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Issue: Porky Pig #89
Publication Date: July 1979
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Issues: #89 of 108 Issues (158 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/17/1979
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0335009014007
Price: $0.40 USD
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Content Items: 18 (3 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On sale date from the Comic Reader #168.
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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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Palpitation Peckings

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Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; woodpecker
Synopsis: Puzzled Porky hears a woodpecker through his stethoscope.
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Pages: 1
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Super Posters by R&R Associates

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Disclose Notes: Ad offering posters of then-contemporary rock stars and other seventies cultural icons. Includes photos of the merchandise. Color ad on inside front cover.
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Feather Power

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; two bandits; various circus folks
First Line: Porky and Cicero, traveling through southwest territory, take time out to climb Piowa Peaks…
Synopsis: Porky finds an ancient Native American headdress, which causes him to grow tremendously in size and strength – but only when his intentions are to “do good”.
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Pages: 10
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Two Big Hits

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Disclose Notes: Ad for Hostess Cup Cakes and Twinkies, with three baseball cards printed on each box. Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story.
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Remember How Many Times You Felt Left Out

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First Line: Because You Were Broke!
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Disclose Notes: Ad inviting readers to sell Grit family newspapers for prizes and cash. Top half of page.
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Super Iron-Ons

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First Line: Only $1.00 each or 3 for $2.50
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Disclose Notes: Ad offering t-shirt iron-ons of seventies media personalities and popular designs, from Photo-Lith International. Includes photos of the merchandise. Lower half of page.
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Super Pocket Toy Values

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Disclose Notes: Ad offering toy paratroopers, race cars, dinosaurs, bubble-makers, gliders, and wriggling insects, as well as toy science kits.
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Rocket Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Professor Bunko; three women (unnamed)
First Line: …But, Petunia, I always come over on Friday night!
Synopsis: Petunia and others fall for a phony investment opportunity on a faster-than-light rocket ship. Porky stows away on the “test drive” and exposes the fraud.
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The Exciting New! Flipit

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First Line: Collect them all
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Disclose Notes: Ad offering Flipit balloon-toys-with-weighted-feet of Frankenstein, Spider-Man, Hulk, Super Chick, Underdog, and Woody Woodpecker. Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story.
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Super Gifts & Gimmicks

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Disclose Notes: Ad for various novelty items. Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story.
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Be The Very First To Own...Fabulous Cartoon Scissors

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Disclose Notes: Ad for children's scissors with comic character designs of Tweety, Woody Woodpecker, Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, Road Runner, and Daffy Duck, from Unique Products Co. Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story.
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Enter the Wonderful World of Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys

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First Line: The real live fun-pets you grow yourself.
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Sea-Monkeys. Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story.
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The Cleanup Caper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Cicero Pig; two thieves; two firefighters
First Line: But, Petunia… why are you going to clean up the old school?
Synopsis: Civic minded Petunia decides to clean up an old school building, hoping to save it from the wrecker’s ball. Two thieves are using the abandoned building to store their stolen goods.
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Authentic Stone - Perfect Condition Apache Arrowheads

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Disclose Notes: Ad for arrowheads and "catalog of other Indian Heritage items". Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story.
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Feature(s): Gold Key Comics; Happy Days
Character(s): The Fonz [Arthur Fonzarelli]; Richie Cunningham
First Line: Hey Fonz! Watcha Got?
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Gold Key's Happy Days title. Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story.
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204 Revolutionary War Soldiers

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Disclose Notes: Ad for plastic toy soldiers from Lucky Products, Inc. 204 pieces for $2.50.
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The Last Word in Comics… Dynabrite!

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Feature(s): Whitman Comics; Dynabrite
First Line: New Line From Whitman
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Disclose Notes: Publisher’s house ad for its new line of “Dynabrite” comics, promising “high quality printing”, "dazzling bright colors”, and “superior grade paper”. Issues pictured: Mickey Mouse and his Sky Adventure, Daisy and Donald 7 from Daisy’s Diary, Mickey Mouse and the Beanstalk, Goofy A Gaggle of Giggles, Uncle Scrooge The Golden Fleecing, Donald Duck and the Golden Helmet, Star Trek A Bomb in Time and The Psychocrystals, Star Trek The Evictors and The Choice, and Bugs Bunny. Color ad on inside back cover.
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A 23rd Century Odyssey Now

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First Line: Star Trek The Motion Picture
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Star Trek The Motion Picture, from Paramount Pictures Corporation. Color ad on back cover.

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