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Crime and Justice (1951) 11 VG 4.0

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.

Crime and Justice (1951) 17 FR/GD 1.5

3 1/2" cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage. Chew. Staple rust with migration.

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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.