(November 1953)
St. John,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- St. John Publishing Company
- Brand
-
St. John
- Editing
- Archer St. John; Marion McDermott
Issue Notes
Art ids by Jim Vandeboncoeur Jr., writer ids by John Benson from the St. John Romance Comics Checklist at http://www.fantagraphics.com/downloads.
Asking for Trouble
comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- romance; teen
- Characters
- Grace Nichols; Pat Nichols; Hilda Nichols; Mr. Spreckels; Ruth; Mike Darcy; Jane; Tim Stanton; Betty Turner; Buzzy Neals; Willy; Tom
- Synopsis
- After his mother’s death, Pat invites his teen-aged sister Hilda to move in with him and his wife Pat. Hilda pretends to be innocent but she soon organizes a series of wild parties among the local high school students. When one of the parties gets out of hand, Hilda’s double-life is discovered and she’s expelled from school.
Indexer Notes
The final panel of this story says Pat, Grace and Hilda moved to another town and Hilda changed her ways.
My Other Self
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance; teen
- Characters
- Cathy; Dave Lynch; Judy; Ken Fuller; Ethel
- Synopsis
- Cathy dates fellow college student Dave but develops a crush on “ancient” grad student Ken, who’s 25. Cathy has a makeover to appear sophisticated and dates Ken, although he tells her that he has a girlfriend back home. Cathy hopes she can change his mind, but when Ken takes his hometown girl to the big game, Cathy goes back to Dave, who is more her type.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Everyone Wants These Great 3-D Hits!
- Synopsis
- House ad for three 3-D titles.
Indexer Notes
The cover reproductions are for Whack #1 (cover shown is different than the final published version), The Three Stooges #2, and 1,000,000 Years Ago (which appears to be an early version of the cover used for 3-D Comics #2, the house ad shows only dinosaur silhouettes in the background but the actual cover has full art of them).
More Luck Than I Deserved
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- romance; teen
- Reprints
-
from Wartime Romances (St. John, 1951 series) #1 (July 1951)
-
They Called Me Teacher's Pet
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- romance; teen
- Characters
- Amanda "Mandy" Brenner; Gloria Arnold; Rex Matson
- Synopsis
- High school student Mandy finds young teacher Rex handsome, but fellow student Gloria flirts with him madly. Rex and Mandy become friends because she’s hoping for a scholarship to State University, where he’ll be working on his doctorate in the upcoming year. Rex takes Mandy to the prom; Gloria catches them kissing and Rex loses his job. Now, however, there is nothing to stop Rex and Mandy from expressing their love.
Indexer Notes
Gloria's hair is red except in one panel on the first page, where it's blonde.
There is a typo in the final panel, where Mandy says “I’ve had to keep my feeings [sic] hidden for so long!”
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Asking for Trouble
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1.
Asking for Trouble
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2.
My Other Self
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3.
["Everyone Wants These Great 3-D Hits!"]
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4.
More Luck Than I Deserved
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5.
They Called Me Teacher's Pet
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