Four Color
#1078 - The Three Stooges
(February-April 1960)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1959-12-17
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell TV Comedy
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Chase Craig (managing editor)
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "THE THREE STOOGES, No. 1078". Code number is T.STOOGES.O.S. #1078-602. Copyright 1959 by Norman Maurer Productions, Inc. Second of five Three Stooges Four Colors. On-sale date from 1960 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
in 
To Gobble or Not to Gobble
The Three Stooges / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- The Three Stooges [Larry; Moe; Curly Joe]
- Synopsis
- The Stooges wish for turkeys at a wishing well.
- Reprints
-
in The Three Stooges (Western, 1962 series) #39 (June 1968) - in The Three Stooges in Full Color (Malibu, 1991 series) #1 (1991)
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Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Shading is done with craftint, or zip-a-tone, not common for Dell comics.
Canine Capers
The Three Stooges / comic story / 12 pages
- Job Number
- T. STOOGES O.S. #1078-602
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- The Three Stooges [Larry; Moe; Curly Joe]
- Synopsis
- The Three Stooges are barbers. Curly Joe brings in a sheepdog for them to practice on. After giving it a trim, the Stooges find that the dog is Snoodles, a millionaire's pet, and there is a $500 reward for his return.
- Reprints
- in The Three Stooges (Western, 1962 series) #39 (June 1968)
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Monkey Business
The Three Stooges / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- The Three Stooges [Larry; Moe; Curly Joe]
- Synopsis
- After failing to make a go as organ-grinders (with Curly Joe as the monkey), the Stooges decide to enter Curly Joe in a fight with Crusho the Great (a gorilla) in order to win enough money to buy a real monkey.
- Reprints
- in The Three Stooges (Western, 1962 series) #40 (September 1968)
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Something's Fishy
The Three Stooges / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- The Three Stooges [Larry; Moe; Curly Joe]
- Synopsis
- While fishing, the Stooges get lost and end up at a rocket training center. They enter a rocket during a countdown and get blasted to Mars. On Mars the three are put on display in a museum.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Follow-up story in Sequence 5 in this issue.
Home, Sweet, Home
The Three Stooges / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- The Three Stooges [Larry; Moe; Curly Joe]
- Synopsis
- The Stooges are back home from Mars, with a couple of sentences explaining how they got back. Curly Joe goes to a bakery and buys two pies and lets Moe and Larry have them--right in the face.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Follow-up story to Sequence 4.
3 Stooges Racing Rampage
activity / 1 page
- Characters
- The Three Stooges [Larry; Moe; Curly Joe]
- Synopsis
- Board game featuring the Three Stooges.
- Reprints
- in The Three Stooges (Western, 1962 series) #39 (June 1968)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Three Stooges
The Three Stooges -
1.
To Gobble or Not to Gobble
The Three Stooges -
2.
Canine Capers
The Three Stooges -
3.
Monkey Business
The Three Stooges -
4.
Something's Fishy
The Three Stooges -
5.
Home, Sweet, Home
The Three Stooges -
6.
3 Stooges Racing Rampage
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7.
Kit and Kitty
Curly Joe -
8.
The Jugglers
The Three Stooges
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Alberto Becattini
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Steve Coates
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Jim Van Dore
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