Frank Thorne, best known for his work on the comic book character Red Sonja, began his comics career pencilling romance comics.
St. John Publications Archives
Secrets of True Love is the very last Romance comic book released by St. John Publications, and is part of an interesting Matt Baker mystery.
The St. John titles Nightmare and Amazing Ghost Stories feature rare examples of Matt Baker comic book horror covers.
St. John's True Love Pictorial #11 from 1954 is the last issue of the series, but it features an absolutely scorching Matt Baker romance cover.
The strange case of St. John's Blue Ribbon Comics, and what it has to do with Matt Baker. With special guest star, Nike's Phil Knight.
Authentic Police Cases #3 features a stand-out cover by Matt Baker, and a tale of bootlegging gone wrong called "Mountain Dew Murder."
In 1949, Fawcett launched a lawsuit that ultimately forced St. John to rename its titles Hollywood Confessions and Pictorial Confessions.
Matt Baker's cover for Cinderella Love #29 ends that romance series on a high note, and there's never been a better copy at public auction.
Was comic publisher Archer St. John's approach to Authentic Police Cases influenced by his 1925 abduction by notorious gangster Al Capone?
Matt Baker covers always have a story to tell, but the cover of Giant Comics Editions #15 contains a complete romance story arc.
What's the secret behind Matt Baker's cover for Secrets of True Love 1 from St. John Publications? The death of Archer St. John set it motion
St. John Publications' Authentic Police Cases helped give Matt Baker his start at that publisher, but then it disappeared... for awhile.
St. John's All-Picture All-True Love Story #2 with Matt Baker artwork is so elusive that nobody knew about it for 30 years.
The history suggests that Matt Baker was brought in to cover St. John's Amazing Ghost Stories to provide it with a very different look.
When you think of comic book romance, you think of this. Giant Comics Editions #12 Diary Secrets is one of comics history's most iconic covers
The St. John title Crime Reporter, best known for its Matt Baker covers, was a reboot of sorts of the Jane Arden, Crime Reporter series.
Crime Reporter #1 is a classic late-1940s crime comic featuring a villain named Dr. Morphine and an exclusive spot called Zombie Club.
The cover of Cinderella Love #25 is one Matt Baker's most famous covers, and its inspiration in a 1947 Liberty Magazine has a story to tell.