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Series: Porky Pig

- Attribution History

Years in Print: 1965 - 1984

Detail

Publisher: Flag

Western Country:

United States Language: English Issues: #1 - #109 (108 Issues, 158 Printings)

Continued From: none

Continued In: none Disclose

Tracking Notes: Disclose

Notes: #39-93 published in Gold Key and Whitman variants.

#99 was not published; the material prepared for that issue appeared in #103.

******* 'Canadian' price variants of 1968 *******
Doug Sulipa, a comics dealer in Manitoba, Canada since 1970, has confirmed that about 90% of all 63 titles of Gold Key Canadian titles are confirmed to exist with cover dates from April 1968 through August 1968 for both 15 cent covers and 12 cent covers. Joe Torcivia, a comics collector and professional, has confirmed that at least several titles were sold in Flushing, Queens, New York with 15 cent covers while sold elsewhere with 12 cent covers. A few months later (September or November issues, depending on dating), ALL Gold Key Comics carried the 15-cent cover price and no further 12 cent issues were sold again. These issues do not have a currency qualifier on the covers, so it is not certain whether they were priced in Canadian or United States currency, or both. These issues appear to meet comics researcher John McClure's definition of Type 1a variants: “Cover Price Variants intended for foreign distribution with limited regional distribution, published simultaneously with standard or regular editions." However, in addition to foreign distribution, they appear to have also been sold as a test market for an impending price increase in the United States.

Format

Publication Type: Comic Books

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Sample Issue Image

Issue #	Publication Date	Pages	Content Items	Issue Images Count
#1	January 1965	36	7/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#2	May 1965	36	6/5/1	2 Issue Images total
#3	August 1965	36	6/5/1	2 Issue Images total
#4	November 1965	36	7/6/1
#5	March 1966	36	4/3/1	2 Issue Images total
#6	June 1966	36	6/5/1
#7	July 1966	36	8/7/1
#8	September 1966	36	11/9/1
#9	November 1966	36	9/8/1	2 Issue Images total
#10	January 1967	36	6/5/1
#11	March 1967	36	9/6/1
#12	May 1967	36	15/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#13	July 1967	36	10/7/1	2 Issue Images total
#14	September 1967	36	11/5/1
#15	November 1967	36	8/7/1	2 Issue Images total
#16	January 1968	36	6/5/1
#17	March 1968	36	16/6/1
#18 2	June 1968	36	15/6/1
#19	August 1968	36	15/5/1
#20	October 1968	36	17/5/1
#21	December 1968	36	15/5/1
#22	February 1969	36	5/4/1
#23	April 1969	36	6/5/1	2 Issue Images total
#24	June 1969	36	13/8/1	2 Issue Images total
#25	August 1969	36	5/4/1	2 Issue Images total

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Publication Date

Pages

Content Items

Issue Images Count

January 1965

7/6/1