Line: Ahoy, lads! Welcome aboard the old showboat!
Synopsis: Cicero is delighted to get an important part in Captain Hanky Hog’s showboat presentation of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, but that changes when he finds that he is to be Little Eva. When Cicero suffers a black eye, Captain Hanky puts the curly wig on Porky, and insists that the show go on. Porky ducks out at the last moment, rather than be seen by Petunia, Elmer, and Bugs, only to be mistaken for a lost little girl by a pair of hillbillies.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand".
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Gold Key Comics Club News

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Bugs Bunny; Yosemite Sam; François (character from Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery)
First Line: 'Goodbye, Mr. Chips' Film Triumph Now Delights in Gold Key Version
Synopsis: A list of all Gold Key Comics on sale in March 1970, with focus blurbs on Dark Shadows, The Close Shaves of Pauline Peril (first issue), Bugs Bunny, The Twilight Zone, Goodbye Mr. Chips (movie comic), and Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery. No issue numbers are given.
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Reader's Page Monsters

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Our readers (that's you) are proving every day what talented artists they are.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Drawings of various monsters, submitted by readers.
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Alien Out of Gas

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): alien
Synopsis: A traveler is stranded on a country road with no gas, but he’s an alien.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Pantomime. Top half of page.
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These 3 Big Drafting Kits Given to You!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ? (red lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: ...When you train at home with NADS for a high pay job in drafting!
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Disclose Notes: Ad offering a home-study course in drafting. Includes testimonies from two persons whose head-shot photographs appear in the ad. Black and white ad (with some red lettering) on lower half of page.
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Jokes on You

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Gold Key Kid
First Line: What has four legs but only one foot?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Jokes and riddles submitted by readers.
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The Musical Mystery

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Mary Jane; Sniffles; Linda; parakeet
First Line: Mary Jane skipped happily up the broad white steps onto her friend Linda’s front porch.
Synopsis: With her magic words, Mary Jane shrinks herself to the size of Sniffles and the pair work to rescue a parakeet who is trapped inside a piano. They must accomplish this task, and Mary Jane must return to normal size (and hide Sniffles away), before her friend Linda can discover their “shrinking secret”.
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Disclose Notes: Mary Jane and Sniffles’ magic words shrinking adventures don’t usually take place in the “real world” (as in her friend Linda’s house), making the “race against time and discovery” an unusual added-element to the series’ norms.
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Daffy Crosses a Lion!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Daffy Duck; lion
First Line: (Ho hum)...Wonder what's new in the news tonight!
Synopsis: Daffy hopes to stall an escaped and hungry lion with the old “grateful-lion-with-a-thorn-removed-from-its-paw-bit”, only to have the situation reversed when the lion pulls the thorn from Daffy’s foot. Daffy shows his “undying gratitude” with earnest gestures that put the lion through the wringer, despite the Duck's good intentions.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand".
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More Than Porky Bargained For

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; mob of bargain shoppers
First Line: Hi, Petunia! I thought I'd drop over!
Synopsis: There’s a big bargain sale at the local department store today but, despite needing a new dress, Petunia opts to stay home rather than fight the mob of bargain shoppers. Porky drags her out to show her how to negotiate the crowds and chaos. …He doesn’t. …Not at all.
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Pages: 5
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Porky's Picture Trip Puzzle

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd
First Line: There are a lot of places that Porky would like to visit, and the names of some of them are hidden in these rebus puzzles.
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Reader's Page Doodles

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Our readers (that's you) are proving every day what talented artists they are.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Reader-submitted "doodles", made from various letters of the alphabet and numbers.
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No joke... Here's the happiest new happening of the season!! Golden's Jokes by Cracky

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Western Publishing; Golden Magazine Jokes by Cracky
Character(s): Cracky
First Line: More than one thousand of the funniest jokes, laughingest jokes by Cracky
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Western Publishing house ad for "Jokes by Cracky" magazine. On final interior page of the comic.
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Win 2 Ways Without Cost

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First Line: Be eligible for grand prize bonus awards
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Disclose Notes: Ad for selling greeting cards for Junior Sales Club of America in exchange for prizes or cash and be eligible for a $1,000 college scholarship. Color ad on inside back cover.
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Make Money Get Prizes

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Two kids with quotes endorsing this enterprise, seen in black and white photos.
First Line: With fast selling American Seeds
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Disclose Notes: Ad for selling vegetable and flower seeds for the American Seed Co., in exchange for prizes or money. Color ad on back cover.

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