List of St. John Publications

St. John Publications was an American publishing company; the following is a list of their comic book titles.

Cartoon-character series

• Adventures of Mighty Mouse #1-18 (Nov. 1951–May 1955)
• Casper the Friendly Ghost #1–5 (Sept. 1949–Sept. 1951)
• Dinky Duck #1–24 (Nov. 1951-Oct. 1955; continued by Pines)
• Gandy Goose #1-4 (Mar. 1953-Nov. 1953)
• Heckle and Jeckle #3–24 (Oct. 1951–Oct. 1955; continued by Pines)
• Little Audrey #1-24 (1948-1951)
• Little Eva #1–31 (May 1952–Nov. 1956)
• Little Roquefort Comics #1–9 (June 1952–Oct. 1953; continued by Pines)
• Mighty Mouse / Paul Terry's Mighty Mouse Comics #5–67 (Aug. 1947–Feb. 1956; continued by Pines)
• Paul Terry's Comics #85–#125 (March 1951–May 1955; takes over numbering of Terry-Toons Comics)
• Terry Bears Comics #1-3 (June 1952–Mar. 1953)
• Terry-Toons Comics (1952 series) #1-9 (June 1952-Nov. 1953)
• Terry-Toons Comics #60-86 (Sept. 1947-May 1951; continued from Timely Comics' run)
• Three Dimension Comics, featuring Mighty Mouse #1-3 (Sept. 1953-Dec. 1953)

Comic-strip reprint series

• Fritzi Ritz #37-55 (series picked up from United Feature; continued at Dell Comics)
• Moon Mullins (series picked up from American Comics Group)
• Mopsy
• Nancy and Sluggo #121-145 (series picked up from United Feature; continued at Dell)
• Tip Top Comics # 189-210 (series picked up from United Feature; continued at Dell)
• Vic Flint

Movie-comedian series

• Abbott and Costello Comics  #1-40 (Feb. 1948 - Sept. 1956)
• Laurel and Hardy Comics  #1 (March 1949 - ?)
• Three Stooges  #1-7 (Sept. 1953 - Oct. 1954); on St. John's Jubilee Publications imprint

Original series

Original titles published by St. John.

• 1,000,000 Years Ago (a.k.a. One Million Years Ago)  #1, featuring Tor; continued as:

• 3-D Comics  #2

three eds.: standard & oversize, Oct. 1953; standard w/3-D cover, some different content, Nov. 1953; featuring Tor; continued as:

• Tor  #3-5

• Anchors Andrews  #1 (Jan. 1953); continued as:

• Anchors the Salt Water Daffy #2-4 (March–July 1953); continued as:

• Approved Comics  #1-12 (1953-1954)

Showcase series featuring generally one issue each of series including Crime on the Run, Daring Adventures, Fightin' Marines, Flyboy, The Hawk, Invisible Boy, Kid Cowboy, Northwest Mounties, and Western Bandit Trail. Approved Comics also name of a St. John imprint.

• Atom-Age Combat  #1-5 (June 1952 - April 1953)
• Atom-Age Combat Vol. 2, #1 (Feb. 1958)
• Authentic Police Cases  #1-38 (Feb. 1948 - March 1955; sporadically included Vic Flint comic-strip reprints)
• Basil the Royal Cat  #1-4 (Jan.-Sept. 1953)
• Blue Ribbon Comics  #1-3 (Feb.-Aug. 1949); on St. John's Blue Ribbon imprint; continued as:

• Teen-Age Diary Secrets  #4-9; continued as:
• Diary Secrets  #10-30 (Feb. 1952 - Sept. 1955)

• Canteen Kate  #1-3 (June-Nov. 1952)
• Cinderella Love  #12-15 (Oct. 1953 - Aug. 1954, continued from Ziff-Davis run) See also Romantic Love
• Crime Reporter  #1-3 (August-Oct. 1948)
• Daring Adventures  #7-18
• Double Trouble  #1-2 (Nov. 1957 - Feb. 1958)
• Fugitives from Justice  #1-5 (Feb.-Oct. 1952; last four issues included Vic Flint comic-strip reprints)
• The Hawk  #8-12 (Sept. 1954 - May 1955; continued from Ziff-Davis run; reportedly no #5-7 published)
• Hollywood Confessions  #1-2 (Oct. 1949 - ?); continued as:

• Hollywood Pictorial  #3 (Jan. 1950); continued as:
• Movie magazine Hollywood Pictorial Western #4 (March 1950)

• The House of Terror #1 (Oct. 1953; 3-D comic)
• Kid Cowboy #11 & 14 (Winter 1952/53 & June 1954; continued from Ziff-Davis run; reportedly no #12-13 published)
• Little Eva  #1-31 (May 1952 - Nov. 1956)
• Little Eva 3-D  #1-2 (Oct.-Nov. 1953)
• Meet Miss Pepper  #5-6 (April–June 1954; continues from Lucy, The Real Gone Gal; further info n.a.)
• Northwest Mounties  #1-4 (Oct. 1948 - July 1949); on St. John's Jubilee Publications imprint
• Romantic Marriage  #18-24 (continued from Ziff-Davis run); continues as:

• Cinderella Love  #25-29 (see also Cinderella Love above)

• Son of Sinbad  #1 (Feb. 1950)
• Secret Missions  #1 (Feb. 1950 one-shot)
• Strange Terrors  #1-7 (June 1952 - March 1953)
• Teen-Age Romances  #1-45 (Jan. 1949 - Dec. 1955); at least two issues on St. John's Approved Comics imprint
• The Texan  #1-15 (Aug. 1948 - Oct. 1951); continues as:

• Fightin' Marines  #15 (Aug. 1951), #2-12 (Oct. 1951 - March 1953); continues as Charlton Comics title

• Wartime Romances  #1-18 (July 1951 - Nov. 1953)
• Weird Horrors  #1-9 (June 1952 - Oct. 1953); continues as:

• Nightmare  #10-13 (? - Aug. 1954); continues as:
• Amazing Ghost Stories  #14-16 (? - )

• Western Bandit Trails  #1-3 (Jan.-July 1949); on St. John's Jubilee Publications imprint
• Whack  #1-3 (Oct. 1953 - May 1954; 3-D comic)
• Wild Boy of the Congo  #9-15 (Oct. 1953 - June 1955; continues from Ziff-Davis run; reportedly no #10 published)
• World’s Greatest Stories  #1-2 (? - May 1949); on St. John's Jubilee Publications imprint
• Zip-Jet  #1-2 (Feb.-May 1953)

Sources

• St. John (publisher) at the Grand Comics Database.</ref>
• "St. John Romance Comics Checklist" (PDF). Fantagraphics Books. 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 18, 2019.