(January 1956)

St. John, 1955 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bimonthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
St. John Publishing Corporation
Brand
St. John
Editing
Michael St. John

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fritzi Ritz / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller (signed)
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Please pass the salt, Fritzi!
Genre
humor
Characters
Fritzi Ritz; Phil

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Family Scrapbook / text article / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Dr. Ernest G. Osborne
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fireplace Fun

Indexer Notes

The half page is printed on the inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, I must phone Phil
Genre
humor
Characters
Fritzi Ritz
Synopsis
Fritzi is annoyed by waiting in lines.
Reprints
  • from Fritzi Ritz (United Feature Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx
Keywords
beach; swimsuits

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm so tired today
Genre
humor
Characters
Fritzi Ritz; Phil
Synopsis
Fritzi is trying to sleep at the beach, and wants Phil to turn off his portable radio.
Reprints
  • from Fritzi Ritz (United Feature Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx
Keywords
beach; swimsuits

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey! --- No fires allowed on these picnic grounds
Genre
humor
Characters
Fritzi Ritz; Phil
Synopsis
Fritzi and Phil go picnicking.
Reprints
  • from Fritzi Ritz (United Feature Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I can't stand these city noises
Genre
humor
Characters
Fritzi Ritz
Synopsis
Fritzi needs to get away from the city noises.
Reprints
  • from Fritzi Ritz (United Feature Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is a swell party
Genre
humor
Characters
Phil; Fritzi Ritz; Helen
Synopsis
Phil escorts Helen home.
Reprints
  • from Fritzi Ritz (United Feature Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
My grass looks terrible
Genre
humor
Characters
Fritzi Ritz
Synopsis
Fritzi's lawn sprinkler isn't working.
Reprints
  • from Fritzi Ritz (United Feature Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wow!
Genre
humor
Characters
Phil; Fritzi Ritz
Synopsis
Phil wants to see the ball game, but Fritzi wants him to help advertise the charity bazaar.
Reprints
  • from Fritzi Ritz (United Feature Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I shouldn't have come hiking -- my feet hurt
Genre
humor
Characters
Phil; Fritzi Ritz
Synopsis
Phil and Ritzi are hiking, when Phil's feet start hurting and swelling up.
Reprints
  • from Fritzi Ritz (United Feature Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This bathing suit is sixty dollars but it's the latest thing from Paris
Genre
humor
Characters
Fritzi Ritz
Synopsis
Fritzi buys a high priced swimsuit.
Reprints
  • from Fritzi Ritz (United Feature Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello, Phil
Genre
humor
Characters
Fritzi Ritz; Phil
Synopsis
Phil is upset when Fritzi picks and keeps a flower in the park.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Strange as it Seems / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Elsie Hix
Pencils
George Jahns
Inks
George Jahns
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hoarding with permission
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Ludwig I
Reprints
  • from Strange as it Seems (McClure Newspaper Syndicate) 195x-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

statement of ownership / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
A. Moody
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Obviously, this is the previous year's Statement of Ownership as it was signed September, 1954.
It's from a United Features comic, not a St. John's, whose first issue was #37, April 1955.
Possibly it was deliberate: United's last issue, #36, is dated Sep-Oct 1954, so a SoO for Fritzi Ritz for 1954, which would have appeared early in 1955, could never have been printed in a United issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I wonder how Fritzi likes living up on her farm
Genre
humor
Characters
Phil; Fritzi Ritz
Synopsis
The farmhouse Fritzi has rented has crooked floors.
Reprints
  • from Fritzi Ritz (United Feature Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Are you getting hungry, Fritzi?
Genre
humor
Characters
Phil; Fritzi Ritz
Synopsis
Phil asks Fritzi questions, but she's engrossed in her book.
Reprints
  • from Fritzi Ritz (United Feature Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx
Keywords
beach; swimsuit

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi, Fritzi --- how about a picnic today?
Genre
humor
Characters
Phil; Fritzi Ritz
Synopsis
Phil had put up signs so he and Fritzi can have a private picnic.
Reprints
  • from Fritzi Ritz (United Feature Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Phil --- stop staring at girls
Genre
humor
Characters
Phil; Fritzi Ritz
Synopsis
Fritzi is upset at Phil looking at other girls on the beach.
Reprints
  • from Fritzi Ritz (United Feature Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx
Keywords
swimsuits

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Willie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Willie! Dudley! Be quiet, please!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Willie; Dudley
Synopsis
Willie's mom want Willie and Dudley to be quiet.
Reprints
  • from Willie (United Feature Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Willie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Willie - why are the mirrors on the wall?
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Willie
Synopsis
Willie puts mirrors on the wall in the corner.
Reprints
  • from Willie (United Feature Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Willie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I wonder why women hate doin' housework
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Willie
Synopsis
Willie is cleaning.
Reprints
  • from Willie (United Feature Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Willie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What on earth are you doing, Willie?
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Willie
Synopsis
Willie is trying to hang a painting.
Reprints
  • from Willie (United Feature Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Willie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Willie! You and your wet feet! I just washed the kitchen floor!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Willie
Synopsis
Willie's mom thinks he's messing up the kitchen floor.
Reprints
  • from Willie (United Feature Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Willie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look - Mrs. Clare has a lawn mower with a real gasoline motor!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Willie; Mrs. Clare
Synopsis
Willie offers to mow Mrs. Clare's lawn.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Peanuts / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Charles Schulz
Pencils
Charles Schulz
Inks
Charles Schulz
Colors
?
Letters
Charles Schulz

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Throw it in here! I'll hit it a mile!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Patty; Charlie Brown; Shermy; Violet; Snoopy
Synopsis
Charlie hits the ball and Snoopy catches it.
Reprints
  • from Peanuts (United Feature Syndicate) 1952-03-23

Indexer Notes

This is Peanuts first Sunday baseball strip. The first panel has been reduced in size by removing the title- Peanuts by Charles Schulz.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Peanuts / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Charles Schulz
Pencils
Charles Schulz (signed) [as Schulz]
Inks
Charles Schulz (signed) [as Schulz]
Colors
?
Letters
Charles Schulz

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Are you ready to hit the road, partner?
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Charlie Brown; Snoopy; Shermy; Patty
Synopsis
Snoopy pulls Charlie Brown in a "covered wagon".
Reprints
  • from Peanuts (United Feature Syndicate) 1952-02-10

Indexer Notes

The first panel has been reduced in size by removing the title- Peanuts by Charles Schulz.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

Peanuts / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Charles Schulz
Pencils
Charles Schulz (signed) [as Schulz]
Inks
Charles Schulz (signed) [as Schulz]
Colors
?
Letters
Charles Schulz

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Let's build a tree-house, Charlie Brown!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Charlie Brown; Shermy; Snoopy
Synopsis
Charlie Brown and Shermy build a tree house.
Reprints
  • from Peanuts (United Feature Syndicate) 1952-02-17

Indexer Notes

The first panel has been reduced in size by removing the title- Peanuts by Charles Schulz.

The Case of the Missing Peanuts (Table of Contents: 27)

Little Ike / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, boy! A whole bag of peanuts... and all for myself!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Ike; Nipper; Tommy; Little Eva
Synopsis
Little Ike bought some peanuts and he doesn't want to share.
Reprints
Keywords
Boy Scouts

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Let's take a nice walk, Phil
Genre
humor
Characters
Fritzi Ritz; Phil
Synopsis
Fritzi keeps borrowing change from Phil.
Reprints
  • from Fritzi Ritz (United Feature Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Enter the dance contest tonight on the pier
Genre
humor
Characters
Phil; Fritzi Ritz
Synopsis
Fritzi doesn't want to enter the dance contest with Phil because he's too short.
Reprints
  • from Fritzi Ritz (United Feature Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
'Lo, Fritzi --- how about a movie?
Genre
humor
Characters
Phil; Fritzi Ritz
Synopsis
Fritzi is talking during a movie.
Reprints
  • from Fritzi Ritz (United Feature Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yes --- today is the opening game at the ball field across the street!
Genre
humor
Characters
Fritzi Ritz; Phil
Synopsis
Phil has a headache and decides to watch the game on TV rather than go to the field across the street.
Reprints
  • from Fritzi Ritz (United Feature Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

Fritzi Ritz / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils
Ernie Bushmiller
Inks
Ernie Bushmiller
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Costumes for hire
Genre
humor
Characters
Phil; Fritzi Ritz
Synopsis
Phil can't find a cowboy costume for a party.
Reprints
  • from Fritzi Ritz (United Feature Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx

Statement of the Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 33)

statement of ownership / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Michael St. John
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

The second Statement of Ownership in this issue, but this one was signed September, 1955.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34) (Expand) /

American Seed Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Please pass the salt, Fritzi!"]
    Fritzi Ritz
  2. 1. ["Fireplace Fun"]
    The Family Scrapbook
  3. 2. ["Oh, I must phone Phil"]
    Fritzi Ritz
  4. 3. ["I'm so tired today"]
    Fritzi Ritz
  5. 4. ["Hey! --- No fires allowed on these picnic grounds"]
    Fritzi Ritz
  6. 5. ["I can't stand these city noises"]
    Fritzi Ritz
  7. 6. ["This is a swell party"]
    Fritzi Ritz
  8. 7. ["My grass looks terrible"]
    Fritzi Ritz
  9. 8. ["Wow!"]
    Fritzi Ritz
  10. 9. ["I shouldn't have come hiking -- my feet hurt"]
    Fritzi Ritz
  11. 10. ["This bathing suit is sixty dollars but it's the latest thing from Paris"]
    Fritzi Ritz
  12. 11. ["Hello, Phil"]
    Fritzi Ritz
  13. 12. ["Hoarding with permission"]
    Strange as it Seems
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
  15. 14. ["I wonder how Fritzi likes living up on her farm"]
    Fritzi Ritz
  16. 15. ["Are you getting hungry, Fritzi?"]
    Fritzi Ritz
  17. 16. ["Hi, Fritzi --- how about a picnic today?"]
    Fritzi Ritz
  18. 17. ["Phil --- stop staring at girls"]
    Fritzi Ritz
  19. 18. ["Willie! Dudley! Be quiet, please!"]
    Willie
  20. 19. ["Willie - why are the mirrors on the wall?"]
    Willie
  21. 20. ["I wonder why women hate doin' housework"]
    Willie
  22. 21. ["What on earth are you doing, Willie?"]
    Willie
  23. 22. ["Willie! You and your wet feet! I just washed the kitchen floor!"]
    Willie
  24. 23. ["Look - Mrs. Clare has a lawn mower with a real gasoline motor!"]
    Willie
  25. 24. ["Throw it in here! I'll hit it a mile!"]
    Peanuts
  26. 25. ["Are you ready to hit the road, partner?"]
    Peanuts
  27. 26. ["Let's build a tree-house, Charlie Brown!"]
    Peanuts
  28. 27. The Case of the Missing Peanuts
    Little Ike
  29. 28. ["Let's take a nice walk, Phil"]
    Fritzi Ritz
  30. 29. ["Enter the dance contest tonight on the pier"]
    Fritzi Ritz
  31. 30. ["'Lo, Fritzi --- how about a movie?"]
    Fritzi Ritz
  32. 31. ["Yes --- today is the opening game at the ball field across the street!"]
    Fritzi Ritz
  33. 32. ["Costumes for hire"]
    Fritzi Ritz
  34. 33. Statement of the Ownership, Management and Circulation
  35. 34. ["Which of these prizes can we send you?"]
    American Seed Company
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Merlin Haas
  • Glenn MacKay
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Jim Stangas
  • Len Wolinsky