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Pig Iron

Character » Pig Iron appears in 181 issues.

Peter Porkchops has incredible strength and his metal hide is almost impregnable.

Pig Iron appears in 181 issues View all

The Pig Iron wiki last edited by zj on 06/16/13 08:21PM View full history

Creation

Peter Porkchops was a created by Otto Feuer and starred in Leading Comics from 1947 - 1955, as a mainstay of DC's Funny Animal line. When the funny animal line lost steam he wasn't seen for several decades. Peter Porchops made an appearance at the end of Congo Bill 5 in a PSA about standing up and telling the truth.

In 1982 Roy Thomas and Scott Shaw tweaked the character significantly and he became "Pig Iron," the Swine of Steel.

Origin

When a meteor exploded into 6 fragments and burst the dimensional barrier to Earth -C, one of the fragments struck Peter Porkchops as he worked in a steel factory. Knocked into a vat of molten steel, Peter emerged much bigger and with a body of near indestructible steel. Discovering 5 other animals had similar experiences, Peter joined the group known as Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew.

New 52

In the New 52, Peter Porkchops has been redone yet again. He has now lost the steel body and is a muscular and humanoid pig. He is part of Captain K'Rot's crew on the planet Tolerance in the Tenebrian Dominion. He is second in command of Captain K'Rot's crew just like he was in the Zoo Crew.

Powers & Abilities

As Peter Porkchops the character has no special abilities, but as Pig Iron the character is super strong, and is invulnerable to most harm. His body is now steel, so he does have to worry about corrosives and rust. As a side effect he usually stays hungry and can (and does) eat most anything.

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