(July 1963)

Western, 1962 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1963-04-11
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
K. K. Publications Inc.
Brand
Gold Key
Editing
?

Issue Notes

(c) 1963 by Norman Maurer Productions, Inc. On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

The pitcher's wild! The catcher's wild! Everybody's wild about Curly-Joe, hypnotized into thinking he is a great baseball player! (Table of Contents)

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

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

Genre
humor
Characters
Three Stooges [Moe Howard; Larry Fine; Curly Joe DeRita]
Reprints
Keywords
baseball

Indexer Notes

Curly Joe is usually not hyphenated.

Roads and Vehicles, Number 2: How Roads Began (Table of Contents: 1)

Keys of Knowledge / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Short history of roads.

Double Play (Table of Contents: 2)

The Three Stooges / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Messerli
Inks
Tony DiPaola
Colors
?
Letters
Tony DiPaola

Genre
humor
Characters
Three Stooges [Moe Howard; Larry Fine; Curly Joe DeRita]; crooks; hypnotist; Homer McSlugger; baseball players; cops
Synopsis
Curly Joe is a dead ringer for Homer McSlugger, the baseball champ. So crooks kidnap Curly Joe, have him hypnotized, and send him in to ruin the game while they win big. But Curly Joe excels because his subconscious thinks he's terrific! Moe and Larry are tied up but escape, but can't convince Curly Joe he's not McSlugger - until the crooks are caught and Curly is beaned by a ball.
Reprints
Keywords
baseball

A Fishy Situation (Table of Contents: 3)

Professor Putter / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Fallberg
Pencils
Pete Alvarado
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Professor Putter; Park Ranger
Synopsis
Professor Putter goes fishing with a hypnotizing robot worm, until hypnotized fish jump out of the water and nearly smother him!
Keywords
fishing

Bartered Bird (Table of Contents: 4)

Barney Barnacle / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Messerli
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Characters
Barny Barnacle; Pete the Parrot
Synopsis
Barny and Pete argue about cheating at checkers, so Pete flaps out, only to be caught and sold.
Reprints

Fortunes and Feathers (Table of Contents: 5)

The Three Stooges / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Messerli
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Three Stooges [Moe Howard; Larry Fine; Curly Joe DeRita]; farmer; real estate salesman
Synopsis
The Stooges take jobs on a chicken farm, but have to eat beans. The farmer is broke, and they wonder why a real estate sharper plots to buy the farm.
Reprints

For the Most in Action-Adventure and Hilarious Fun! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

104 Kings' Knights (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

104 Kings' Knights / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The pitcher's wild! The catcher's wild! Everybody's wild about Curly-Joe, hypnotized into thinking he is a great baseball player!
    The Three Stooges
  2. 1. Roads and Vehicles, Number 2: How Roads Began
    Keys of Knowledge
  3. 2. Double Play
    The Three Stooges
  4. 3. A Fishy Situation
    Professor Putter
  5. 4. Bartered Bird
    Barney Barnacle
  6. 5. Fortunes and Feathers
    The Three Stooges
  7. 6. For the Most in Action-Adventure and Hilarious Fun!
    Gold Key Comics
  8. 7. 104 Kings' Knights
    104 Kings' Knights
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Alberto Becattini
  • Steve Coates
  • Clayton Emery
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Evan Shad
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore