3DComics

The company's notable comics include the first 3-D comic book, Three Dimension Comics #1 (Sept. 1953 oversize format, Oct. 1953 standard-size reprint), featuring the Terrytoons movie-cartoon character Mighty Mouse. According to Joe Kubert, co-creator with the brothers Norman Maurer and Leonard Maurer, it sold an exceptional 1.2 million copies^{[verification
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Other St. John comic books included the first movie-comedian tie-in series, Abbott and Costello Comics; one of the first proto-graphic novels, the 25-cent "picture novel" It Rhymes with Lust (1950); and a five-issue series (Sept. 1953 - Oct. 1954), appearing under three titles, that introduced the enduring Kubert prehistoric hero Tor.

St. John Publications utilized the first African-American comic-book artist^{[verification
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Anaglyphic 3-D is familiar to most people as the 3-D that requires the use of glasses with red and blue lenses, and many people have owned an anaglyphic 3-D magazine at one point. Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone, Playboy, and National Geographic have all published 3-d issues. Though 3-D magazines pop up occasionally, the fad peaked in the mid-1950s. Like their film counterpart, the 3-D comic book fad came and went quickly. The uniqueness wore off and poor quality products caused a premature end to this unique genre of comic books. Most people bought one or two 3-D comics and saw a couple 3-D movies and decided they had had enough.

There were some good 3-D films produced in the 1950s (Creature from the Black Lagoon, House of Wax, It Came From Outer Space), but the majority were poorly made as they were produced quickly to cash in on the fad. In addition, improper projection of these films had theatergoers leaving the movies with migraines. The 3-D comics at the time had similar problems. A bad comic is not improved with the 3-D effect and off register printing can make the comic unreadable.

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