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Issue Details

Issue #156
Published July 1947
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "PORKY PIG AND THE PHANTOM, No. 156." Code number is P.P.O.S. #156-477. Copyright 1947 by Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.

Cover Details - "Porky Pig and the Phantom"

Characters Porky Pig
Genre funny animals; western
Pencils Carl Buettner
Inks Carl Buettner
Notes Pencils and Inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

32 page Porky Pig story "Porky Pig and the Phantom"

Characters Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Elmer Fudd; Reginald Steelheart
Synopsis Porky's Uncle Curly (who Porky had never heard of) leaves him a ranch in Centipede Canyon. Porky, Petunia, and Elmer all go to see the ranch, but when they get there they find that the ranch is being haunted by a headless phantom, who steals cattle and drills holes in the walls of the ranch house. Despite the strange occurrences, a movie company wants to use the ranch as a location for western star Reginald Steelheart's new picture.
Genre funny animals; western
Pencils Roger Armstrong
Inks Roger Armstrong
Letters Roger Armstrong
Notes Story begins on inside front cover in black, red, and white. Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

19 page Porky Pig story "Telephone Trouble"

Characters Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Cicero Pig
Synopsis Cicero is jealous of the time Petunia spends with Porky and embarks on a series of nasty pranks to make Petunia angry with Porky.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Letters Don Gunn
Notes Story continues on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on the back cover in color. Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).