Smarter than Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Father Brown rolled together Ken Quattro is the great detective of comic book history. Ken is doing a guest chapter on bizzaro horror comic book cover artist William Ekgren for Arf III. Ekgren did his wild covers for the St. John company in the 1950s. Now Ken has penned a profusely illustrated history of the St. John company and Archer St. John the man behind it. How many comic book publsihers we’re roughed up by Al Capone? Below is an Ekgren cover aptly titled Weird Horrors. And for a little contrast a Matt Baker cover for the St. John publishing company.

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