Peter Porkchops
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| Pig Iron | |
 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!. |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | (Peter Porkchops) Leading Comics #23 (1947) (Pig Iron) New Teen Titans Vol. 1 #16 (February 1982) |
| Created by | Otto Feuer |
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| Alter ego | Peter Porkchops |
| Team affiliations | The Zoo Crew |
| Notable aliases | The Swine of Steel, the Porcine Powerhouse |
| Abilities | 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).
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[edit] History
[edit] Golden 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.
[edit] Silver 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.
[edit] Modern age
[edit] 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.
