Crime and Justice (1951) comic books 1938-1955

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Cover art by Art Gates. "How to be an Amateur Detective" by Ken Brickley; two who-dunnit crime puzzles printed in black and white on inside front cover. "Machine Gun George Grogan"; George Grogan is just a cheap hood, but his wife has ambitions and pushes him to greater and greater crimes, until a kidnapping ploy goes wrong for the both of them. "Nobody Trusts a Gunman!!", art by Art Gates; A cop is murdered in the process of stopping a robbery, but wounds the perpetrator before he dies; A rookie cop gets called to go undercover to infiltrate the mob and find the killer. "Diabolical Pipeline"; Two Texas shysters have planned a deal to swindle money from investors, but the daughter of one of the men gets caught in a complicated web of love and jealousy, and soon, a murder takes place to keep the scheme a secret. "Uncertain of Death" text story by Justin D. Triem. "Murder Plays the Big Show." "The Big Plane Hi-Jack"; An elaborate scheme is set in motion to smuggle stolen nuclear material to a Latin American country who hopes to develop the bomb. Two who-dunnit crime puzzles printed in black & white on inside back cover by Ken Brickley. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Walter Davoren. Stories and art by Walter Davoren and others. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. Kitty Ralm becomes a "gun moll" and, according to the captions, she's "as cold blooded and ruthless as she was beautiful and cunning." Vacationers on a remote island realize that one of them is a murderer, as the rest are killed off one by one. Bank robbers turn on each other after a successful robbery. A look at the forensics of the 1950s, in "true facts" features on footprints and fingerprints. Plus a vintage PSA for U. S. Savings Bonds. DetectioNotes: Steps Ahead!; Career Girl in Crime: The True Story of Kitty Ralm; Mad Island Murder Mystery; Roadblock; Clipped by Justice; Big Double Cross; Len Rawson F.B.I.; Automatic Saving Is Sure Saving. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Walter Davoren. Stories and art by Walter Davoren and Frank Bell. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. The rivalry between competing gangs erupts into a bloody gang war. Gangsters steal ether from a hospital, and cops trace them back to where an impromptu operation is underway on an injured gunsel. Crooks turn on each other after a successful gold robbery. A look at the police methodology of the 1950s, in "true facts" features on communication, the "fingerprint camera," the fluoroscope, and moulage, the art of creating fake wounds for training purposes. Plus a vintage PSA for U. S. Savings Bonds. Crime Fighting: Communications; Underworld War: Killer Against Killer; Tell Tale Double Slug; No Reprieve for Murder; The Man Who Was Worth His Weight in Gold; Nightmare of Death; Len Rawson F.B.I.: Art and Swindlers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Walter Davoren. Stories and art by Walter Davoren and Bob Forgione. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. "Gun moll" Babes Trevor doesn't like it when her take of the bank job is less than the rest of the gang's, and she's just homicidal enough to kill for equal pay, if that's what it takes. Brothers plot against each other to gain an inheritance, in a story where one clue is what they called then a "ball pointed pen." A killer freed in a prison break is horrified to learn who's actually behind his escape...and why. A look at the forensics of the 1950s, in a "true facts" feature on glass. Crime Tracks: Clues in Breaking Glass; The Corpse Provided the Alibi; Thieves Can't Trust Each Other; Blackmail; Trigger Happy; Breakout to Death! Big Shakedown. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bob Forgione and others. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. "Under the heavy mist that envelopes the countryside a wild-eyed, desperate man stumbles and crawls through the dense foliage of the marshes that surround State Prison. Behind him in the near distance, the baying of hounds, and the wail of the prison siren put speed in his aching legs, and fear in his pounding heart!" Pure pulp gold, and that's just the opening caption. Olympic swimmer Cathy Hodges investigates a murder mystery involving a drowning and jewel robbery, and her swimming ability comes in handy. Plus the debut of the Nick and Nora-like detective team Mr. and Mrs. Chase, who would become series mainstays. Crime Fighting: The Microspectroscope; Mr. and Mrs. Chase Mystery: The Black Sheep; Sucker; Cathy Hodges: Mr. Antwerp Blue; Radio Patrol. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Albert Tyler, Bob Forgione and Dennis Laugen. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. Vacationing in New Orleans, Nick and Nora-like Mr. and Mrs. Chase get caught up in a strange series of killings that target dance duos. A detective in the "Federal Anti-Swindle Bureau" describes the con job known as the "option swindle," which tricks suckers into buying back an option on their own land. When a judge is targeted for death, a detective figures out who's behind it: the last person anybody would have suspected. Crime Facts: Counterfeiting; Mr. and Mrs. Chase Mystery: The Dance-Team Killer!; The Option Swindle; The Borgia Ring Clue; Buildup to Murder; Radio Patrol: Dash of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lou Morales. Stories and art by Stan Campbell, Lou Morales and Dennis Laugen. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. Nick and Nora-like Mr. and Mrs. Chase help the police investigate a robbery-homicide. Police use a stolen armored car when they close in on the criminals who stole it. A historical feature on how "ordeals" were used to determine a person's innocence or guilt in medieval times. Trials; Mr. and Mrs. Chase Mystery: Death Does a Double; The Armored Car's Revenge; The Alibi; Front Page Story; Radio Patrol: Syndicated Death; Crime Trackers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lou Morales. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Albert Tyler, Stan Campbell, Lou Morales and John Belfi. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. Nick and Nora-like Mr. and Mrs. Chase encounter a group of gold smugglers. Killers torture a man with a blowtorch to get the location of stolen loot, but a twist of fate brings justice. Bank robbers shoot a guard and make one crucial mistake in their getaway. Killer Clues: You Be the Detective; Mr. and Mrs. Chase: Smuggler; The Tortured; To Punish or Protect; The Bank Robbers' Blunder; High Card Kills; Radio Patrol: The Holiday Hijackers; Crime Facts. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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This issue features the classic story, "Comics Vs. Crime" (art by Albert Tyler). Issue also includes "The Chase" (art by Lou Morales), "The Bested Burglar" (art by Dick Giordano), Radio Patrol in "The Gas Station Murders" (art by John Belfi), and "The Case of the Opened Vault" (art by Tyler). One page filler, "The Bloodstain," and two page text story, "The Kidnapped Professor." Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lou Morales. Stories and art by Lou Morales and Stan Campbell. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. Nick and Nora-like Mr. and Mrs. Chase seek Bomber Denny and the men behind his extortion racket. Night-shift "Radio Patrol" cops Tex and Barry seek a killer who leaves his victims mutilated, as if by a gigantic beast. Vagrants kill a soldier who catches a ride on a freight train, but police radio ahead to the next stop. Can You Solve This?; Mr. and Mrs. Chase: The Bomber; Dead Justice; Run, Killer, Run; Radio Patrol: Mark of the Monster; Death, Incorporated! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lou Morales. Stories and art by Lou Morales, Art Capello, Frank Frollo, and Stan Campbell. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. Mr. and Mrs. Chase are aided by teen gang "The Cobras" (who ride around in an Archie-like jalopy) while investigating a narcotics ring and a mad millionaire who keeps live alligators in his weird mansion. Not your typical crime-comics story. A small-time hood named Lippy still knows enough to bring down a major organized-crime syndicate. A detective flies out to Skull Lake to investigate killings that seem to be the work of a lake monster. Crime Clues: A Simple Case of Murder!; Mr. and Mrs. Chase: The Cobras; Rub-Out!; Plainly Poison; The Demon of Skull Lake; Radio Patrol: Case of the Bottled Murder. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lou Morales. Stories and art by Lou Morales, Dick Giordano, Frank Frollo, and Stan Campbell. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. Mr. Chase introduces a tale of intrigue with the following: "You readers may think that because this is a comic book, all these stories are dreamed up by haggard looking writers pounding fiction out of a typewriter until the wee hours of the morning...Well, you're right!" An insurance investigator arranges a pardon for a convicted bank robber, in hopes of finding the loot he stashed away before he was caught. Ex-con Frankie gets a job at a munitions plant and falls in with a plan to rob the place of its payroll. Bondage cover by Lou Morales. So... You Want to Be a Detective???; Mr. and Mrs. Chase: Alias Gregori; Full Pardon!; The Thirteenth Victim; Radio Patrol: Steal a Million; Killer, Come Home. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lou Morales. Stories and art by Lou Morales, John Belfi, and Bob Forgione. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. Nick and Nora-like Mr. and Mrs. Chase stumble into Ragud Bey's plot to steal the Holy Mace, and are threatened with torture when they find it first. Tired of Paul and Larry fighting over her, Sheila challenges them to play Russian roulette to settle it (!), in a story with some weird Mardi Gras art by John Belfi. A wealthy invalid suspects her nurse is plotting her murder, and leaves a telltale clue. Mr. and Mrs. Chase: Death's Mace; Russian Roulette!; Half Way Alibi; The Judge Tells a Story; The Soliloquy of Death; The Dead of Winter; Radio Patrol: Riot! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lou Morales. Stories and art by Lou Morales, Dennis Laugen, Tony Tallarico, Carl Memling, Dick Giordano, Vince Alascia, and Bob Forgione. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. Nick and Nora-like Mr. and Mrs. Chase investigate a double murder during a Broadway cast party at a millionaire's remote estate. A convicted killer escapes justice during a blizzard, and Tex and Barry of the Radio Patrol night shift have the job of tracking him down. A cop goes undercover at a carnival to catch a pickpocket working the crowds. Mr. and Mrs. Chase: Bait for a Killer; Radio Patrol: No Place to Hide; Elaine Gets Her Man; Fall Guy; Down the Drain; Three O'Clock Shadow. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lou Morales. Stories and art by Lou Morales, Carl Memling, and Stan Campbell. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. Nick and Nora-like Mr. and Mrs. Chase take a second honeymoon at a remote resort, and quickly stumble on a corpse and a murder plot. Police investigate a locked-room mystery after jewel thieves steal the Harriman necklace, and all the clues lead to Gabbo the monkey. Escaped killer Brady hijacks a boat to freedom, but a rough storm and a savvy female navigator make short work of him. Mr. and Mrs. Chase: Vacation from Violence; Behind Locked Doors; Kill the Witness!; The Breath of Death; Stormy Crossing; Inside Job; Radio Patrol: Death Car; Eye Witness. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lou Morales. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Frank Frollo, Vince Alascia, Lou Morales, Carl Memling, and Stan Campbell. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. Nick and Nora-like Mr. and Mrs. Chase take a cruise on a vintage Brigantine ship and soon find themselves battling modern-day pirates (including a guy with a hook for a hand). After the owner of a circus is murdered, detectives must figure out if the killer was the strong man, the ringmaster, or the equestrienne. Mortal enemies decide to work together to escape from prison, but each is secretly planning to betray the other. Mr. and Mrs. Chase: Peril on the Pacific; The Leopard's Claw; The Cobra Kills; The Hatchet Is Buried; Radio Patrol: Murder in the Streets. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lou Morales. Stories and art by Dick Ayers, Lou Morales, Carl Memling, and Stan Campbell. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. In Chile, Mr. and Mrs. Chase investigate the strange circumstances behind an airplane crash in Matto Grosso, in a story with some action-girl art (featuring the Mrs.) by Lou Morales. Tex and Barry of the Radio Patrol stumble onto one of the biggest illegal gambling rings in the nation. Arnold plots to rob the safe at his store, but he leaves one crucial detail out of his plan: an escape. Mr. and Mrs. Chase: The Matto Grosso; Radio Patrol: The Case of the Careless Junkman; Death Marks a Bullet; No Way Out!; Interrupted Takeoff!; Two Fisted Cop. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Stan Campbell. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Lou Morales, Carl Memling, and Stan Campbell. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. Nick and Nora-like Mr. and Mrs. Chase investigate a series of strange accidents at a circus. Tex and Barry of the Radio Patrol seek the truth about the killing of innocent bystanders at crime scenes, in a story featuring early art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Sax Wagner does his thinking with his gun, and sets up business as a crook for hire. Sax Wagner, Murder Master; Mr. and Mrs. Chase: Terror Under the Big Top; Radio Patrol: Killer on the Loose; Mail Murder; A Sip of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Molno and Ray Osrin. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Ray Osrin, Carl Memling, and Sy Moskowitz. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. The latest case of Mr. and Mrs. Chase involves a jewel robbery, a duel on a fire escape, an art auction, a car chase, and a fight on an ocean liner. Lucky Lang has a secret to winning when he gambles: he cheats. Tex and Barry of the Radio Patrol have to prove two thugs killed a man, in a story with art most likely by Bill Molno, ghosting for an ailing Joe Shuster. Classic pre-Code crime cover, likely by Molno as well. Mr. and Mrs. Chase: Case of the Greedy Crooks; Radio Patrol: The Death Watch!; This Is the End; The Half Double Cross; Never Take a Chance; Threes a Mob! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Ray Osrin, Carl Memling, and Sy Moskowitz. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. Mr. and Mrs. Chase run afoul of gangsters after Mr. accidentally buys a stolen ring as a last-minute anniversary gift, in a story with art most likely by Bill Molno, ghosting for an ailing Joe Shuster. Tex and Barry of the Radio Patrol investigate when a serial killer uses a deadly poison from the tropics. The criminal mastermind known as the Professor plans the biggest train heist in history for his final job. Mr. and Mrs. Chase: The Anniversary Gift!; Express Car #105; The Test of Death; I'll Never Sing Again!; Can You Solve This?; Radio Patrol: A Deadly Circle! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Molno and Ray Osrin. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Ray Osrin, Carl Memling, Albert Tyler and Bob Forgione. Pre-Code crime comics from Charlton, sometimes published under its short-lived Capitol or Law and Order imprints. Mr. and Mrs. Chase encounter espionage in postwar, divided Berlin, in one of several stories (and cover) this issue with art most likely by Bill Molno, ghosting for an ailing Joe Shuster. Crime kingpin Al has a habit of crumpling up paper when under pressure, which proves to be his downfall. Killers make a profit by ramming and hijacking cargo trucks on the highway. Mr. and Mrs. Chase: The $64,000 Question; Road Pirates; The Key to the Car; Finale for Fingers; Scene of the Crime; How Clever Are You? There was no issue #22; the series resumed with #23 the following year, under the Comics Code. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Harry Anderson. Stories and art by Harry Anderson, Dennis Laugen and Earl Lonsbury. There was no issue #22. Crime comics from Charlton that (briefly) survived the arrival of the Comics Code. A prison psychiatrist interviews the ex-con who earned the name The Boomerang Kid, by trying to break back into prison after his release. Eddie is torn between being a cop like his father, or going into the ring to make it as a boxer. A former state legislator on Death Row asks to speak to the detective called Crime Smasher and makes a final request. First issue with the Comics Code seal on the cover. Having temporarily survived the Comics Code, the new title logo emphasis "Justice" instead of "Crime." The Crime Clinic Starring Dr. Tom Rogers: The Boomerang Kid!; Crime Tracks: Clues in Breaking Glass; Rookie Cop: Fateful Decision; Booked for Murder!; Counterfeiting; Crime Smasher: The Last Request. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Harry Anderson. Stories and art by Harry Anderson, Albert Tyler, Ed Silverman and Mike Roy. Crime comics from Charlton that (briefly) survived the arrival of the Comics Code. The Rookie Cop deals with a gang of juvenile delinquents (a hot topic in 1955). Radar the International Policeman, who dresses like Dick Tracy, investigates riots in "Yugovania" and learns that UN relief shipments are mysteriously disappearing. (This story shows evidence of hasty editing to conform with the new Comics Code.) Little Al of the Secret Service and his sidekick Ox find intrigue and gold smugglers in Trieste, after a mysterious woman in green hands them a briefcase. Rookie Cop Meets the Tough Kids; Caught-Red-Handed!!; The Case of the Opened Vault; Contraband; Radar the International Policeman: Food for Thought; Little Al of the Secret Service: The Girl in the Green Hat. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Dennis Laugen and Ken Brickley. Crime comics from Charlton that (briefly) survived the arrival of the Comics Code. Nick Parnell, "daring, iron-fisted private detective," sets out to discover who destroyed the priceless art masterpiece the Blue Madonna, and why. The true story of the April 1943 escape attempt from Alcatraz. Plus fun facts about crime detection, and a solve-it-yourself mystery. The Mystery of the Blue Madonna!; Crime Facts: Counterfeiting; Talking Gas; Contraband; Escape from the Rock!; How Clever Are You? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Sal Trapani, Tom Canby and Vince Alascia. Crime comics from Charlton that (briefly) survived the arrival of the Comics Code. Blackie Nelson, "strong-arm man for a big-time racketeer," tries to elude Lefty Malone's men, in a story with tough-guy second-person narration and a "Sin City" feel. Slats and Whitey, on the lam after a hotel robbery, carjack a newlywed couple, in a final gritty story from this era of crime comics. And a Cold War-era spy story that may feature early art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Plus fun facts about crime detection, and a solve-it-yourself mystery. Simple yet dynamic cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. City Slicker; Roadblock; Take the Bait!!; Can You Solve This?; Little Al of the Secret Service: The Cafe of Four Nations; Routine Arrest; Crime Tracks: How Criminals Are Trapped; Minit Mystery. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.