Issue | #1 |
Published | June 1981 |
Cover Price | $2.00 |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Michael Gustovich; Bill Loebs (Story Editor) |
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 |
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. |
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 |
Synopsis | Letters and editorial page. |
Script | Bill Loebs |
Letters | typeset |
Synopsis | Bill Loebs draws the creators of the book as the Justice Machine. |
Genre | parody |
Pencils | William F. Loebs |
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 |
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 |
Synopsis | A pinup of an undersea diver fighting an octopus by Joe Zabel. |
Genre | Adventure |
Pencils | Joe Zabel |
Inks | Joe Zabel |
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 |