Radio Recap: Did Justice Triumph?

Did Justice Triumph? aired on Mutual from January 29, 1947 to November 3, 1947. Stories on the program were adapted from features called "True Justice Stories" that appeared in the New York Sunday News syndicate. It was directed and produced by Jock MacGregor, whose many Mutual credits included Nick Carter, Master Detective, the Mysterious Traveler, the Strange Dr. Weird, the Sealed Book and Roger Kilgore, Public Defender.

The story was something of a police procedural series, demonstrating that Jack Webb was following a post-war trend when he debuted Dragnet two years later. The crimes described on the show were often violent but, perhaps fortunately, weren't usually dramatized, instead preferring to tell its stories through the eyes of the police.

At the close of each episode, the announcer would declare "Justice did triumph!" as something of an answer to the show's title. Maybe there were episodes where the announcer stated, "Justice did not triumph," but that would be unusual for the times.

The Old Time Radio Researchers Library has just 6 episodes of Did Justice Triumph? at this link.

Joseph of Arimathea at the Marvel Appendix

I decided to observe the Easter season this year by writing a profile about Joseph of Arimathea for the Marvel Appendix. He has an interesting history to write about because as a Biblical character (with a lot of Apocrypha written on him) and a major figure in Arthurian lore (because he's supposed to be the one who brought the Holy Grail to Britain), he tends to pop up in interesting places -- even in Marvel comics!