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Issue Details

Issue #260
Published December 1949
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "PORKY PIG, HERO OF THE WILD WEST, No. 260." Code number is P.P.O.S. #260-4912. Copyright 1949 by Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.

Cover Details - "Hero of the Wild West"

Characters Porky Pig; Petunia Pig
Genre funny animals; western
Pencils Fred Arbranz ?
Notes Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Porky Pig story "Memory Problems"

Characters Porky Pig; Petunia Pig
Synopsis Porky goes to a memory expert, then decides that tying a piece of string around his finger would be just as good.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Roger Armstrong
Inks Kaem Wong
Letters Roger Armstrong
Notes Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Story title and pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

9 page Porky Pig story "Porky Pig, Hero of the Wild West"

Characters Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Elmer Fudd; The Krisco Kid
Synopsis While on a vacation at a ranch, Petunia nags Porky about not being a he-man. Petunia is abducted by The Krisco Kid, who looks like Porky, except with a pointed black moustache. Porky finds the Kid's hideout and beats him up--much to Petunia's dismay.
Genre funny animals; western
Pencils Fred Abranz
Notes The Krisco Kid is a parody of the Cisco Kid. Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

12 page Porky Pig story "Porky Pig, Truant Officer"

Characters Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Bernard Buzzard; Bugs Bunny
Synopsis Porky is truant officer. Cicero and his friend are out fishing, thinking it is Saturday, and Porky disguises himself as an (Asian) Indian prince in order to try to capture them.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl
Inks Tony Strobl
Letters Tony Strobl
Notes Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

8 page Porky Pig story "The Greedy Squirrels"

Characters Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Cuthbert; Chauncey; Beaky Buzzard
Synopsis Petunia sends Porky to the forest in a rainstorm to gather some nuts for the fudge she is making. When Porky gets to the forest he finds two squirrels, Cuthbert and Chauncey, are hogging all the nuts.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Jim Pabian
Inks Jim Pabian
Letters Jim Pabian
Notes Story title and pencil, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

8 page Porky Pig story "How to Raise Children"

Characters Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Bernard Buzzard; Petunia Pig
Synopsis Porky's nosy neighbor keeps criticizing the things Porky allows Cicero to do.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl
Inks Tony Strobl
Letters Tony Strobl
Notes Story title and pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

11 page Porky Pig story "Porky and the Circus Lion"

Characters Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Cicero Pig; Elmer Fudd; Bugs Bunny; Sylvester (cameo)
Synopsis Porky is running a bill collection agency. When the circus comes to town, Petunia sends him to the circus management to collect $15 for a dress that was ruined by an elephant the last time the circus was there. The manager gives Porky an old, tame lion to settle the debt, but that just starts a string of trouble for Porky.
Genre funny animals

1 page Porky Pig story "Snowballs and Top Hats"

Characters Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Bernard Buzzard
Synopsis Cicero tries to knock off Porky's high silk hat with snowballs, but the hat appears to dodge them without Porky's help.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Roger Armstrong
Inks Kaem Wong
Letters Roger Armstrong
Notes Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Story title and pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Porky Pig story "Porky The Painter"

Characters Porky Pig; Cicero Pig
Synopsis Cicero makes fun of Porky's attempt to paint a flower.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Roger Armstrong
Inks Kaem Wong
Letters Roger Armstrong
Notes Back cover. Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).