CREATOR

Name: Dell Publishing Co. (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1921. Stopped in 1973. Formed partnership with Western Publishing from 1938 to 1962. First editor was Harry Steeger.
Other creations
: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Dell in the Creators section.
Successors
: None.
Comments
: Dell divided their comic book activities between original stories and stories based on films.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1952. Stopped in 1962 after 57 issues.

The title character is an overweight pig who is usually seen in everyman roles, where he has a distinct tendency to get into trouble. Often he is in the company of two sidekicks, the girlfriend Petunia Pig and the nephew Cicero Pig. Sometimes Porky has to endure tumultuous visits by Bugs Bunny and Daffy.

The series is based on an animated short cartoon series that ran from 1935 to 2004.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTER

Porky Pig

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#27 - 1953

#40 - 1955

#48 - 1956

#58 - 1958

#71- 1960

#78 - 1961

 

 

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