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Issue: The Three Stooges #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1954
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Issues: #5 of 7 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagSt. John
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
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On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 4 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Norman Maurer; Joe Kubert
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Alotta the Bull; 99 44/100% Puritan

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Norman Maurer (signed)
Inker(s): Norman Maurer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Three Stooges
Character(s): The Three Stooges [Moe Howard; Shemp Howard; Larry Fine]
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Pages: 1
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Alotta the Bull

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Norman Maurer
Penciller(s): Norman Maurer
Inker(s): Norman Maurer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): The Three Stooges
Character(s): The Three Stooges [Moe Howard; Shemp Howard; Larry Fine]; Benedict Bogus
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.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose 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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99 & 44/100% Puritan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Norman Maurer (signed)
Penciller(s): Norman Maurer (signed)
Inker(s): Norman Maurer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical, humorous
Feature(s): The Three Stooges featuring The Nightmares of Benedict Bogus
Character(s): The Three Stooges [Moe Howard; Shemp Howard; Larry Fine]; Benedict Bogus
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.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose 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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The Baseball Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jeff Michaels
Penciller(s): Jeff Michaels
Inker(s): Jeff Michaels
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Li'l Stooge
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Pages: 5

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