Wanted Comics (1947 Orbit / Toytown) comic books 1948

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Cover by John Giunta. Stories and art by Maurice del Bourgo and Mort Lawrence. Bloody pre-Code crime comics, in imitation of Crime Does Not Pay - including a top-hatted, otherworldly narrator. The twist is that the publisher offers wanted posters (and rewards) for real-life criminals. Brothers Hugh, Ray and Roy start with train robbery, and end as the subjects of an FBI manhunt. Dwight is a wealthy son of privilege, but he turns to robbery, murder and jailbreak. Greed for gold turns deadly in the rainforests of the Matto Grosso, but the jungle takes its revenge. The Twin Killers; Son of Satan!; The Pay Off!; The Case of the Corpse in the Woods; Terror of 3 States, Wilbur Underhill. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mort Leav. Stories and art by Mort Leav and Mort Lawrence. Bloody pre-Code crime comics, in imitation of Crime Does Not Pay - including a top-hatted, otherworldly narrator. The twist is that the publisher offers wanted posters (and rewards) for real-life criminals. This issue was cited in the text (page 277) of the famous anti-comics classic, Seduction of the Innocent. The Trigger Happy Trio winds up on the wrong end of Al Capone and his baseball bat. The true story of the first escape from Alcatraz. On the American frontier, the Harpe brothers make a reputation as the Sawney Beans of America, with robbery, murder, and perhaps even cannibalism. The Trigger Happy Trio!; The Battle of the Rock!; The Horrible Harpes; Wild Bill Hickok; The Butchers. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Mort Leav. Stories and art by Mort Leav, Maurice Del Bourgo and Rudy Palais. Bloody pre-Code crime comics, in imitation of Crime Does Not Pay - including a top-hatted, otherworldly narrator. The twist is that the publisher offers wanted posters (and rewards) for real-life criminals. The true story of Dutch Schultz, Lucky Luciano, and the busting of the heroin racket. The story of murdering highwaymen Big and Little Harpe continues from issue #12, with the fate of Little Harpe. The true story of the infamous Salem Witch Trials that claimed more than twenty lives in colonial America. Plus a vintage ad for "How to Hypnotize." International Enemy No.1; Wanted: Larry Fay; Wanted: James Spencer; Be on the Lookout for Arlis Wagner; The Last of the Harpes; Skip Tracer; Wanted: Joseph Anthony Cacciola; Wanted: Fred Poole; The Salem Terror; The Butchers. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mort Leav. Stories and art by Mort Leav, Maurice Del Bourgo, Mort Lawrence and Bob Rogers. Bloody pre-Code crime comics, in imitation of Crime Does Not Pay - including a top-hatted, otherworldly narrator. The twist is that the publisher offers wanted posters (and rewards) for real-life criminals. Rejected by a girl in high school, rotund loser Jack Zarto grows up to become a gangster to get back at Society. Private eye Skip Tracer witnesses a kidnapping, and gets mixed up in a $3 million bank heist in Chicago. A trunk purchased at a lost-luggage auction turns out to be filled with marijuana. Big Jack Zarto; The Great Chicago Vault Robbery; Wanted: Vincent Pellicer; Death of a Ragged Stranger!; A Dog's Death!; Mr. Dynamite. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mort Leav. Stories and art by Mort Leav, Maurice Del Bourgo, and Bill Woolfolk. Bloody pre-Code crime comics, in imitation of Crime Does Not Pay - including a top-hatted, otherworldly narrator. The twist is that the publisher offers wanted posters (and rewards) for real-life criminals. In the 1880s, the arrival of the Black Hand extortion racket signals the birth of the Mafia in the US. Detectives investigate a series of murders that seem to be linked to a revenge scheme. Private eye Skip Tracer is jumped by a killer masquerading as a deputy, in a story with some eerie art. The Black Hand; The Tombstone; Guilty or Not Guilty; Sleepy-Eyed Killer; The Badge Bandit. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mort Leav. Stories and art by Bernie Krigstein, Mort Leav, Maurice Del Bourgo, and Bill Woolfolk. Bloody pre-Code crime comics, in imitation of Crime Does Not Pay - including a top-hatted, otherworldly narrator. The twist is that the publisher offers wanted posters (and rewards) for real-life criminals. A playwright discovers the horrible truth about a condemned killer's final message. An escaped convict tries to elude police, in an early story with inks by future EC art legend Bernie Krigstein. Private eye Skip Tracer investigates a star pianist who has a deadly hidden nature. The Musical Demon; Double For Destiny; What Happened to the Cyclops?; Wanted: Roy Stewart; The End of Gerard Chappel; Secret of the Seas. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.