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| Moe and Shemp are drawn as though they really went to town eating pies instead of throwing them, while Larry seems to be on Olive Oyl’s no carb, no protein, no anything diet plan. |
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| Moe and Shemp are drawn as though they really went to town eating pies instead of throwing them, while Larry seems to be on Olive Oyl’s no carb, no protein, no anything diet plan. |
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| Publication | June 1954 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Cover | Alotta the Bull; 99 44/100% Puritan |
| Featuring | The Three Stooges |
| Credits | Pencils: Norman Maurer (signed) | Inks: Norman Maurer (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: The Three Stooges [Moe Howard; Shemp Howard; Larry Fine] |
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| Comic Story | Alotta the Bull (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | The boys get fired from their job at a flower shop when Shemp's garlic breath kills a bunch of rare, expensive orchids. Fearing a lawsuit, they run off to Mexico and hide in a bullfighting arena, where Shemp's breath stops a charging bull in its tracks. Shemp becomes a popular and famous matador. The boys' frenemy, Benedict Bogus, sees them on TV and flies to Mexico to get in on the action. Meanwhile, a rival discovers Shemp's secret and sabotages his bullfighting career. |
| Featuring | The Three Stooges |
| Credits | Script: Norman Maurer | Pencils: Norman Maurer | Inks: Norman Maurer |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: The Three Stooges [Moe Howard; Shemp Howard; Larry Fine]; Benedict Bogus |
| Notes | A remake of this story was published in "The Little Stooges" Issue #6 (Gold Key, Dec 1973). The latter story is an almost panel-by-panel redraw of this story, simplifying the artwork (also by Norman Maurer) and updating the hairstyles and fashions for a 1970's audience. |
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| Comic Story | 99 & 44/100% Puritan (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Inspired by a story about Peter Minuet, Benedict Bogus dreams of going back to the year 1681 to bilk Indians into selling him land that will eventually become extremely valuable. When Bogus lands in the New World with a chest full of beads, the Stooges, in the guise of Indian real estate agents AND Dutch jewelry merchants/wilderness guides, manage to swindle Bogus out of his money. They take him cross-country, where they run afoul with Indians and are almost burned at the stake. |
| Featuring | The Three Stooges featuring The Nightmares of Benedict Bogus |
| Credits | Script: Norman Maurer (signed) | Pencils: Norman Maurer (signed) | Inks: Norman Maurer (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor; Historical | Characters: The Three Stooges [Moe Howard; Shemp Howard; Larry Fine]; Benedict Bogus |
| Notes | A remake of this story was published in "The Little Stooges" Issue #7 (Gold Key, Mar 1974). The latter story simplified the story and the artwork (also by Norman Maurer) and updating the hairstyles and fashions for a 1970's audience. |
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| Comic Story | The Baseball Game (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Li'l Stooge |
| Credits | Script: Jeff Michaels | Pencils: Jeff Michaels | Inks: Jeff Michaels |
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