Justice Comics (1948) comic books 1940-1949

Funny numbering on this title. Two versions of #7-9 exist with different dates. #7 on cover; however, this is issue #1 (dated 1947) in the series, which continues from Wacky Duck (1946 Marvel 1st Series) #6. Cover by Syd Shores and Christopher Rule. Written by unknown. Art by Syd Shores and unknown. F.B.I. in action! Featuring one story told in five chapters (spoilers ahead)! "The Mystery of the White Death!" with partial art by Syd Shores - Boxer Luigi Ramono receives a death threat if he fights Puncher Martin, but Puncher is the one who dies in the ring from poison in his water. "Chapter 2: Murder Strikes Again!" - Chance finds a notebook in Luigi's room only to have it stolen when the White Death turns off the lights and knocks him out with a blackjack. Deirdre calls Chance to come over and get some information but she's dead when he arrives. "Chapter 3: Startling Discovery" - Hennis forces Chip to tell him about Deidre's letter, which he does even though he never saw it. Chance escapes twice only to get caught a third time. "Chapter 4: The Doom!" - Left to die in a burning house, Chip and Bunny escape to call Sergeant Donovan to head off the Murder Gang at the Airport. "Chapter 5: The Pay-Off!" - Stopped at the airport by the police, the Murder Gang attempts to steal a monoplane. But Chance throws a heavy drum in its way and it crashes. During the confessions it is discovered Alonzo, Luigi's brother, had killed him, and was posing as him during the whole story. Also in this issue: 2-page text story "The Exterminator"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Funny numbering on this title. Two versions of #7-9 exist with different dates. #8 on cover; however, this is the 2nd issue in the series. Dated Winter 1948. Cover by Syd Shores and Vince Alascia. Stories by unknown. Art by Syd Shores, Frank Sieminsky, Vince Alascia and unknown. F.B.I. in action! In this issue: "All That Money Won't Buy!" with art by Syd Shores and Vince Alascia; "The Case of the Strangler's Hands!" with art by Frank Sieminsky; untitled Unsolved Mysteries 1-pager; "Sharpshooter in Skirts!" (cover story); 1-page Wanted By the F.B.I. public service announcement; 2-page text story "Reverse Justice"; "The Bully and the Beast!"; and "The Deadly Double Cross!" Plus: Six Giggles 'n Grins! cartoons by Harvey Kurtzman. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Funny numbering on this title. Two versions of #7-9 exist with different dates. #9 on cover; however, this is the 3rd issue in the series. Dated 1948. Cover inks by Vince Alascia. Stories by unknown. Art by Mike Sekowsky and unknown. F.B.I. in action! In this issue: "The Brady Gang!"; "The Money that Talked!"; 1-page Wanted By the F.B.I. public service announcement; "The Bad-Luck Bandit!"; 2-page text story "Twins of Death"; "I Confess!"; and "Too Clever to Live!" with pencils by Mike Sekowsky. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Gene Colan. Stories by unknown. Art by Mike Becker, Gene Colan and unknown. F.B.I. in action! In this issue: John Dillinger and Lester "Baby Face Nelson" Gillis in "High, Wide, and Deadly" with pencils by Mike Becker; "Murder for Christmas" with pencils by Gene Colan; 1-page Wanted By the F.B.I. public service announcement; "The Trap"; 2-page text story "The Robbery"; "Curtain Call for Crime"; and "No Love for a Fat Man"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by Gene Colan, Frank Sieminsky and unknown. Law in action! In this issue: "Blueprint for Terror" with pencils by Gene Colan; "No Greater Shock!" with pencils by Frank Sieminsky; "A Tomb for the Deadly Duke" with pencils by Frank Sieminsky; 2-page text story "The Big Gag"; "The Payoff" with pencils by Frank Sieminsky; and "Pardon My Murder"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by Don Rico and unknown. Law in action! In this issue: "The Wise-Guy"; 1-page Wanted By the F.B.I. public service announcement; "The Beast with Six Toes" with pencils by Don Rico; "The Man I Killed"; 2-page text story "Fatal Alibi"; "The Ugliest Face in the World"; "The Innocent Don't Die"; and "The Clown Prince of Crime"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Funny numbering on this title. Two versions of #7-9 exist with different dates. This is the real #7. Stories by Allen Bellman and unknown. Art by Allen Bellman, Gene Colan and unknown. Law in action! In this issue: "Tiger By the Tail" with pencils by Gene Colan; "The Deadly Return"; 1-page Hi, Friends editorial; 2-page article "Beware of Pickpockets"; 1-page Wanted By the F.B.I. public service announcement; "Fragile Freight"; and Skip McCoy in Let's Play Detective 2-pager "The Case of the Sinking Gun!" by Allen Bellman. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Funny numbering on this title. Two versions of #7-9 exist with different dates. This is the February 1949 edition or the real #8. First issue with Marvel red circle colophon on cover. Stories by unknown. Art by Vince Alascia and unknown. Law in action! In this issue: "The Stranger" with inks by Vince Alascia; 1-page Wanted By the F.B.I. public service announcement; 2-page text story "Tough Torpedo"; "The Hitch-Hiker Is Death"; 1-page Hi, Friends editorial - anti-Wertham editorial from the editors of Marvel Comics Group; and "Design for Terror!" 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Funny numbering on this title. Two versions of #7-9 exist with different dates. This is the April 1949 edition or the real #9. Cover pencils by John Buscema (made up of six re-lettered panels from page four of the first interior story). Stories by Allen Bellman and unknown. Art by Allen Bellman, John Buscema, Vern Henkel and unknown. True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: "Johnny 'The Gun' Sanchico" (cover story) with pencils by John Buscema - Every violent, smashing, bullet-ridden hour...every headline that screamed the truth about one of the most vicious criminals of our time; 1-page Hi, Friends editorial "A Letter to Our Readers and Their Parents!"; "Machine-Gun Maggie!" with pencils by Vern Henkel; 2-page text story "Good Luck to Me"; Skip McCoy in Let's Play Detective 2-pager "Murder in Model Row!" by Allen Bellman; 1-page Wanted By the F.B.I. public service announcement; and "Everett Rand, the Shame of San Francisco!" 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. Stories by unknown. Art by Pierce Rice, Vern Henkel and unknown. True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: "The Killer with the Baby Face" with pencils by Pierce Rice; 1-page Wanted By the F.B.I. public service announcement; 1-page Hi, Friends editorial "A Letter to Our Readers and Their Parents!"; "Jesse ('Turk') Farnsworth"; 2-page text story "The Weapon"; and "Nettie Leonard -- the Girl Who Teamed Up with Death" with pencils by Vern Henkel. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. Stories by Allen Bellman and unknown. Art by Allen Bellman, Vern Henkel, John Buscema, Pierce Rice and unknown. They thought their lives of crime would put them on easy street...instead it put them behind bars! True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: "The Strange History of Fink Logan, the Man Who Had Two Faces" with pencils by Vern Henkel; 1-page Hi, Friends editorial "A Letter to Our Readers and Their Parents!"; "The Case of the Strange Clue" with pencils by John Buscema; 2-page text story "Perilous Patrol"; Are You a Detective? 2-pager "Mission to Murder" by Allen Bellman; 1-page Wanted By the F.B.I. public service announcement; and "Perry Laird" with art by Pierce Rice. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. Stories by unknown. Art by John Severin, Pierce Rice and unknown. True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: "The Crime of Martin Blaine"; 1-page Wanted By the F.B.I. public service announcement; "Escape from the Past" with pencils by John Severin; 2-page text story "The Old Switch Game," reprinted from Crime Fighters (1948 Marvel) #5; 1-page Hi, Friends editorial "A Letter to Our Readers and Their Parents!"; and "Danny Monroe and Hoke Shelley" with pencils by Pierce Rice. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. Stories by unknown. Art by John Buscema, George Klein and unknown. True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: "Ambush!" with pencils by John Buscema; 1-page Wanted By the F.B.I. public service announcement; "Greed!" with inks by George Klein; 2-page text story "We Find this Man..."; and "No Escape!" 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover. Stories by unknown. Art by John Severin, Pierce Rice, Mike Becker, Chu F. Hing, Vince Alascia and unknown. True cases proving crime can't win (spoilers ahead)! "The Killer Who Loved Flowers" with pencils by John Severin - Carlisle starts a gang war with Whiting which ends when Whiting sends him a bouquet with dynamite inside. However, the rare flowers in the bouquet lead the police to Whiting's flower shop and they quickly recognize him as a bootlegger. Plus: "The Man Who Lost Himself" - After a car accident, Lester forgets the previous six years of his life and learns his family had given him up for dead. Louie tries to make Lester aid him in a robbery, claiming Lester is 'Larry Hunter', a criminal, but Lester eventually learns he was living as 'Bob Tinker', a machinist. Lester turns Louie's gang over to the police and Louie admits Kenneth told them about Lester's amnesia. Kenneth is arrested as well. Also: "He Was Worth More Dead Than Alive!" - Henri has Dr. Richelieu smuggle diamonds inside of Giavanni's teeth but when Giavanni arrives in the USA he's hit by a car and killed. Dr. Dubourg steals the body from the morgue but Inspector Brown follows the trail to Dubourg's office and catches him trying to remove the diamonds from the corpse's mouth. And: "The Fixer" with art by Pierce Rice and Chu F. Hing - Chuck starts fixing games by threatening players but when he threatens Marlow and Bruiser they resist him and fight back until the police arrive and arrest Chuck with his gang. Plus: "He Returned from a Living Grave" with art by Mike Becker and Vince Alascia - Loupien uses false testimony to have Pierre imprisoned so he can have Marguerite. In prison, Pierre gets a treasure map from Andre and upon his release becomes immensely wealthy. Pierre arranges the deaths of Loupien and his allies and is reunited with Marguerite. Issue also includes 2-page text story "Guns Bark for Hank," and 1-page Wanted by the F.B.I. public service announcement. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.