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Three Stooges (1953 St. John) comic books

  • Issue #1
    Three Stooges (1953 St. John) 1
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #3942979006
    • INCOMPLETE. Ad page missing, does not affect art or story. Full length spine split to cover (taped) with some splitting through wraps.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
      Other items consigned by humble cow

    Cover by Norman Maurer. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Norman Maurer and Sandy Woolf. St. John, a pioneer of celebrity comics, puts Moe, Larry and Shemp on the four-color page. The world's biggest swindler sells the Stooges a firecracker factory, and it's only a matter of time until everything blows sky-high. The Stooges go treasure hunting in the East River. Action girl Jeanie finds trouble on the set when a jealous actress tries to have her eliminated, in a story with early art by comics legend Joe Kubert. Bogus Takes a Beating; Bumps for the Umps; Big Brush Off; Jeanie Steele, Hollywood Stunt-Girl; Bell Bent for Treasure. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #2B
    Three Stooges (1953 St. John) 2B
    • Water damage.
    • Damaged non-manufacturer glasses included.
    • Top staple missing. Staple rust
    • Glasses not included. Cover detached at one staple. Centerfold detached at one staple.
    • Cover detached. 1" Spine split.

    Does not include original 3-D glasses. Cover by Norman Maurer. Stories and art by Joe Kubert and Norman Maurer. St. John, pioneer of celebrity comics and 3-D comics, combines the two as Moe, Larry and Shemp leap off the page. A mad scientist tricks the Stooges into test-piloting his rocketship to the moon. The Stooges are hired as store detectives to catch the thief known as The Chimp. Stunt performer Jeanie Steele goes on a location shoot in the jungle and danger follows, in a story with early art by comics legend Joe Kubert. Men in the Moon; Two Drips and a Droop!; The Nightmares of Benedict Bogus; Stunt Girl; Pie-Rates Reward. 32 pages, B/W with 3-D effects. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #3B
    Three Stooges (1953 St. John) 3B
    • Top staple removed.

    Does not include original 3-D glasses. Cover by Norman Maurer. Stories and art by Norman Maurer and others. St. John, pioneer of celebrity comics and 3-D comics, combines the two as Moe, Larry and Shemp leap off the page. Con man Benedict Bogus sells worthless property to the Stooges, telling them it's the site of a gold mine. In another story, Bogus enlists the Stooges in his latest swindle, a circus. The Stooges get locked in a store at closing, on the same night Shnook and his gang are planning a burglary. Plus a vintage ad for the first cartooning course from comics legend and instructor Joe Kubert, offering lessons in creating 3-D comics. Gold in Them Thar Teeth; The Nightmares of Benedict Bogus; Magic Page; The Three Stooges. 32 pages, B/W with 3-D effects. Cover price $0.25.