Four Color #1043 (1959) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Three Stooges	cover	1	pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); colors: ? (photo); letters: typeset	The Three Stooges [Moe Howard (photo); Larry Fine (photo); Curly Joe DeRita (photo)]
1	Intro	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Pete Alvarado; inks: Tony DiPaola; letters: Tony DiPaola	The Three Stooges [Moe Howard (photo); Larry Fine (photo); Curly Joe DeRita (photo)]
2	Westward Whoa	comic story	12	pencils: Pete Alvarado; inks: Tony DiPaola; letters: Tony DiPaola	The Three Stooges [Moe; Larry; Curly Joe]; Black Phantom (villain)
3	Yukon Yokels	comic story	20	pencils: Pete Alvarado; inks: Tony DiPaola; letters: Tony DiPaola	The Three Stooges [Larry; Moe; Curly Joe]; Yukon Kate; Dandy Eddie (villain)
4	Three stunts	activity	1	pencils: Pete Alvarado	The Three Stooges [Larry; Moe; Curly Joe]
5	Larry, Moe and Curly Joe's Stooginary	text story	1	pencils: Pete Alvarado; inks: Tony DiPaola	The Three Stooges [Larry; Moe; Curly Joe]

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
The Three Stooges #39	1968	On eBay ›
The Three Stooges Dell 1959 Edition #1	2019	On eBay ›

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