Four Color #277 Porky Pig - File Copy (Dell, 1950) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white pages....

Auction amount: $780.00

Sold: May 8, 2025

Four Color #277 Values

Publisher: Dell, 1950

About Four Color #277

Porky Pig in "Desert Adventure". Sylvester J. Pussycat Sr. cover appearance.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Desert Adventure

Characters: Porky Pig; Sylvester

Pencils: Ralph Heimdahl ?

Inks: Ralph Heimdahl ?

Notes: Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

STORY DETAILS

(7 Stories)

Characters: Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Petunia Pig

Synopsis: After Porky compliments him on his drawings, Cicero decorates Petunia's laundry.

Pages: 1.000

Pencils: Gil Turner

Inks: Gil Turner

Letters: Gil Turner

Notes: Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini.

Title: Desert Adventure

Characters: Porky Pig; Sylvester; Squire Squeeze

Synopsis: As part of a plan to evict Porky and keep his first month's rent, landlord Squire Squeeze puts an ostrich in Porky's house. Porky and Sylvester take the ostrich to the desert to dump it, but Porky's car gets hooked by a runaway hot air balloon and they end up lost in the middle of the desert.

Pages: 20.000

Pencils: Fred Abranz

Inks: Fred Abranz

Letters: Fred Abranz

Notes: Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Title: The Lost Look

Characters: Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Patricia Pig

Synopsis: After frightening Petunia as a joke and causing her to spill ink on her new dress, Porky has to find a way to get the ink spots out. After he ruins the dress with some cheap spot remover, Porky has to make a new dress for Petunia to wear in a style show.

Pages: 12.000

Pencils: John Carey

Notes: Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Title: Super-Strength

Characters: Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Petunia Pig

Synopsis: Porky borrows Cicero's Hercules play suit to wear to a masquerade party. Cicero sets up some tricks so make Porky think he really has become as strong as Hercules.

Pages: 12.000

Pencils: Gil Turner

Inks: Gil Turner

Letters: Gil Turner

Notes: Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Title: The Workout

Characters: Porky Pig; Petunia Pig

Synopsis: Porky comes up with a solution when Petunia complains that she is having trouble sleeping.

Pages: 4.000

Pencils: Gil Turner

Inks: Gil Turner

Letters: Gil Turner

Reprints: Porky Pig (Western, 1965 series) #4 (November 1965)

Notes: Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Characters: Porky Pig; Cicero Pig

Synopsis: In order to keep Cicero quiet, Porky has him enter contests.

Pages: 1.000

Pencils: Gil Turner

Inks: Gil Turner

Letters: Gil Turner

Reprints: Porky Pig (Western, 1965 series) #4 (November 1965)

Notes: Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini.

Characters: Porky Pig; Bugs Bunny

Synopsis: Bugs helps Porky move, but does more harm than good.

Pages: 1.000

Pencils: Gil Turner

Inks: Gil Turner

Letters: Gil Turner

Notes: Back cover. Pencils, inks, and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	14
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	14

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