Probably the most popular character in the Zoo Crew series is Pig Iron. Conceptually he's an unikely mish mash of the Hulk, the Thing, Frankenstein's Monster and a cartoon pig. The pig in this case is one Peter Porkchops, a funny animal character who appeared in humor comics in the 1940s. Pig Iron is the only member of the Zoo Crew that was based on a pre existing character; although it could be argued PI's appearance and personality bore little resemblance to Peter Porkchop's. By turns shy, outgoing, looking for fights or trying to avoid them, Pig Iron is something of a manic depressive, usually minus the depressive part. He's every bit at home clobbering bad guys as he is relaxing at beach.
Pig Iron's coincidental resemble resemble to the Frankenstein Monster even lead to him trading blows with the real (funny animal) monster in a case of mistaken identity! Of course, there was no mistake over who would win in that skirmish.
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