(February 1948)
St. John,
1948 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- St. John Publishing Co.
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Paul Parker (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Parker (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
-
in Authentic Police Cases (Publications Services Limited, 1948 series) #1 ([circa May 1948])
-
Who Killed Walter Neilson?
A True Crime Story / text story / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
Sequence on inside front and inside back cover.
[no title indexed]
Crime on the Run / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A gun blast!
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Jack Hart (master criminal); Kitty Hart; Bill Norris (treasurer); Fred Kuethe (bookkeeper)
- Synopsis
- During a payroll robbery one of the victims is shot and killed.
[no title indexed]
Mystery Thriller of the Month / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lawmen of the Los Angeles sheriff's office...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Tony Deus (desperado); Nick Radovick (mobster); Mrs. Williams (teller)
- Synopsis
- A wave of bank robberies sweeps Los Angeles.
[no title indexed]
Lucky Coyne / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Death lurked in the shadows...
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Lucky Coyne (reporter for the Daily World); Kitty (his co-worker); Terry (his co-worker)
- Synopsis
- Fate formed a peculiar partnership with a sadistic assassin.
- Reprints
-
in Western Bandit Trails (St. John, 1949 series) #2 (April 1949)
-
Indexer Notes
Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. has a possible Gregg here.
[no title indexed]
Hale! ...the Magician / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When the police asked Hale to track down...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Hale; Commissioner Morris; Signor Diablo (villain)
- Synopsis
- Hale is asked by the police to track down the deadly prophecies of the Signor Diablo.
Chief White Wolf
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography; western-frontier
- Characters
- Chief White Wolf
- Reprints
- from Star Ranger (Ultem, 1937 series) #7 (October-November 1937)
-
Indexer Notes
Speed is credited on fillers and western for St. Johns by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. The art is similar to his other credited fillers in other series. Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. has him on this one.
[no title indexed]
text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pipe down!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Eddie; Mr. Gundy
Indexer Notes
Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. has Schwab here.
[no title indexed]
Foxy Grandpa / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, grandpa, you suggested the Clairview...
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Foxy Grandpa
- Reprints
- from Star Comics (Ultem, 1937 series) #7 (October-November 1937)
-
[no title indexed]
Cheerio Minstrels / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Just hear that steamboat whistle blow...
- Genre
- children
- Reprints
- from Star Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1937 series) #5 (July-August 1937)
-
[no title indexed]
Mawby the Medicine Man / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello!
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Medicine Man
Indexer Notes
Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. has Gustavson here.
ALL Gustavson credits verified by Terry Gustafson, sone of Paul Gaustavson.
Tracy the Outlaw
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harry Tracy (1871-1902)
- Reprints
- from Pageant of Comics (St. John, 1947 series) #2 (October 1947)
- in The Texan (St. John, 1948 series) #8 (June 1950)
-
Indexer Notes
On back cover. Same art as the other Speed filler.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
Who Killed Walter Neilson?
A True Crime Story -
2.
["A gun blast!"]
Crime on the Run -
3.
["Lawmen of the Los Angeles sheriff's office..."]
Mystery Thriller of the Month -
4.
["Death lurked in the shadows..."]
Lucky Coyne -
5.
["When the police asked Hale to track down..."]
Hale! ...the Magician -
6.
Chief White Wolf
-
7.
["Pipe down!"]
-
8.
["Well, grandpa, you suggested the Clairview..."]
Foxy Grandpa -
9.
["Just hear that steamboat whistle blow..."]
Cheerio Minstrels -
10.
["Hello!"]
Mawby the Medicine Man -
11.
Tracy the Outlaw
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Guy Budziak
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tim Tjarks
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
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