Justice Traps the Guilty (1947 Prize) comic books 1938-1955

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby. Gun Moll!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; a girl faces a jury who accuses her of being a gun moll. The Killer Thought He Was Satan; a Midwestern sheriff faces off against Chief Satan. Sudden Switch for Murder text story. You Don't Have to Be Crazy to Trap a Criminal, art by Bill Draut. The Murdering Bender Family. The True Life Story of Alvin Karpis, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Charles Atlas comic strip ad. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Buried Treasure Fraud, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; a confidence team tries to outsmart the law. So Many Ways to Die!, art by Bill Draut; none of the residents at a nursing home die from old age. The Capture of Night-Club Nick, art by Warren Broderick. Suicide or Murder? text story. My Strangest Crime Case starring Private Investigator Ruth Lang, art by Bill Draut. Ask Eddie Green, Consultant to Crime, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Ad for Young Romance comics. My Personal Comic Album comic holder ad. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Queen of the Speed-Ball Mob, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; a woman runs the fastest fleet of gateway cars in the country. The Lincoln Tomb Thieves! starring secret service agent Roy Allen. Guilty Boys, pencils by Jerry Robinson, inks by Mort Meskin; a group of youngsters providing their own entertainment on a street corner of New Yorks lower east side gives mobster Rink Ballou the idea for a racket. The Half-Pint Killer! starring Francis Two-gun Crowley. Counterfeit Ca$h!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Ad for Young Romance and Headline Comics. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. The Money-Making Machine Swindlers!, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon; Stella Brady exposes a counterfeit money operation. Mind Over Murder!; Sigmund Turner of the Viennese Police turns the tables on Jack Benjamin, who has hidden his murder weapon. 3 Sinister Salesmen, art by A. C. Hollingsworth. The Capture of 'One-Eye'!, art by Al Feldstein and Jack Kirby. Gerald Woodworth... The Vanishing Bandit. Ad for Romance Comics. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover. Carnival of Crime, art by Marvin Stein; a woman hooks up with a man who runs a small-time shell game. Death Knows No Depths, art by Mart Bailey; a murder takes place during a quest for treasure at Davey Jones Locker. Petty Case. The Foxy Crook text story. Smart Guy!, art by Mart Bailey. One-Man Mob. Charles Atlas comic strip ad. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover. Loan Shark, art by Marvin Stein; a woman is forced to cover up for a loan shark. Best Seller, art by George Gregg; a writer named Sammy McAvoy uses the plots of his books as alibis. No Place To Hide. Closeups text article. Too Perfect. The Statue Screams, art by Mort Meskin. Playking Athletic Belt comic strip ad. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Kirby. Art by Ross Andru and Mort Meskin. Pioneering crime comic Justice Traps the Guilty was produced by the studio of comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. A hood helps other crooks by providing alibis for their crimes, but provides no alibi for himself. Scotland Yard has seven days to catch a killer before he strikes again. Frank sets out to take over the waterfront gangs. Alibi Guy; Closeups; The 7th Day; The Self-Made Mouthpiece; Fortune in Furs; Elusive Braggart; The Big Idea Man; Deadlier Than the Male. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Kirby. Art by Mort Meskin and C.C. Beck. Pioneering crime comic Justice Traps the Guilty was produced by the studio of comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. Struggling sweethearts Sharon and Jerry get caught up in a counterfeiting racket. Crimelord Harry Fontaine, who looks like Marvel's Kingpin, stays one step ahead of the cops. Ex-GI Marv vows to bring down a gang that swindles veterans out of housing loans. Also featuring a vintage ad for a bodybuilding "mini-gym" with art by Shazam creator C.C. Beck. Counterfeit!; Closeups; You Can't Kill Me!; O'Hara Had a Heart!; G.I. Housing Swindle; The Dead Can't Sleep! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Marvin Stein. Art by Marvin Stein and others. Pioneering crime comic Justice Traps the Guilty was produced by the studio of comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. A trucker and his partner are divided when one of them joins a hijacking ring. A killer with a snake tattoo mystifies cops by leaving no mark on his victims. A washed-up boxer steals a gun and turns to crime. Hijackers; Menace At Large; Death Trap; Closeups; Recoil; The Dirty Look; House of Terror. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Pioneering crime comic Justice Traps the Guilty was produced by the studio of comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. Ruthie and Charles are in trouble when Ruthie's crooked brother gets out of prison. Willie the Whiz educates crooks on how to get away with crimes. A vicious thug is as dangerous to his fellow crooks as he is to the police. Extortion; Closeups; Willie the Whiz; The Time Trap; The Danby Case; Rat Hole. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Marvin Stein. Art by Marvin Stein, George Roussos and Mort Meskin. Pioneering crime comic Justice Traps the Guilty was produced by the studio of comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. A petty thief who steals from boxcars runs afoul of an organized freight-larceny mob. An ex-con is blackmailed into returning to crime to keep his past secret. Johnny spends years tracking down the woman he blames for his father's death. Hot Freight Mob!; Blackmail in Reverse!; His Big Mouth!; Fatal Message; Closeups; Find the Woman. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Marvin Stein. Pioneering crime comic Justice Traps the Guilty was produced by the studio of comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. A cop investigates gangsters who fix hockey games. Trivia about crime, prisons and police. A killer gets a new face through plastic surgery. The Hockey Fixers; Trapped; Strange Facts About Crime; Face of Death; Closeups; West Meets West; Web of Pain. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Marvin Stein. Art by Marvin Stein and Mort Meskin. Pioneering crime comic Justice Traps the Guilty was produced by the studio of comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. A con man hires a killer as his new partner - but first he must get rid of the old partner. An elderly shut-in plans to kill his neighbor to get his spot by the window. A man becomes a vicious thug after his brother is killed by cops during a robbery. Art from this issue is featured in Dr. Fredric Wertham's 1954 anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent, illustration #14, with the caption, "Treating police contemptuously is a comic-book commonplace." The Swindler; Something to Kill for!; The Last Laugh; Closeups; Desert Justice; Cotton Clue; Two-Gun Crowley. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.