(September 1952)

St. John, 1952 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Quarterly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
St. John Publishing Company
Brand
St. John
Editing
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier

Quips and Queries (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

anecdotes (inside front cover)

Renegade Roundup (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Enrico Bagnoli
Inks
Enrico Bagnoli
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Jeff Dawson (good guy); Bully Schmitt (bad guy)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr at Digital Comics Museum.

Killer at Large (Table of Contents: 3)

The Texan / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lorence Bjorklund
Inks
Lorence Bjorklund
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Roarin' Jory Braden [The Texan]; The Arkansaw Kid (bad guy)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story untitled in the original.

Jory Braden [The Texan] is the ace man-hunter of the Texas Rangers.

Art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr at Digtal Comics Museum.

The Last Ride of the Masked Mavericks (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Howard Larsen
Inks
Howard Larsen
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lon Hooper (Marshall); Tina
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The reprint has different colors. It is also signed "Larsen" in the original. Howard Larsen can be identified by the 3/4 front view of bi-characters faces usually with prominent chin and potato nose and heavy black shadow underneath.

Crazy Horse (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Richard Speed
Pencils
Richard Speed
Inks
Richard Speed
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; biography; western-frontier
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr at Digital Comics Museum.

[The Hoard of Midas Moran] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Gay Desperado / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Tuska
Inks
George Tuska
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Jim Colllns [The Gay Desperado]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The Gay Desperado is noted as hunted for crimes he didn't commit.

Art identification by Steinar Ådland, March 2011.

Have You Heard This One? (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

more anecdotes

The Lighter Side (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

still more anecdotes (inside back cover)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Quips and Queries
  3. 2. Renegade Roundup
  4. 3. Killer at Large
    The Texan
  5. 4. The Last Ride of the Masked Mavericks
  6. 5. Crazy Horse
  7. 6. [The Hoard of Midas Moran]
    The Gay Desperado
  8. 7. Have You Heard This One?
  9. 8. The Lighter Side
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ådland
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Tim Tjarks
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky