Peter Porkchops

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caption=Pig-Iron, with his Peter Porkchops identity also depicted (in the upper left corner). From "Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew" #7 (September 1982). Art by Scott Shaw!.
comic_color=background:#8080ff
character_name=Pig Iron
real_name=Peter Porkchops
publisher=DC Comics
debut=(Peter Porkchops) "Leading Comics" #23 (1947)
(Pig Iron) "New Teen Titans" Vol. 1 #16 (February 1982)
creators=Otto Feuer
alliance_color=background:#ffc0c0
status=Active
alliances=The Zoo Crew
previous_alliances=
aliases=The Swine of Steel, the Porcine Powerhouse
powers=As Pig Iron, possessed great invulnerability and superstrength.|

Peter Porkchops is the name of a fictional funny animal pig who appeared in stories published by DC Comics. Peter was created by Otto Feuer, and first appeared in "Leading Comics" #23 (February/March 1947).

History

Golden & Silver age

Peter's adventures mostly consisted of light-hearted fare, usually involving his neighbor A. Wolf (or "Wolfie" as Peter called him). Peter became one of DC's most successful funny animal characters, gaining his own comic in December 1949. Peter appeared throughout the 1950s, with "Leading Comics" canceled with its 77th issue in 1955; Peter's own comic was canceled with "Peter Porkchops" #62 in December 1960. He then ceased to appear (except for a few reprints) for the next several decades.

Bronze age

In 1982, Peter was brought back in the pages of "New Teen Titans" Vol. 1 #16 (February 1982). In this incarnation he is a steel mill worker in the city of "Piggsburg." While working one day over a vat, an irradiated meteor fragment slams into Peter, knocking them both into the molten steel; when he emerges, Peter finds himself transformed into a super-strong being of living metal, and soon becomes a superhero named Pig Iron (a reference to the word "pig iron", a part of the steel making process).

As Pig Iron, Peter joins the Zoo Crew in "Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew", and embarks on various adventures, including facing off against his former neighbor Wolfie, who has been transformed into a "Wuz-Wolf" (his world's version of a werewolf; in this case, a wolf who turned into a monstrous human). Pig Iron's personality, unlike Peter's, tended to be much more aggressive and abrasive, similar to that of the Fantastic Four's Thing, although this character finds his metal form to his liking.

With "Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew" canceled after its 20th issue in 1983, Peter (as either Pig Iron or his normal self) once more fell into disuse, and didn't appear in a DC comic for many years.

Modern age

Peter appears in the miniseries "Captain Carrot and the Final Ark". During a battle with the villain Starro, Pig Iron falls into the flooded world of Earth-26. The Zoo Crew, in the midst of leaving the planet, are unable to go back for him.

Powers and abilities

In his Pig-Iron form, Peter is encased in a metallic skin that gives him superstrength, endurance, and invulnerability. His major weakness is that he is constantly hungry; fortunately, he can eat almost anything.

ee also

*"Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew"

External links

* [http://www.toonopedia.com/porkchop.htm Toonopedia entry on Peter Porkchops]