(December 1953)

St. John, 1953 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
Bi-Monthly
Indicia Publisher:
St. John Publishing Company
Brand:
St John Approved Comics
Editing:
?
Format:
Standard Silver Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; was On-Going Series

Issue Notes

Indicia states "formerly Weird Horrors."


[Murderer's Mask] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks:
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
horror-suspense

The Fisherman Of Space (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Alex Toth
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
horror-suspense; science fiction
Synopsis:
The Fisherman From Space picks up people over time and leaves them on an island where they never grow old.
Reprints:
Reprint Note before Migration:
  • from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) #2

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Gary Watson via the GCD Errors list, December 2009.


The Last Man (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Henry Sharp?
Inks:
Henry Sharp?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Dan Vickerson
Synopsis:
Dan Vickerson returns from an undersea voyage to find everyone in the world killed by gas.
Reprints:
Reprint Note before Migration:
  • from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) #2

Destiny Takes The Long Road! (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Genre:
crime
Characters:
Willie Thompson
Reprints:
Reprint Note before Migration:
  • from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) #2

A Will from the Grave (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)
Inks:
Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
non-fiction
Synopsis:
A farmer dies but reveals where his will is in a dream.
Reprints:
  • from ?

Indexer Notes

Jerry Bails' Who's Who says all stories from Kinstler at St. John are reprints.


The Cycle of Time (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Murphy Anderson (signed)
Inks:
Murphy Anderson (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Synopsis:
A small-time crook steals a time-machine but accidentally kills an alternate-time version of himself.
Reprints:
Reprint Note before Migration:
  • from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) #2

The Mystery of Easter Island (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
non-fiction
Synopsis:
Facts about the history of Easter Island.

Murderer's Mask (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Gene Colan
Inks:
Gene Colan
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
horror-suspense
Synopsis:
Donald Blanshard buys a mask to scare his rich uncle to death, but gets more than he bargained for when his face transforms to that of the mask.
Reprints:
Reprint Note before Migration:
  • from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) #2

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Gary Watson via the GCD Errors list, December 2009.


Headed For The Stars (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
non-fiction
Synopsis:
A short history of flight.
Reprints:
Reprint Note before Migration:
  • from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) #2

The Drummer of Tedworth (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)
Inks:
Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
non-fiction
Synopsis:
A man has his drum taken away from him as punishment for vagrancy, but the judge who did it is haunted by the drum.
Reprints:
  • from ?

Indexer Notes

Jerry Bails' Who's Who says all stories from Kinstler at St. John are reprints.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. [Murderer's Mask]
  2. 1. The Fisherman Of Space
  3. 2. The Last Man
  4. 3. Destiny Takes The Long Road!
  5. 4. A Will from the Grave
  6. 5. The Cycle of Time
  7. 6. The Mystery of Easter Island
  8. 7. Murderer's Mask
  9. 8. Headed For The Stars
  10. 9. The Drummer of Tedworth
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • R. J. Roper
  • Peter Croome
  • Dan Kurdilla
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Bob Klein
  • Peter Croome