(October 1953)
St. John,
1953 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- St. John Publishing Company
- Brand
-
St John Approved Comics
- Editing
- ?
Hey Kids!!
F-84E Thunderjet model / Rocket Bank / Space Ship / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be the first in your neighborhood to own these sensational new Action-Packed toys!
Indexer Notes
Sold by Lucky Products.
The Jaws of Death
Wild Boy / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Wild Boy; Keeto; Chief Jabburi; Nempau; Gundai
- Synopsis
- Wild Boy saves a village from a march of killer ants.
Indexer Notes
Schroeder's art is easy to spot by the peculiar eyes that are out of focus and his inklines.
Killer Leopard
Wild Boy / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Wild Boy; Keeto; Sakko the Killer Leopard; Chief Jabburi; Stacy; Thompson; Captain Stokes; Lawrence Stone
- Synopsis
- Wild Boy saves the village from a killer leopard and three escaped convicts.
Indexer Notes
Art credits suggested by the Who's Who.
The Big Hunt
Joe Barton / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Joe Barton; Natombo; Countess Selenka; Sumo; Count Boris Selenka;
- Synopsis
- After being shipwrecked on an island, Joe is forced to be the prey in Count Selenka's hunt.
Indexer Notes
The plot’s loosely based on the short story "Most Dangerous Game" written by Richard Connell.
Monkey Business
Jungle Tales / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- jungle
- Synopsis
- Two monkeys trick a rinoceros into charging a shipping container to break it open.
Cobra: Terror of the Jungle
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; nature
- Synopsis
- Facts about cobras.
The Oracle of Ikwani
Wild Boy / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Wild Boy; Obbe Ktaru; Castor; Lawrence
- Synopsis
- Wild Boy saves a tribe from two diamond hunters.
Indexer Notes
Art credits suggested by the Who's Who.
Everybody Wants These Great 3-D Hits!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Charles Stern (signed as Charlie Stern)
- Inks
- Charles Stern (signed as Charlie Stern)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Synopsis
- Illustrated house ad for St. John's Three Dimensional Comics titles: Whack, Three Stooges and 1,000,000 Years Ago.
New! 1953 Space Commander
Space Commander Vibro-Matic Walkie Talkies [Vibra-Planet] / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
The new 1953 Space Commander walkie-talkie by mail order from Consumers Mart.
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Table of Contents
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0.
Killer Leopard
Wild Boy -
1.
Hey Kids!!
F-84E Thunderjet model / Rocket Bank / Space Ship -
2.
The Jaws of Death
Wild Boy -
3.
Killer Leopard
Wild Boy -
4.
The Big Hunt
Joe Barton -
5.
Monkey Business
Jungle Tales -
6.
The Witch Doctor's Secret
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7.
Cobra: Terror of the Jungle
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8.
The Oracle of Ikwani
Wild Boy -
9.
Everybody Wants These Great 3-D Hits!
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10.
New! 1953 Space Commander
Space Commander Vibro-Matic Walkie Talkies [Vibra-Planet] -
11.
Make Extra Money
Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth English
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Walls
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