Just Men series

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The Just Men series is a collection of early 20th-century crime and thriller stories by Edgar Wallace featuring a vigilante group who target and punish wrongdoers beyond the reach of the law.

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Four Just Men series 1
Just Men series canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book series
crime fiction series
thriller fiction series
author Edgar Wallace
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Edgar Wallace
featuresOrganization vigilante group
firstPublicationYear 1905
firstWork The Four Just Men
genre crime fiction
mystery fiction
thriller
hasPart Again the Three
The Council of Justice
The Four Just Men
The Just Men of Cordova
The Four Just Men
surface form: The Law of the Four Just Men

The Three Just Men
hasTheme crime and punishment
extra-legal retribution
justice versus law
moral ambiguity
influencedGenre vigilante fiction
language English
literaryPeriod early 20th-century British literature
mainCharacter The Four Just Men
narrativeFocus punishment of wrongdoers beyond the reach of the law
vigilante justice
publicationPeriod early 20th century
setting United Kingdom

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Edgar Wallace notableSeries Just Men series
The Four Just Men partOfSeries Just Men series
this entity surface form: Four Just Men series