Another American Mythology triumph!
This 2016 Christmas special has the Stooges playing pet shop store owners on Christmas Eve. Their last sale of the holiday shopping season involves a kitten for a little girl. But when the kitty ends up back at the shop, the guys must save Christmas! Taking the term 'cat burglar' to an all-new meaning, Larry, Moe and Curly must break into a house in order to make sure the little girl wakes up to a new cat on Christmas Day!
The second feature is a reprint from a 1950s era Three Stooges comic. Here, my favorite Stooge, Shemp, replaces Curly in a non-Christmas themed story drawn by comics legend Joe Kubert! When a con man hires the boys to play ghost writer for his biography. Hoping to sign a luxurious movie deal, the crook has really padded his resume. Plus the swindler figures he can save a buck hiring the Stooges to do the job. Little does the baddie know that the he should have hired anybody but the Stooges for the job.
American Mythology really do a dynamic job capturing the Stooges perfectly in the all-new tale. They've done such a better job than Papercutz ever did with the license. Plus, I can forgive the back-up tale not being holiday themed. American Mythology loves to print a vintage tale along with an original story. It's very possible that there has probably never been an Christmas-themed Stooge story made during the time the Stooges were alive. Besides, it's got Shemp and I love Shemp!!!
There were several covers to choose from with this special. While I liked the photo covers of the Stooges dressing as Santa, I just had to get the cover penciled by Mark Wheatley. Not a lot of fans know that The Stooges, including Shemp, were Jewish. If you look closely at the ornament at the bottom right corner of the cover, you see that it's got a blue six-sided star on it. A really cool nod to the comedian's Jewish heritage and the Hanukkah holiday.
Lots of nostalgic fun with Larry, Moe, Curly and Shemp!
Worth Consuming!
Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.
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