(1964)

Western, 1946 Series
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Price
0.00 FREE
Pages
20
On-sale Date
1964
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
K. K. Publications Inc.
Editing
Chase Craig (editor); Del Connell (editor)

Issue Notes

Inside front cover and inside back cover are blank. Portions of the back cover may contain ads from various businesses that offered the book as a premium - or may be blank.

Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. Printed in U.S.A. (per indicia)
This issue has variants:

[Football Fools] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)

Genre
humor
Characters
The Three Stooges [Moe Howard (photo); Larry Fine (photo); Curly Joe DeRita (photo)]
Synopsis
The Stooges line up for a game of football.
Keywords
football; photo cover

Indexer Notes

Related image on back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Dummies Meet Mummies (Table of Contents: 2)

The Three Stooges / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sparky Moore
Inks
Sparky Moore
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wake up, you... you lame-brains!
Feature Logo
The Three Stooges [Western Publishing logo]
Genre
humor
Characters
The Three Stooges [Moe Howard; Larry Fine; Curly Joe DeRita]; museum curator; Lockpick Louie (jewel thief)
Synopsis
Hiding in a mummy case, jewel thief Lockpick Louie steals a priceless gem collection from right under the noses of the museum guard Stooges. Can the boys recover the jewels to save their jobs and reputations?
Keywords
frame-up; guards; jewels; mummy case; museum; suit of armor; theft

Indexer Notes

This story would have made a good Three Stooges comedy short in their prime period, with regular supporting players Emil Sitka as the curator, and Kenneth McDonald as Lockpick Louie.

Two tiers of panels per page.

The Three Stooges Show You How to Make Shadow Figures (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Sparky Moore
Inks
Sparky Moore
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
The Three Stooges [Moe Howard; Larry Fine; Curly Joe DeRita]
Synopsis
Make shadow figures of a duck, bird, camel, and wolf with the Three Stooges.
Keywords
shadow figures

Help the Stooges Solve These Three Puzzles (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Messerli
Inks
Joe Messerli
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If you were hiking and came to a crossroad where the sign was down...
Genre
humor
Characters
The Three Stooges [Moe Howard; Larry Fine; Curly Joe DeRita]
Synopsis
Try to answer three questions that the Stooges can't.
Keywords
riddles

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[Half-Wit Halfback] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Pencils
Pete Alvarado
Inks
Larry Mayer
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop

Genre
humor
Characters
The Three Stooges [Moe Howard; Larry Fine; Curly Joe DeRita]
Synopsis
Larry runs the ball (and loses his helmet) while Moe and Curly Joe study the plays.
Keywords
football

Indexer Notes

Pencil and ink back cover to a photo front cover.

Theme continues from front cover illustration. Illustration shares back cover space with logo and ad copy for whichever firm is distributing the issue as a giveaway premium. Illustration comprises top third of page, lower two thirds can be blank if no named sponsor.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Football Fools]
    The Three Stooges
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Dummies Meet Mummies
    The Three Stooges
  4. 3. The Three Stooges Show You How to Make Shadow Figures
    The Three Stooges
  5. 4. Help the Stooges Solve These Three Puzzles
    The Three Stooges
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
  7. 6. [Half-Wit Halfback]
    The Three Stooges
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Alberto Becattini
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Joe Torcivia
  • Jim Van Dore