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Cover: Ralph Heimdahl

Four Color #226

Apr 1949 · Dell · 0.10 USD
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In "Porky Pig and Spoofy, the Spook," Porky Pig gets an unexpected gift: a "baby spook" from his rich Uncle Ham, prompting him to rent a haunted house to make the creature feel welcome. Meanwhile, Widget the midget, a fugitive reading the news, sees his chance—disguising himself as the spook to play a prank. Roger Armstrong handles art, inks, and lettering in this 1949 Dell Four Color classic, with a cover by Ralph Heimdahl.

Contains 5 stories
Untitled Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals story
1 pp · Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
Porky PigCicero Pig
Porky Pig and Spoofy, the Spook
21 pp · Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
Porky PigCicero PigWidget the midgetUncle Ham

When Porky Pig learns his rich Uncle Ham is sending him a "baby spook," he sets out to make the creature feel welcome by renting a haunted house. Enter Widget the midget, a fugitive who reads about Porky in the paper and decides to pose as the spook—disguised as a ghost, he’s ready to play along.

Untitled Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals story
11 pp · Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
Porky PigCicero PigPetunia PigBugs Bunny (cameo)

In this 1949 tale from Four Color #226, Porky is dispatched by the Peachy Keeny Cookbook Company on a far-flung mission to the isolated island of Pogo-Togo, where he must track down the elusive secret recipe for "Roast Gip." With no map and only a wobbly compass, Porky ventures into the island’s tangled jungle, where every twist and turn feels just a little too familiar.

Untitled Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals story
1 pp · Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
Porky PigCicero PigPetunia Pig
Untitled Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals story
1 pp · Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
Porky PigCicero PigUncle Bacon

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $7
CGC 9.8 · 1 in census $986*
CGC 9.6 none in existence
CGC 9.4 · 1 in census $386
CGC 9.2 none in existence
CGC 9.0 · 2 in census $172*
CGC 8.5 · 2 in census $120*
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CGC 8.0 none in existence
CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 · 1 in census $35*
CGC 6.5 none in existence
CGC 6.0 none in existence
CGC 5.5 none in existence
CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $20*
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Full credits

artist, inker, letterer Roger Armstrong
cover pencils Ralph Heimdahl

Reprints

Reprinted in Four Color #226 (1949), Porky Pig #2 (1965), Schweinchen Dick #31

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