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Issue: Porky Pig #36
Publication Date: June 1971
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Issues: #36 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: 04/1971
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Publication date is derived from the last three digits of the cover code (106 = June, 1971). On sale date (month and year) is derived from the issue code appearing in the bottom tier of page one (714 = April, 1971).
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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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Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagPorky Pig #26003 published January 1976 as Tricky Trophy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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1 Content Item from another Issue reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagPorky Pig #69 published March 1960 was Pogo Stick and Ice Cream Cone [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pogo Stick and Ice Cream Cone

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Bugs Bunny (inset); Cool Cat (inset)
First Line: In this issue: Porky Pig in Submarine Mountain with Bugs Bunny
Synopsis: Cicero jumps-up on a pogo stick to get a lick of Porky’s ice cream cone.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Text listing interior stories, as well as insets of Bugs Bunny and Cool Cat, added to the original cover illustration.
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Amazing $1 Art Offer

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First Line: Four original thoroughbred paintings reproduced in full color for your home
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad offering four oil painting reproductions of thoroughbred horses for one dollar. Color ad on inside front cover.
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Submarine Mountain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Bugs Bunny; Blinky; Shag; whale
First Line: What a voyage! No excitement… Nothing!
Synopsis: Porky, Bugs, and Cicero are fishing in the Atlantic when an underwater mountain rises beside them. Their boat gets beached by the rising mountain, but when they fashion lines to lower it to ocean level, the mountain decides to submerge again. They are saved when their boat lands on top of a whale. In the process, an artifact from the mountain is washed onto their boat. When two curious seafaring strangers show up, Porky and Bugs do their best to hide their discovery.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand".
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Egyptian Stamp Issue a Tribute to Nasser

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Stamp and Coin Collector’s Corner
First Line: Recently a set of four stamps were issued in Cairo, Egypt, commemorating President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
Synopsis: Discusses Egypt’s issuance of commemorative stamps for its president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, who died on September 28, 1970. Also a set of stamps from Papua and New Guinea depicting famous aircraft, and a discussion of U.S. Commemorative Stamp issues.
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Pages: 0.84
Disclose Notes: Text feature, illustrated with photographs. © 1971, Western Publishing Company, Inc. Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story. Covers 5/6 of the page. The other 1/6 is an ad for Kenmore Stamp Co.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Yours free! (when you send 10 cents for mailing) 20 almost-rare stamps from 12 lost nations!
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Pages: 0.17
Disclose Notes: Ad offering “a score of postage stamps from nations overrun by invaders in the 19th and 20th Century, and never freed again”. Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story. Covers the lower right 1/6 of the page.
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Jim Driscoll in "Danger on the Field"

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Character(s): Jim Driscoll; Chrissy; Big Joe; football coach
First Line: Jim is at the high school football game.
Synopsis: Jim and his "Lee Leens" jump into action to save the little sister of the high school football star, when she wanders onto the playing field and into the thick of the action during the game.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Lee Jeans (Lee Leens) pants. "The pants worn by the high school and college guys". Between pages 10 and 11 of previous story.
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House of Echoes

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Mary Jane; Sniffles; Mr. Beetle
First Line: “Why, Sniffles, where are you going?” Mary Jane inquired of her mouse friend one day.
Synopsis: Mary Jane and Sniffles investigate strange echoes in their house and find a beetle trapped in an air-conditioning pipe.
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Pages: 1
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Full-Color Posters

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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Pretty BIG 22" x 33"
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Ad offering large full-color posters of rock stars of the era and various psychedelic designs. Black and white ad covers the two middle pages of the centerfold.
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Tricky Trophy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Cool Cat; The Hunter [Col. Rimfire]; Ella (elephant); air-mail bird
First Line: What’s this I see across my path? Could it be the business end of a shooting iron?
Synopsis: Col. Rimfire will not give up until he can return home with a hunting trophy. Cool Cat contrives a way to oblige him.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: New story.
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[untitled]

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First Line: These 3 Big Drafting Kits Given to You!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad offering a home-study course in drafting. Includes testimonies from two persons whose head-shot photographs appear in the ad. Between pages 3 and 4 of previous story. Top half of page.
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Coin Grab Bag Free!

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First Line: Giant surprise coin assortments packed grab-bag style from collections including rare, scarce and valuable coins up to 2000 years old!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad offering grab-bags of "rare, scarce and valuable coins up to 2000 years old!" Between pages 3 and 4 of previous story. Lower half of page.
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Something to Crow About

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Cicero Pig; Yosemite Sam; Elmer Fudd; milkman; door-to-door salesman; crows
First Line: Shoo! Scat, you rascals!
Synopsis: Tempers flare and misunderstandings abound when Porky tries to create a more effective scarecrow for Petunia.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand".
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No Paint. No Glue. No Messin’ Around.

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First Line: Our nutty Snap-Draggin’ kits come in 20 or 30 pieces each. You just snap them together.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Mattel’s Monogram “Snap-Draggin’” models. “Hemi Semi” and “Super Taxi” dragster-type models are illustrated. Between pages 3 and 4 of previous story.
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Now You Can Finish High School at Home

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First Line: Earn a diploma in your spare time without losing a day’s pay.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad offering a free booklet on how to finish high school at home. “Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma”. On final interior page of the comic.
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Get Free “Animal Heroes” Cards Inside Every Sugar Daddy!

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First Line: 50 different cards with exciting pictures and stories of animals that help people.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Sugar Daddy candy containing free “Animal Heroes” trading cards inside. Color ad on inside back cover.
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3 Complete Fishing Outfits

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Fishing equipment offered via mail order (1971 models). Color ad on back cover.

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