(June 1952)

St. John, 1952 Series
Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bimonthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
St. John Publishing Company
Brand
St. John

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Frank Giacoia
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
crime

Indexer Notes

Art credit from JVJ index card attached to online scanned version.

Crash-Dive of a Crime Career (Table of Contents: 1)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
crime

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover and inside back cover.

Mr. Muscles Plays with Murder (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Edd Ashe
Inks
Edd Ashe
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
crime

Indexer Notes

Art credit from JVJ index card attached to online scanned version.

The Case of the Fabulous Silk-Hat Pickpocket (Table of Contents: 3)

Vic Flint / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Michael O'Malley
Pencils
Ralph Lane ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
crime; detective-mystery
Characters
Vic Flint; Libby; Silk; Sandra

Indexer Notes

Reprint of newspaper strip. Credited creators are (Michael) O'Malley and (Ralph) Lane, although O'Malley was a pen name and Ralph Lane was replaced by Dean Miller, Art Sansom, and John Lane. It is not known who drew this particular story.

Buried Bullets Betray the Burglar (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Walter Johnson
Inks
Walter Johnson
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
crime
Characters
Morton Fogg "The Devil Diver"
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Original title: "Human Cat Trapped by Death Gun Slugs."

Revisions include that some of the captions and dialogue have been changed, the protagonist's name has been changed from Tony "The Human Cat" to Mort "The Devil Diver," and Walter Johnson's signature on the splash panel has been erased.

Johnson imitates Simon & Kirby's artwork mostly, but on the splash page the female character is a swipe of "P'Gell" from Eisner's "The Spirit."

Murder by Remote Control (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Tuska
Inks
George Tuska
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
crime

Indexer Notes

Art credit from JVJ index card attached to online scanned version.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Crash-Dive of a Crime Career
  3. 2. Mr. Muscles Plays with Murder
  4. 3. The Case of the Fabulous Silk-Hat Pickpocket
    Vic Flint
  5. 4. Buried Bullets Betray the Burglar
  6. 5. Murder by Remote Control
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Mark Q
  • Jim Van Dore
  • David Wilt