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Issue: Four Color #284
Publication Date: July 1950
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Issues: #284 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: Porky Pig in The Kingdom of Nowhere
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/13/1950
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "PORKY PIG in THE KINGDOM OF NOWHERE, No. 284." Code number is P.P.O.S. #284-507. Copyright 1950 by Warner Bros Cartoons, Inc. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1950 Pamphlets, page 276.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Kingdom of Nowhere

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; Sylvester
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Cicero Pig
Character(s): Cicero Pig; Porky Pig
First Line: Wah!" "N-now what?
Synopsis: When the new kid next door won't talk to Cicero, Porky suggests Cicero talk to himself.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPorky Pig #4 published November 1965
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black and white; Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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The Kingdom of Nowhere

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Sylvester; the Black Knight
Synopsis: Sylvester and Porky find a suitcase full of "Boovarian" paper money. It turns out to be counterfeit, as there is no country of "Boovaria." However, Sylvester enters a "Name the Kingdom" contest in Porky's name with "Boovaria" as the entry. Porky and Sylvester are summoned to the Kingdom of Nowhere for the final judging. There the naming contest will be decided on the jousting field between Porky and the Black Knight.
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In Content Item: FlagPorky Pig #4 published November 1965
as The Kingdom of Nowhere [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 27
Disclose Notes: Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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The Seafarers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Petunia Pig; Sylvester
Synopsis: Porky becomes a scoutmaster in the Sea Scouts and takes Cicero and Sylvester on a chaotic trip in a rowboat. They end up in a lagoon full of rare and unusual fish.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 21
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Petunia Pig; Cicero Pig
First Line: (Sniff, sniff) Mm-m...smells like Petunia baked a cake before she went shopping!
Synopsis: Cicero writes a note that makes Petunia too embarrassed to take her cake to the bridge club.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Porky Pig; Sylvester
First Line: Sure is an excitin' book! It makes a feller's hair stand on end!
Synopsis: Porky buys a toupee so that his hair can stand on end when he reads an exciting book.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPorky Pig #4 published November 1965
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back Cover; color. Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

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