Justice Traps the Guilty
#v5#2 (32)
(November 1951)
Prize,
1947 Series
- Volume
- 5
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 44
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Headline Publications, Inc.
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
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in The Masked G-Man (Atlas, 1952 series) #17 (August 1953)
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Indexer Notes
Stein art per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Jack Kirby on pencils.
Shoplifting Syndicate! [The Full Confession of Macia Douglas!]
comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Marvin Stein ?; Bruno Premiani ?
- Inks
- Marvin Stein ?; Bruno Premiani ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- Ordinary factory worker Marcia Douglas cannot resist the temptation to shop lift a purse, but she gets force recruited to join a sydicate of thieves who teach her new skills. In an ironic twist, she employs these skills to bring the syndicate to justice.
Indexer Notes
Stein art per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Jack Kirby on pencils. Premiani art credits per Ger Apeldoorn.
The Deadliest Game!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- Paul Stafford, a dirty ex-lawyer perjures himself to get crime boss Joe Morgan acquitted of a murder rap...for a fee. When Morgan stiffs Stanford on the money, it sets Stafford in search for revenge, which includes murdering Morgan, and taking his place as crime boss. Stafford is too smart for his own good, and finds that he becomes victim of his own wicked schemes.
Don't Gamble With Fire - The Odds Are Against You!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- A story warning children against playing with matches, and the penalties for turning in false alarms for house fires.
Underworld Banker!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- Crooked banker Larry Nash keeps his faithful assistant Joe Aveson under his thumb, but one day, his cruel treatment of his employee has its price.
Indexer Notes
Palais credit seconded by Ger Apeldoorn (July 2013).
[no title indexed]
Closeups / text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Id Martin, 30, of Kansas, was broke and out of work...
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- six paragraph-long stories of how crime doesn't pay
A Very Careful Guy!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- Whitey Draper was a crook with steely nerves and a sensible head. When forced by his peers to do a bank job, Whitey keeps his head when things go badly. This, unfortunately, doesn't save him from the long reach of the law.
Indexer Notes
Roussos credit from Ger Apeldoorn (July 2013).
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Shoplifting Syndicate! [The Full Confession of Macia Douglas!]
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2.
The Deadliest Game!
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3.
Don't Gamble With Fire - The Odds Are Against You!
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4.
Knockout Punch
The Guilty Always Leave a Clue -
5.
Underworld Banker!
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6.
["Id Martin, 30, of Kansas, was broke and out of work..."]
Closeups -
7.
A Very Careful Guy!
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