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Issue Details

Issue #24
Published October 1988
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages 36
Editing Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "Showdown!"

Characters Justice [John Tensen]; Dennis Foley
Genre Superhero
Pencils Lee Weeks (signed)
Inks Lee Weeks (signed)

1 page Justice recap

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Notes Recap, credits and indicia

22 page Justice story "Showdown"

Characters Justice Tensen; Dennis Foley (introduction); Angela Tensen; N.S.C. [Victor Pasko; Agent Chauncy; Terrance Updike]; Col. Mac Browning; Mr. Foley (introduction); Mrs. Foley (introduction); President Ronald Reagan; Baker (introduction); Psi-Hawk (cameo); Rodstvow (cameo, villain); Mrs. Cryder (introduction)
Synopsis The N.S.C. sends Justice to Duncanville, Texas, to investigate a paranormal ex-con, Dennis Foley. As the mob prepares to lynch Foley for his former crimes, Tensen and he make a plan whereby Foley comes to be seen as a hero by fighting Justice off when he seemingly tries to convince Foley to destroy the town. After the battle, Tensen feels great psychic pain when Rodstvow destroys Psi-Hawk, not fully realizing that Angela was nearly crushed while the two paranormals fought in the Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
Genre superhero
Script Peter David
Pencils Mike Gustovich
Inks Mike Gustovich
Colors Janet Jackson
Letters Jim Novak
Editing Howard Mackie; David Wohl (assistant editor)

1 page Justice story "Next Issue"

Genre Superhero
Pencils Lee Weeks
Inks Lee Weeks
Notes Cover for Justice #25.

6 page Medusa Web story "The Weapons of Cowards"

Characters Potiphar
Synopsis The Medusa Web sends Potiphar into the Kirkuk border region during the Iran-Iraq War to retrieve a shipment of nerve gas stolen from the Iraqi Army by an Iranian border patrol. He completes the mission, but destroys the nerve gas after receiving his payment.
Genre Superhero
Script Fabian Nicieza
Pencils Hector Collazo
Inks Don Hudson
Colors Marc Siry
Letters Ken Lopez
Editing David Wohl

1 page Silver Surfer promo (ad from the publisher)

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Half page New Universe promo (ad from the publisher) "Subscribe Now or He'll Blow Up Your City!"

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Notes Advertisement for subscriptions to New Universe titles.

Half page New Universe promo (ad from the publisher) "Suicide is Not the Answer..."

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1 page New Universe promo (ad from the publisher) "On Sale This Month"

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1 page Universe News promo (ad from the publisher) "Universe News"

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Notes "The Official Timeline of the New Universe" continues.