(February 1951)
Orbit-Wanted,
1948 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Patches Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Rae Herman (credited as Ray R. Hermann) (publisher, business manager)
Issue Notes
According to the SoO, there's no editor or managing editor.
The Thunderbird Strikes
Wild Bill Pecos / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Wild Bill Pecos; Nuggets Nugent
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Title is from the story
The Thunderbird Strikes
Wild Bill Pecos / comic story / 10.67 pages
- Script
- Bill Woolfolk
- Pencils
- Mort Lawrence (signed)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Script
- Rae Herman (credited as Ray R. Hermann) (publisher)
- Letters
- typeset
The Prairie Pirates!
Wild Bill Pecos / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Bill Woolfolk
- Pencils
- Mort Lawrence (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Rogers (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ed Hamilton
- Genre
- western-frontier
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn.
Camel Crazy!
Nuggets Nugent / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Nuggets Nugent; Alfred; Prof. C.C. Cartwright
- Synopsis
- Nugents is tricked into buying a camel.
Indexer Notes
Faces, marked lower lip and large eyes are identical to Rosenberger's credited story in Adv. Into the Unknown #19, and also his many stories in Adventures of the Fly and Adv. of the Jaguar.
The Secret of Lulu Belle
Wild Bill Pecos / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Calamity Kate [Lulu Belle]; Little Moose
Indexer Notes
Penciller credit from the French fan magazine Back Up #14, as submitted by Stephane Petit, via the GCD Errors list, February 2009. Possible Buscema inks per Nick Caputo.
Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn.
Hitting the Top!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Synopsis
- House ad for 3 Orbit/Wanted comics, with art and partial cover reproductions.
Afraid to Fight!
Wild Bill Pecos / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Wild Bill Pecos; Nuggets Nugent; Kid Clagg (gunman)
- Synopsis
- No one would ever believe the day would come when Wild Bill Pecos would be afraid to fight.
Indexer Notes
The art is quite similar to Lawrence's signed story in #26. A bit more cartoony, so uncertain.
Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Thunderbird Strikes
Wild Bill Pecos -
1.
The Thunderbird Strikes
Wild Bill Pecos -
2.
[no title indexed]
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3.
The Prairie Pirates!
Wild Bill Pecos -
4.
Camel Crazy!
Nuggets Nugent -
5.
Black Lightning!
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6.
The Secret of Lulu Belle
Wild Bill Pecos -
7.
Hitting the Top!
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8.
Afraid to Fight!
Wild Bill Pecos
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Nick Caputo
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
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