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Publishers / Western / Porky Pig (1965) / #89
89July 1979
$0.40

Porky Pig #89

Western · July 1979 · on sale May 17, 1979

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Identification plate

Series
Porky Pig (Western, 1965 series)
Issue
#89
Publication date
July 1979
Key date
July 1979
On-sale date
May 17, 1979
Indicia publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Price
$0.40
Pages
36
Barcode
0335009014007

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Palpitation Peckingscover1pencils: Pete Alvarado; inks: Pete Alvarado; colors: Western Publishing Production ShopPorky Pig; Cicero Pig; woodpecker
2Feather Powercomic story10script: Don R. Christensen; pencils: Joe Messerli; inks: Joe Messerli; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop; letters: Larry MayerPorky Pig; Cicero Pig; two bandits; various circus folks
7Rocket Racketcomic story6script: Vic Lockman; pencils: Lee Holley; inks: Lee Holley; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop; letters: Larry MayerPorky Pig; Petunia Pig; Professor Bunko; three women (unnamed)
12The Cleanup Capercomic story6script: Don R. Christensen; pencils: Joe Messerli; inks: Joe Messerli; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop; letters: Larry MayerPorky Pig; Petunia Pig; Cicero Pig; two thieves; two firefighters
14Gold Key Comics; Happy Dayspromo (ad from the publisher)1colors: Western Publishing Production ShopThe Fonz [Arthur Fonzarelli]; Richie Cunningham
16The Last Word in Comics… Dynabrite!promo (ad from the publisher)1colors: Western Publishing Production Shop

Plus 11 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
WhitmanSee the GCD record for identification notes.

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