Peter Porkchops #33
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freePeter Porkchops #33 represents a mid-run chapter in one of DC's most durable Golden Age funny-animal properties, a series that kept the anthropomorphic humor genre alive at National Comics Publications through the early 1950s — a period when superhero books were in sharp decline and publishers were actively hunting new formats. The series as a whole holds a unique place in DC history because its title character is the only Golden Age funny-animal to graduate into superhero continuity: Peter Porkchops was later reimagined as Pig-Iron, a founding member of the Zoo Crew in Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! (1982). Issue #33's cast also draws on sister DC funny-animal titles, reflecting the interconnected world DC was quietly building across its humor line in the early 1950s.
In "Slightly Two-Faced!", Wolfie tries pulling a fast one by pretending to be his cheerful twin brother to trick Peter, but the prank takes a surprising turn when he stumbles upon the Raccoon Kids—dressed in pig masks that make them look exactly like Peter. Otto Feuer’s expressive art brings the twisty mischief to life, with both the story and cover drawn entirely by him, capturing the playful deception of a 1954 DC comic.
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Peter Porkchops was created by artist Otto Feuer and debuted in Leading Comics #23 (cover-dated February–March 1947), where both the pig protagonist and his perpetual antagonist Wolfie made their first appearances. The character proved popular enough to graduate to his own solo title beginning with Peter Porkchops #1 (December 1949), published under the National Comics Publications imprint. Throughout the run, Whitney Ellsworth held credited editorial duties while Larry Nadle functioned as the hands-on actual editor — an arrangement typical of DC's funny-animal line of the era. Otto Feuer is documented as the primary penciler and inker across much of the series, though individual issue credits for #33 specifically have not been formally confirmed in any publicly available database.
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- Cover date: December 1954; on-sale/publication date: October 1954 — issue #33 of the 1949 series published by National Comics Publications (DC).
- Peter Porkchops was created by Otto Feuer and first appeared in Leading Comics #23 (February–March 1947), with his wolf antagonist Wolfie debuting in the same issue.
- The solo Peter Porkchops series ran from 1949 to 1959 (60 issues), one of DC's longest-running Golden Age funny-animal titles.
- Peter Porkchops is the only Golden Age DC funny-animal character to be later incorporated into superhero continuity, reimagined as Pig-Iron in Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! (1982).
- Supporting/other characters indexed for this issue — including Fenimore Frog and Dunbar Dodo — originated in DC's companion funny-animal title The Dodo and the Frog, illustrating the shared-universe approach across DC's humor line.
- The series was produced under the credited editorship of Whitney Ellsworth, with Larry Nadle serving as the working editor — a standard arrangement for DC's humor and funny-animal books of the early 1950s.
- Otto Feuer is documented as the recurring penciler and inker on the Peter Porkchops series throughout this era, though specific creative credits for issue #33 remain unconfirmed in public databases.
- The indexed character 'Peter Porker' in this issue's catalog entry reflects an alternate name used for the DC character in some contexts; this is distinct from Marvel's unrelated Spider-Ham character (Peter Porker), who was created by Larry Hama and Tom DeFalco and first appeared in 1983.
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Wolfie pretends to be his friendly and pleasant twin brother to fool Peter, but Wolfie gets a shock of his own when he sees the Raccoon Kids, wearing pig masks that make them look just like Peter.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).
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