Three Stooges #5 Values

Publisher: St. John, 1954

About Three Stooges #5

Norman Maurer cover and art. Joe Kubert art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Alotta the Bull; 99 44/100% Puritan

Characters: The Three Stooges [Moe Howard; Shemp Howard; Larry Fine]

Pencils: Norman Maurer (signed)

Inks: Norman Maurer (signed)

STORY DETAILS

(3 Stories)

Title: Alotta the Bull

Characters: The Three Stooges [Moe Howard; Shemp Howard; Larry Fine]; Benedict Bogus

Synopsis: The boys get fired from their job at a flower shop when Shemp's garlic breath kills a bunch of rare, expensive orchids. Fearing a lawsuit, they run off to Mexico and hide in a bullfighting arena, where Shemp's breath stops a charging bull in its tracks. Shemp becomes a popular and famous matador. The boys' frenemy, Benedict Bogus, sees them on TV and flies to Mexico to get in on the action. Meanwhile, a rival discovers Shemp's secret and sabotages his bullfighting career.

Pages: 14.000

Script: Norman Maurer

Pencils: Norman Maurer

Inks: Norman Maurer

Notes: A remake of this story was published in "The Little Stooges" Issue #6 (Gold Key, Dec 1973). The latter story is an almost panel-by-panel redraw of this story, simplifying the artwork (also by Norman Maurer) and updating the hairstyles and fashions for a 1970's audience.

Title: 99 & 44/100% Puritan

Characters: The Three Stooges [Moe Howard; Shemp Howard; Larry Fine]; Benedict Bogus

Synopsis: Inspired by a story about Peter Minuet, Benedict Bogus dreams of going back to the year 1681 to bilk Indians into selling him land that will eventually become extremely valuable. When Bogus lands in the New World with a chest full of beads, the Stooges, in the guise of Indian real estate agents AND Dutch jewelry merchants/wilderness guides, manage to swindle Bogus out of his money. They take him cross-country, where they run afoul with Indians and are almost burned at the stake.

Pages: 10.000

Script: Norman Maurer (signed)

Pencils: Norman Maurer (signed)

Inks: Norman Maurer (signed)

Notes: A remake of this story was published in "The Little Stooges" Issue #7 (Gold Key, Mar 1974). The latter story simplified the story and the artwork (also by Norman Maurer) and updating the hairstyles and fashions for a 1970's audience.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6

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