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Issue Details

Issue #191
Published June 1948
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "PORKY PIG TO THE RESCUE, No. 191." Code number is P.P.O.S. #191-486. Copyright 1948 by Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.

Cover Details - "Porky Pig to the Rescue"

Characters Porky Pig (as Porkington Pigge); Petunia Pig (as Princess Petunia)
Genre funny animals; period
Pencils Carl Buettner
Inks Carl Buettner
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Porky Pig story "The Best Fishing Rod"

Characters Porky Pig; Cicero Pig
Synopsis Porky buys all the latest fishing gear, but gives them to Cicero and ends up catching the most fish with a stick, string, and a bent pin.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Gil Turner
Inks Gil Turner
Letters Gil Turner
Notes Inside front cover; black, white, and red. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

22 page Porky Pig story "Porky Pig to the Rescue"

Characters Porky Pig; Bugs Bunny; Lulu Belle; Petunia Pig; Handsome Homer; Porkington Pigge (dream sequence); Princess Petunia (dream sequence); Bugs Bunnikins (dream sequence); Earl of Wottaham (dream sequence)
Synopsis Handsome Homer tricks Petunia into going with him to a costume party instead of going with Porky. Porky, dressed in a Robin Hood costume, falls asleep on a park bench. He dreams he's Porkington Pigge of Robin Hood's band and rescues Princess Petunia from the evil Earl of Wottaham.
Genre funny animals; period
Pencils Roger Armstrong
Inks Roger Armstrong
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

10 page Porky Pig story "Porky Pig's Magic Show"

Characters Porky Pig; Cicero Pig
Synopsis Porky wants to become a magician so Cicero tries to get him a job as Blackrock the Magician's assistant. The stage hand directs him to the airport, where Porky is mistakenly thought to be an assistant for a test pilot.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). "Blackrock the Magician's" name is a takeoff on "Blackstone the Magician."

1 page Porky Pig story "Killer Diller the Boxer"

Characters Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Petunia Pig
Synopsis When Porky goes into boxer Killer Diller's locker room, Cicero thinks he's going to challenge Killer to a fight.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Gil Turner
Inks Gil Turner
Letters Gil Turner
Notes Inside back cover; black, white, and red. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Porky Pig story "Driving Lessons"

Characters Porky Pig; Petunia Pig
Synopsis Porky gives Petunia a driving lesson, but forgets to check the gas gauge.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Gil Turner
Inks Gil Turner
Letters Gil Turner
Notes Back cover. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).