History of the St. John comic book company, publisher (as Jubilee) of
The Three Stooges #s 1 - 2 (1949) and
The Three Stooges #s 1 - 7 (1953 - 1954).
http://www.comicartville.com/archerstjohn.htmOr, link to it via Mark Evanier's newsblog website...
http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2006_03_14.html#011147 - Part 1 covers the arrival of Joe Kubert and Norman Maurer at St. John, and their work on the Jubilee
Stooges and other titles, until their departure in 1950 when Joe was drafted.
- Part 2 discusses Kubert's and Maurer's return in 1952, and their work on
Tor and the new
Three Stooges series with Shemp.
- Joe's and Norm's creation of 3-D comic books, with Len Maurer, is covered in Part 3, as well as interesting background on a lawsuit that prevented them from receiving a patent. Additional titles created by the partners, such as
Meet Miss Pepper and
Whack are talked about. Wrapping up with the dissolution of St. John in the mid-1950s.
Related - Kevin Pentecost’s Stoogeworld website has a section with cover scans of all the Stooge comic books (St. John/Jubilee, Western, etc.) over the years...
http://www.stoogeworld.com/_Comic Books/comictable.htm
