Justice Comics (1948) comic books 1949-1951

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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.

Has black overprint on cover below title logo on left side, covering "a BIG 52 PAGE magazine." Photo cover. Stories by unknown. Art by Carl Hubbell and unknown. True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: "William Riske, the Man Who Dealt in Murder!" with art by Carl Hubbell; 2-page text story "The Subway Murders"; "Peter Radom, the Most Notorious Double-Crosser of Modern Times"; and "Smiley Jordan Mob!" 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Variant/misprint missing the black overprint on the front cover that was meant to cover "a BIG 52 PAGE magazine." Photo cover. Stories by unknown. Art by Carl Hubbell and unknown. True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: "William Riske, the Man Who Dealt in Murder!" with art by Carl Hubbell; 2-page text story "The Subway Murders"; "Peter Radom, the Most Notorious Double-Crosser of Modern Times"; and "Smiley Jordan Mob!" 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Allen Bellman (for 1-pager) and unknown. Art by Vern Henkel, Mike Becker, John Buscema, Al Jaffee, Allen Bellman (for 1-pager) and unknown. Every case taken from real life! True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: "Ears Karpik" with pencils by Vern Henkel (pages 1-4) and Mike Becker (pages 5-10) - the true life story of the mobster who terrorized St. Louis and the midwest; "Jonathan Wild, the Scourge of London"; 2-page text story "The Fantastic Telephone Murders"; "Doctor Anita Wynton, the Mad Woman Who Played with Poison!" with pencils by John Buscema; "Gun for Hire!" with pencils by John Buscema; Are You a Detective? 1-pager "A Confession of Murder" by Allen Bellman; and "The Murder Rap!" with pencils by Al Jaffee. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by Carl Burgos, Pierce Rice, Maurice Del Bourgo and unknown. Every case taken from real life! Every case as thrilling as a newspaper headline! True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: "Stumpy McLean" with pencils by Carl Burgos (page 1) and Pierce Rice (pages 2-6); the meanest crook in the world in "The Ragged Stranger"; 2-page text story "The Tourist"; and "The Root of All Evil" with art by Maurice Del Bourgo. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by George Tuska and unknown. Every case taken from real life! Every case as thrilling as a newspaper headline! True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: "Criss-Cross" with art by George Tuska - The startling events leading up to the deadliest double-cross in police history; "The Day That Vanished" - The strangest crime case you've ever read; 2-page reprint? text story "Squeal, Pig"; "Jail Break!" - The lowdown on the notorious 1932 jailbreak in Louisiana and why it had to fail; and "Informer" - The man who broke up the deadly Stevens gang! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by Vern Henkel, Ed Winiarski, Bill La Cava and unknown. Every case taken from real life! Every case as thrilling as a newspaper headline! True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: "Alvin Creepy Karpis" - The startling story of Alvin "Creepy" Karpis and the infamous Ma Barker gang who teamed up in a grim partnership of crime...only to learn that no organization of crime is big enough to beat justice; "Hammer Horror" with pencils by Vern Henkel - The east's most dangerous criminal; 2-page text story "Decoy for the Hot Seat"; "...Tell No Tales" with art by Ed Winiarski - The gripping history of a criminal who was too smart...to live; and "Death of a Spy!" with pencils by Bill La Cava - From official files! Plus: 1-page public service announcement "The Classroom Secret" with art by Jerry Fasano. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by Mike Sekowsky, Sol Brodsky, Allen Bellman and unknown. Every case taken from real life! Every case as thrilling as a newspaper headline! True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: "The Miami Mob" with pencils by Mike Sekowsky - The true case history of the Chicago quartet that invaded Miami Beach, Florida; "The Other Man" with pencils by Sol Brodsky; 2-page text story "The Perfect Plan"; "Background for Crime" with art by Allen Bellman; and "Marked for Murder"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Carl Wessler, Hank Chapman and unknown. Art by Paul Reinman, Ed Moore and unknown. Every case taken from real life! Every case as thrilling as a newspaper headline! True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: "Big Monk Dillon, the Monster of 'Frisco!" with art by Paul Reinman - The time is spring 1936...the place is the San Francisco waterfront...the crime is murder; "The Man Who Was Trapped!" by Carl Wessler and Ed Moore; the best laid plans for crimes can..."Backfire!" with story by Carl Wessler; 2-page text story "The Subway Murders," reprinted from #15; and "King Varley" with story by Hank Chapman - The real death of a mobster! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Jerry Robinson, Gene Colan, Jay Scott Pike, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Allen Bellman and unknown. Every case taken from real life! Every case as thrilling as a newspaper headline! True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: You've read the official version in your newspapers of Johnny Nimble's siege of crime...now here, for the first time, is the complete, shocking story of the east's most dangerous criminal and the truth about..."The Big Break" with art by Jerry Robinson; "Blackmail!" with art by Gene Colan - The story that no newspaper dared to print; "Switch-Artist" with inks by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio - The most unusual criminal on police records; 2-page text story "The Stoolie" with art by Allen Bellman; and neither cop nor criminal mourned the..."Death of a Pigeon" by Carl Wessler and Jay Scott Pike. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Bill Molno, John Tartaglione, Jack Keller, Moe Marcus, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Pete Morisi, Paul Reinman and unknown. Every case taken from real life! Every case as thrilling as a newspaper headline! True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: "Run, Killer, Run" with story by Carl Wessler and pencils by Bill Molno - From the police files of a large eastern city comes this staggering story of Charlie Flint! His capture is a shining tribute to the brilliant and courageous work of the police homicide division! Plus: "The Hatred of Slim Cosmo" with art by John Tartaglione; 2-page text story "The Missing Witness" with pencils by Pete Morisi (page 1) and art by Paul Reinman (page 2); "Once a Crook..." with art by Jack Keller; and "The King of the Cutthroats" by Carl Wessler, Moe Marcus and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Paul Cooper, Russ Heath, Joe Sinnott and Jack Keller. Every case taken from real life! Every case as thrilling as a newspaper headline! True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: "The Thirty Seconds of Frankie Dunn" with art by Russ Heath - The police hunt for a dangerous hoodlum; "The Silver Shield" with art by Joe Sinnott; 2-page text story "An Hour to Kill"; "Grounds for Murder!" by Carl Wessler and Paul Cooper; and Brute Cordey finds out that the best alibi for crime can..."Backfire!" with art by Jack Keller. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by George Tuska. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Jerry Robinson, Jay Scott Pike, Manny Stallman and Tony DiPreta. Every case taken from real life! Every case as thrilling as a newspaper headline! True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: The police-recorded facts behind..."The Death of Danny Lewis" by Carl Wessler and Jerry Robinson; 2-page text story "The Scales of Justice"; what was the ugly secret behind..."The Man Who Couldn't Stop!" by Carl Wessler and Jay Scott Pike; the cop all gangdom feared -- "Badge #8725" with art by Manny Stallman; and read how the N.Y. police uncovered..."The Secret of Simon's Shop" by Carl Wessler and Tony DiPreta. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover inks by Christopher Rule. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Tony DiPreta, Pierce Rice, Vern Henkel and unknown. Every case taken from real life! Every case as thrilling as a newspaper headline! True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: The crime that shocked the nation happened in 1945..."The Night of June 12th" with art by Tony DiPreta; 2-page text story "Murderer's Oath"; "The Man They Couldn't Kill" with story by Carl Wessler and pencils by Pierce Rice; "Routine Investigation" with story by Carl Wessler; and "No Place to Hide" by Carl Wessler and Vern Henkel. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Tony DiPreta, Marion Sitton and unknown. Every case taken from real life! Every case as thrilling as a newspaper headline! True cases proving crime can't win! In this issue: What really happens to the prisoners in a..."Chain Gang"; "Life Term" with story by Carl Wessler; 2-page text story "Too Late for Crime"; "Showdown" with art by Tony DiPreta; and "The Man Who Was Rubbed Out" with art by Marion Sitton. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.