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Issue: The Three Stooges #12
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/17/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: (c) 1963 by Norman Maurer Productions, Inc. On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Larry, Moe, and Curly-Joe invade Stone Age Valley as the KOOKY KAVEMEN!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
? (photo)
? (photo)
? (photo)
Typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Three Stooges
Three Stooges [Moe Howard; Larry Fine; Curly Joe DeRita]
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Usually it's Curly Joe (no hyphen).
Hammy Helpers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Joe Messerli
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Three Stooges
Three Stooges [Moe Howard; Larry Fine; Curly Joe DeRita]
Curly Joe and Larry spoil the old "saw a man in half" magic trick.
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1
Inside front cover, black and white
Kooky Kavemen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Joe Messerli
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Three Stooges
Three Stooges [Moe Howard; Larry Fine; Curly Joe DeRita]; boss; cavemen
As salesmen for Handy Home Products, the Stooges can't find a territory. Their boss drops them into Messovania, a prehistoric valley with dinosaurs and cavemen. One tribe is friendly, but Gort's Gang are thieves and bullies. The Stooges use their home product samples to knock Gort's gang silly, then fly out in an old plane.
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18
The Dragon Tale

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Joe Messerli
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?
Typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Barney Barnacle
Barny Barnacle; Pete the Parrot
After a storm, Barny and Pete find a baby dragon washed up on their ferry.
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The Too-Willing Worker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carl Fallberg
Joe Messerli
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Professor Putter
Professor Putter; Herman the Robot; neighbor
Herman the Robot is too enthusiastic about work, until Professor Putter makes him build a tower - that reaches space!
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4
The Rock-A-Bye Gangster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Joe Messerli
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?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Three Stooges
Three Stooges [Moe Howard; Larry Fine; Curly Joe DeRita]; Little Louie; citizens; cops
Little Louie, the midget bank robber, hides out as an abandoned baby with the Stooges.
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8.5
Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912...

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
"Average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed... during the 12 months preceding... 207." Signed by Howard L. Anderson. Sealed by Harry E. Johnson.
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"207" is an odd number to report, seeing as how previous Statements reported over 500,000 copies sold.
Just for Fun - Look for These Gold Key Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Various
Various
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Subject Matter
Gold Key Comics
House ad for Tarzan, Donald Duck, In Search of the Castaways, The Flintstones, Space Family Robinson, Top Cat, and more.
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Inside back cover, black and white
The Three Stooges Pin-Up No. 4

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Subject Matter
humorous
Three Stooges
Three Stooges [Moe Howard; Larry Fine; Curly Joe DeRita]
Back cover pin-up, same as the cover without text.
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Miscellaneous
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