(1950)
St. John,
1950 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- St. John Publishing Company
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
- Color
- color cover; black and white interior
- Dimensions
- digest size
- Binding
- squarebound
- Publishing Format
- one-shot
Issue Notes
This digest-format early graphic novel is packaged like a paperback book rather than a comic book. There are no advertisements; the back cover describes the characters in the book; the inside covers are blank; the first interior page is a title page and the second a copyright statement page as in a typical book.
Historian Martin O'Hearn calls it the the "First (or Second) Modern Graphic Novel", but it depends on the definitions of "modern" and "graphic novel" one is using. (It is unknown whether this or Mansion of Evil (Gold Medal Books, 1950 Series) was released first)
Historian Martin O'Hearn calls it the the "First (or Second) Modern Graphic Novel", but it depends on the definitions of "modern" and "graphic novel" one is using. (It is unknown whether this or Mansion of Evil (Gold Medal Books, 1950 Series) was released first)
[title page]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
- in The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics, 1977 series) #277 (July 2006)
- in It Rhymes with Lust (Dark Horse, 2007 series) (March 2007)
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It Rhymes with Lust
comic story / 126 pages
- Script
- Arnold Drake (credited as Drake Waller); Leslie Waller (credited as Drake Waller)
- Pencils
- Matt Baker (credited)
- Inks
- Ray Osrin (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Rust Masson; Hal Weber; Audrey Masson; Monk Shirl; Marcus Jeffers; Arthur "Buck" Masson (picture); Jimmy Sloan; Jake; McPhee; Tiny Shirl; Mary; J. J. Cheever; Lefty; Mike; Wally; Novak; Clancy; Fatso; Pat O'Rourke; Sam Klein; Studsy; Mr. Sloan; Grace Sloan; Bill; Martha; Paul; Tommy; Mr. Morelli; Sam Reynolds; Phil; Joe
- Synopsis
- Hal Weber, one-time crusading journalist, is summoned to Copper City by his old flame Rust after the death of her husband, mining magnate and political heavyweight Arthur "Buck" Masson. As editor of The Express, a newspaper with an anti-Masson stance secretly owned by Rust, Hal is drawn back to her even as he falls for her stepdaughter Audrey. The situation in Copper City soon literally becomes explosive, with Hal having to choose between Rust and Audrey, the bottle and his conscience, safety and the truth.
- Reprints
- in The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics, 1977 series) #277 (July 2006) [landscape format]
- in It Rhymes with Lust (Dark Horse, 2007 series) (March 2007)
- in The Noir of Matt Baker (Boardman Books, 2016 series) #1 - It Rhymes With Lust Revisited (2016)
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- Keywords
- blackmail; bombing; mine collapse; political intrigue; political machine
[no title indexed]
character profile / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Copper City!... Corrupt crossroads of power and treachery, where voluptuous Rust Masson ruled the roost.
- Characters
- Rust Masson; Hal Weber; Audrey Masson; Monk Shirl; Marcus Jeffers
Indexer Notes
Back cover; small portraits and brief descriptions of 5 main characters.
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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0.
["She was greedy, heartless and calculating. She knew what she wanted and was ready to sacrifice anything to get it."]
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[no title indexed]
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2.
[title page]
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3.
[copyright statement page]
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4.
It Rhymes with Lust
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5.
[no title indexed]
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["Copper City!... Corrupt crossroads of power and treachery, where voluptuous Rust Masson ruled the roost."]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katy Hayhurst
- Dan Kurdilla
- Clint Maxwell
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Steven Samuels
- Ramon Schenk
- Dan Stevenson
- Jim Van Dore
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