Auctions: St. John comic books
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Authentic Police Cases (1948 St. John) 17 0.3
Comic is complete other than being coverless.
Starts Aug 17 Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Gene Colan and Enrico Bagnoli. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Murderous art forgers escape from postwar Europe disguised as American soldiers, in a story with early art by future Marvel legend Gene Colan. A clue found on a charred corpse sets police on the trail of an arsonist. Cops try to figure out who's fixing horse races by drugging the horses, but no one suspects groomer Joey. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. The Trigger-Squeeze Trap; Five-Alarm Torch!; 9,000 Miles to the Noose!; Daily Doubles Death Trap; The Angel Mob; Blackmail Photography. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Mighty Mouse (1947 St. John/Pines) 28 PR 0.5
INCOMPLETE. Missing two wraps, interrupts art and story.
Starts Aug 3 Art by Jim Tyer and Connie Rasinski. The world's mightiest mouse defends Mouseville from danger - mostly cats - in the comic-book adventures of the Terrytoons animated superhero. A mad scientist revives fossilized cavemen and sends them on a rampage. Oil Can Harry unleashes the beasts of the jungle to menace Pearl Pureheart and Mighty Mouse. In Storyland, Mighty Mouse intervenes to save Hansel and Gretel from the witch. Gandy Goose; A Battle Royal; Sourpuss; The Perils of Pearl Pureheart; Farmer Gray: A Mouse in the House; Terry Bears; Dinky; The Candy Cottage. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Nancy and Sluggo (1955-1963 St. John/Dell/Gold Key) 192 FR/GD 1.5
Water damage.
Starts Aug 10 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.



