(March 1968)

Western, 1962 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1967-12-14
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Brand
Gold Key
Editing
Chase Craig (Managing editor)

Issue Notes

Cover code: 10005-803. © 1967 by Norman Maurer Productions, Inc. On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

The Abdominal Snowman! (Table of Contents)

The Three Stooges / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset

Genre
humor
Characters
The Three Stooges [Moe Howard; Larry Fine; Curly Joe DeRita]

[Sombreros] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Three Stooges / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sparky Moore
Inks
Sparky Moore
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
The Three Stooges [Moe Howard; Larry Fine; Curly Joe DeRita]
Synopsis
Curly Joe doesn't let a sombrero get in the way of girl-watching.

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover, in black and white.

On the Trail of the Abdominal Snowman (Table of Contents: 2)

The Three Stooges / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Cecil Beard ?
Pencils
Sparky Moore
Inks
Sparky Moore
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
T. STOOGES #38-6412
Genre
humor
Characters
The Three Stooges [Moe Howard; Larry Fine; Curly Joe DeRita]; crooks; natives; Abdominal Snowman
Synopsis
Getting tickets from a rich aunt, the Stooges arrive in Europe. But they mix up bags with some crooks and end up in Ding-Bong, home of the Abdominal Snowman. The crooks are after the Doomsday Ruby that causes super bad luck. Curly Joe lures away the ruby with a banana, and everyone snowballs down the mountains to where the crooks are buried in bananas.

Gold Key Comics Club News (Table of Contents: 3)

Gold Key Comics Club / activity / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset

Genre
humor
Synopsis
Activities including "Be an Artist!", "Readers Create Monsters!", "The Joke's On You", and "Mini-Comics".

Meet New Twist 'N Turn Barbie! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Barbie / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Dear Stooges (Table of Contents: 5)

The Three Stooges / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Messerli
Inks
Joe Messerli
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset

Genre
humor
Characters
The Three Stooges [Moe Howard; Larry Fine; Curly Joe DeRita]
Synopsis
The Stooges answer readers' letters with corny jokes.
Keywords
jokes

The Sinister Stairway (Table of Contents: 6)

The Little Monsters / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Carey
Inks
John Carey
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
The Little Monsters ['Orrible Orvie; Awful Annie]; Dr. Frankenfurter; Mildew (father); Demonica (mother)
Synopsis
The stairs take a toll on Mama's "batteries", so the kids seek a non-stairs solution for the castle.

You Are Under the Spell of Ka-Bala (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

132 Pc. Roman Soldier Set (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Ready for a Round-Up! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Daisy BB Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Abdominal Snowman!
    The Three Stooges
  2. 1. [Sombreros]
    The Three Stooges
  3. 2. On the Trail of the Abdominal Snowman
    The Three Stooges
  4. 3. Gold Key Comics Club News
    Gold Key Comics Club
  5. 4. Meet New Twist 'N Turn Barbie!
    Barbie
  6. 5. Dear Stooges
    The Three Stooges
  7. 6. The Sinister Stairway
    The Little Monsters
  8. 7. You Are Under the Spell of Ka-Bala
  9. 8. 132 Pc. Roman Soldier Set
  10. 9. Ready for a Round-Up!
    Daisy BB Guns
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Alberto Becattini
  • Steve Coates
  • Clayton Emery
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jim Van Dore