Porky Pig #46
In "Grandpa Gruntly's Telephone Mystery," Porky Pig and Petunia join forces with the bedridden Grandpa Gruntly—Cooley Corners’ one-man town hall—to unravel a mix-up that sends the whole community into a panic. When a radio broadcast is mistaken for a real threat, chaos erupts over a banker’s "Hard Times" party, and the trio must sort out the truth before the town’s nerves snap. Fred Abranz handles the art and inks, while the cover by Tony Strobl and John Liggera captures the zany mood of the mystery.
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Porky and Petunia go to Cooley Corners to help Grandpa Gruntly, who is laid up with a broken leg. Grandpa is the town's constable, lamp lighter, dog catcher, and telephone company operator. The three mistake a radio program as a threat on the town's banker, who is holding a "Hard Times" party.
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