nancyandsluggo

CREATOR

Name: St. John Publications (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1947 by Archer St. John (1904-1955). Stopped in 1958.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under St. John in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation rarely used a logo on their comic book front covers.

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1955*. Stopped in 1957 after 25 issues.

The starring characters are Nancy Ritz and Sluggo Smith. Nancy lives with her aunt Fritzy Ritz in the town of Three Rocks. She is often portrayed as a mischievous girl, who has taken upon herself to improve on Sluggo, who is portrayed as being slightly lazy.

* The character of Nancy was first published as a newspaper comic strip in Fritzy Ritz in 1933. Since 1940 she has starred in several comic book series, thus the series on this page starts the numbering at #121. The character of Sluggo premiered in 1938.
The series follows a series that ran from 1941 to 1954 (120 issues) thus the series on this page starts the numbering at #121.