American Update: The Atlas Explosion! Justice – Timely/Atlas Crime Blockbuster
*Miscellaneous 1940-1959: Martin Goodman, publisher of Timely (later Atlas), reportedly never met a bandwagon he didn’t like, and as soon as publishers like Lev Gleason started hitting it big with crime comics, lo and behold, crime titles proliferated at the company that would eventually become Marvel. One of the earliest, and one of the hardiest, was Justice, which debuted in 1947 with issue #7 (taking over the number of the defunct Wacky Duck, doubtless causing raised eyebrows amongst subscribers’ parents) and lasting until 1955. Espousing the traditional American values of greed, murder and casual violence towards women (but always with a last-panel save by the authorities), Justice featured outstanding work by Colan, Heath, Maneely, Robinson, Shores and Wildey. We can now mete out Justice to you – virtually all of it, from the debut issue, #7, to the final #52. Illustrated are #8 (actually #2 in the series) GD- £16, #22 FN+ £28, #41 GD £25 (notorious electric chair cover), and #43 VG £20; for details of all the others, see our online catalogue.