(October 1954)

St. John, 1954 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bimonthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
St. John Publishing Corporation
Brand
St. John
Editing
Marion McDermott

Issue Notes

Entire issue (except for cover and ads) is reprinted from Nightmare (Ziff-Davis, 1952 series) #2.
Editor credit from certificate of ownership in issue 16.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[Swamp Creatures attack a boat with a man and a woman in it] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Matt Baker
Inks
Matt Baker
Colors
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

The Death Dolls (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ed Goldfarb
Inks
Bob Baer
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It was a little room...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Commissioner Billings; Mrs. Vanderhoff; Lieutenant Bill Wilson; Frosty Nelson (crook); Weston
Synopsis
Dolls are seen committing crimes and a man becomes a doll to find out what was really happening.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Note at bottom of first page says "Copyright 1952 by Approved Comics".
Art identical to the first signed story, Compare grim faces in frontview in both stories.

The Devil from the Deep! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lee Ames
Inks
Lee Ames
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Robert Strangeway was dead!
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Robert Strangeway (death); Doctor John Walden; Diana (a mermaid)
Synopsis
Men bring a mermaid in from the ocean but find out she has a taste for human flesh.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art was previously credited to Edd Ashe ?

Ghosts - with a Sense of Humor! (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mr. Caskin was very ill...
Genre
non-fiction; horror-suspense
Characters
Mr. Caskin; The Reverend Doctor Eliakim Phelps
Synopsis
Article about poltergeists.
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An Eye for an Eye (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The doctor grabbed his bag...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Doctor Ralph Collins; Frank Chester (patient)
Synopsis
A doctor accidentally blinds a man during surgery, and the man gets revenge.
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Dream Girl (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ed Goldfarb (signed as Goldfarb)
Inks
Bob Baer
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

First Line of Dialogue or Text
She was alive...and yet dead...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Eric; El Ahmed; Van Nessan
Synopsis
A statue comes to life and becomes whatever the men around her want her to be.
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The Pit and the Pendulum (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Edgar Allan Poe (adapted from); ? [adaptation]
Pencils
Everett Kinstler (signed)
Inks
Everett Kinstler (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Numerous stories have been written...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Manuel Baroja; Vivaldo; General Lasalle
Synopsis
A man goes nearly mad being tortured in Spain.
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Swamp Creatures attack a boat with a man and a woman in it]
  2. 1. The Death Dolls
  3. 2. The Devil from the Deep!
  4. 3. Ghosts - with a Sense of Humor!
  5. 4. An Eye for an Eye
  6. 5. Dream Girl
  7. 6. The Pit and the Pendulum
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ã…dland
  • Nick Caputo
  • Keith Chandler
  • Peter Croome
  • Alexandros Diamantidis
  • Merlin Haas
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Matt Tauber