Porky Pig #52

Porky Pig takes on the role of artist in this cheerful 1957 Dell offering, and the cover by Fred Abranz sets a wonderfully lighthearted tone — Porky, decked out in a red smock, blue bow tie, and jaunty cap, holds a painter's palette while enthusiastically brushing a bold red design onto a smiling tortoise's shell. The story title "The Tortoise-Shell King" promises an adventure with a reptilian royal twist, brought to life inside by artist Tony Strobl and inker John Liggera. At a dime a copy, this is classic Saturday-morning-cartoon energy translated perfectly onto the comics page.