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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published June 1981
Cover Price $2.00
Pages 36
Editing Michael Gustovich; Bill Loebs (Story Editor)

Cover Details - "Justice Machine"

Characters The Justice Machine [Blazer; Titan; Demon; Diviner; Talisman; Challenger]
Genre superhero
Pencils John Byrne (signed)
Inks Michael Gustovich (signed)
Reprinted in Justice Machine Summer Spectacular (Innovation, 1990 series) #1

9 page The Justice Machine story "The Justice Machine"

Characters The Justice Machine [Blazer; Titan; Demon; Diviner; Talisman; Challenger]
Synopsis The Justice Machine -a strike force of superhumans from the planet Georwell- are hunting down their old foe Maxinor, who has temporarily taken control of Blazer, one of the Machiners. Maxinor escapes to Earth, and the Machiners follow him.
Genre superhero
Script Michael Gustovich
Pencils Michael Gustovich
Inks William F. Loebs (figures); Charlie Wallace (backgrounds)
Colors Bob Berry
Letters Michael Gustovich
Notes Maxinor is not seen in this sequence, but is acting behind the scenes.

9 page The Justice Machine story "Untitled"

Characters The Justice Machine [Blazer; Titan; Demon; Diviner; Talisman; Challenger]; 2 unnamed New Yorkers; Prosecutor Zarren; Maxinor and his son Robert [Youthquake] (both are cameos- they are shown mostly off panel)
Synopsis As the Machiners hunt down Maxinor in New York City, Prosecutor Zarren from Georwell seizes the chance to be rid of the Machiners permanently. He turns the public of Georwell against the heroes by portraying them as rebel symapathizers, similar to Maxinor. As the Machiners think they have Maxinor trapped, an energy beam topples a wall on them, knocking them unconscious.
Genre superhero
Script Michael Gustovich
Pencils Michael Gustovich
Inks William F. Loebs (figures, pgs. 9 & 10); Charlie Wallace (backgrounds, pgs. 9 & 10); Kevin Siembieda (pgs 11-25)
Colors Bob Berry
Letters Michael Gustovich

1 page text article "Middleward"

Synopsis Letters and editorial page.
Script Bill Loebs
Letters typeset

1 page illustration "The Artist Machine"

Synopsis Bill Loebs draws the creators of the book as the Justice Machine.
Genre parody
Pencils William F. Loebs

7 page The Justice Machine story "Death by Decree"

Characters The Justice Machine [Blazer; Titan; Demon; Diviner; Talisman; Challenger]; Maxinor; Prosecutor Zarren; Robert [Youthquake]; a Deathspencer (is destroyed in this story)
Synopsis Prosecutor Zarren captures the Machiners and is ready to kill them when he is interrupted by Maxinor and his son Robert. Rather than the vicious criminal the Georwellian government has portrayed him to be, Maxinor is a man of mercy, intellect, and honor. As the Machiners watch and listen, Zarren reveals that Georwell is a dictatorship that stands against justice and freedom. Maxinor, a rebel and a criminal on Georwell, seeks to deliver its people from their own, unknowing oppresion. He stops Zarren from killing the Machiners and then frees them. Although they are branded as criminals, the Machiners decide to return to Georwell and clear their names. But they also realize that in supporting Georwell's regime, they are not the heroes they thought they were.
Genre superhero
Script Michael Gustovich
Pencils Michael Gustovich
Inks Kevin Siembieda
Colors Bob Berry
Letters Michael Gustovich

1 page illustration "untitled"

Synopsis This is a black and white drawing by Michael Gustovich featuring a Conan-like character.
Genre Sword and Sorcery
Pencils Michael Gustovich
Inks Michael Gustovich

1 page illustration "untitled"

Synopsis A pinup of an undersea diver fighting an octopus by Joe Zabel.
Genre Adventure
Pencils Joe Zabel
Inks Joe Zabel

1 page Justice Machine (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "Next Issue"

Characters The Justice Machine; the Guardians
Synopsis A preview of the next issue: The Justice Machine fighting a group called the Guardians.
Genre superhero
Script ? (ad copy)
Pencils Michael Gustovich
Inks Michael Gustovich