Crime and Justice (1951) comic books

Add to cart FR 1.0 $48.00 View scans Full length spine split. Centerfold detached.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $98.00 or Best Offer View scan Interior complete. Near full length spine split. Cover detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

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.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $8.00 INCOMPLETE. Missing pages (affects art and story). 8" cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Water damage.

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.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $270.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #1488623032

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.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $325.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4600983003 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

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.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $15.00 Water damage. 3" cumulative spine split.

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.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $16.00 View scans	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $9.00 View scans Water spotting. Staple rust.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $9.00 View scan Water damage with paper deterioration. Staple rust with migration.	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $5.00 2" spine split from bottom.
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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.