A dose of super-Stooges is heading to comics in April 2021. American Mythology (AM), home of the Three Stooges comics for the last five years, has announced The Robonic Stooges comic.
The Robonic Stooges was a Saturday morning cartoon that aired 16 episodes in 1977-1978. Larry, Moe, and Curly appeared as robonically-altered superheroes who worked for Agent 000 of the Super Hero Employment Agency.
The comic will kick off with a special parody story, “The Imbecile Gauntlet” by longtime Three Stooges writer S.A. Check, that pits the Robonic Stooges against an intergalactic threat. The second story, “Fright at the Museum” was written by Jordan Gershowitz (Laurel & Hardy). Interior art was provided by Jorge Pacheco (The Three Stooges and Laurel & Hardy) and Philip Murphy (Rick & Morty) with cover by Eric Shanower and Pacheco.
“What can be better than giving the Three Stooges their own wacky superpowers? This takes the Stooges smacks, whacks, slaps, and eye-pokes to a whole new level of fun,” Check said. “The classic cartoons were crazy, irreverent, and always entertaining, and we just wanted to try to capture that same energy with the new comic. As always, AM really wants to get the book just right for fans of The Stooges and Robo-Stooges alike! So, we tried to make sure the things we loved most about the Robonic Stooges were present, the powers, the costumes, the junk yard, Agent 000! We also wanted to give new readers a window to join in on the fun, so we came up with a story we felt everyone could relate to with The Imbecile Gauntlet. You don’t need to be an existing fan of the Stooges or even the Robonic Stooges to enjoy the story and have a few laughs.”
“The Robonic Stooges are everything right with comic books,” American Mythology Marketing Manager Barlow Jones said. “They’re a crazy, wacky, blast from Saturday mornings past to help remind us to add a little fun into our days, and we could all use some of that right now. Just by bringing the Robonic Stooges back to life in comics, we’re showing what die-hard fans of The Three Stooges we are here at AM. There’s no part of these comedy legends’ history we aren’t in love with, and this is just one more way for us to give something special back to the Stooge fan in all of us. The Robonic Stooges takes the same fun the Stooges injected into their shorts and movies and gives it all a fun robonic twist. Just give the book a try! We always strive to give fans more nyuk for their buck!”
Advanced solicitation for The Robonic Stooges will be in Diamond’s February 2021 Previews catalog.
