The Three Stooges #5
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Alotta the Bull," Benedict Bogus’s wild dream of swindling land from 17th-century Indians sends him tumbling into the past, where the Three Stooges—playing double-duty as Indian real estate agents and Dutch jewelers—turn the tables on him with their trademark chaos. Written, drawn, and inked by Norman Maurer, this 1954 St. John comic blends slapstick and historical farce as Bogus’s scheme unravels in the wilderness, with the Stooges leading him on a perilous cross-country journey that nearly lands them in a fire. The cover by Norman Maurer captures the absurdity perfectly, a 10-cent slice of vintage humor from a bygone era.
When the Three Stooges are fired from a flower shop after Shemp Howard’s garlic breath wipes out a collection of rare orchids, they flee to Mexico and stumble into a bullfighting arena—where Shemp’s breath accidentally stops a charging bull, launching him into fame as an unlikely matador. As Shemp becomes a sensation, his frenemy Benedict Bogus arrives from the States, eager to cash in on the chaos, while a rival plots to expose Shemp’s secret and ruin his career.
In a delightfully absurd twist of history, Benedict Bogus time-travels to 1681 with dreams of swindling Native Americans out of Manhattan—only to be outdone by the Three Stooges, who play double agents as both Indian real estate agents and Dutch jewelers. Dressed to impress and armed with pure chaos, the Stooges lead Bogus on a wild cross-country scam that lands them in hot water with the very people they’re trying to trick.
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