Wanted Comics
#13
(May 1948)
Orbit-Wanted,
1947 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Toytown Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Wanted Comic Group
The Greatest Ball-Point Pen...
Illinois Merchandice Mart / advertisement / pages
- Synopsis
- Billfold and ball-point pen for $ 1.95.
International Enemy No.1
comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Dutc Schultz; Lucy Luciano
- Synopsis
- The story of the smashing of the heroin racket.
Be a Building Contractor
Home Builders Training Institute / advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Learn about the Home Builders Training Institute plan.
Wanted Larry Fay
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Larry Fay (racketeer); Maloney; Owney Madden
- Synopsis
- Larry Fay takes control of all the taxis in New York, then night clubs and milk rackets.
Indexer Notes
Palais is credited pencils on crime features for Orbit Publ., but the special shivering and crawling inking looks like his work too.
Wanted James Spencer
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- James Spencer
- Synopsis
- A dangerous and desperate criminal preying on society is still at large.
Indexer Notes
Pencils originally tentatively credited to Bernie Krigstein due to the "crouching figures." Current art identification by Saltarella.
Be on the Lookout for Arlis Wagner
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Arlis Spencer (killer); Virgil Williams (criminal); Detective McDermott
- Synopsis
- An escaped killer considered dangerous is still at large.
3 in 1 Air Pistol
advertisement / 2 pages
- Synopsis
- Many small advertisements from air pistols and jive shirts to stamp collections.
The Last of the Harpes
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Wiley Harpe; Setton; Anthony Glass; Captain McCoy
- Synopsis
- The story of the Harpes, ruthless highwaymen in the Natchez Trace by the Mississippi.
Indexer Notes
The art looks like Lawrence, with the close up heads, eyes and movement, as in his other signed stories in this issue. Probably him.
Skip Tracer
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Skip Tracer (detective); Loretta Antin (secretary); Arthur L. Hanscom; Laughton; Lefty Lamere (criminal)
- Synopsis
- Detective Tracer has an appointment with Hanscom, who is killed before Tracer arrives.
Wanted -- Joseph Anthony Cacciola
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Joseph Anthony Cacciola
- Synopsis
- Cacciola wanted for robbery and still at large.
Wanted -- Fred Poole
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Fred Poole
- Synopsis
- Poole is wanted for many crimes, but he's especially wanted for murder.
How to Hypnotize
advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- It's easy to hypnotize when you know how. Many small advertisements.
The Salem Terror
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Maurice Del Bourgo [as del] (signed)
- Inks
- Maurice Del Bourgo [as del] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- history
- Characters
- Sarah Good; Sarah Osburn; Tituba; Bridget Bishop
- Synopsis
- About the witch hunt in the town of Salem that claimed more than twenty lives.
America's Sensational New Writing Trio!
Illinois Merchandise Mart / advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- A beautiful matching set of fountain pen, mechanical pencil and ball point pen for $2.98.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Be on the Lookout for.. James Spencer
Wanted -
1.
The Greatest Ball-Point Pen...
Illinois Merchandice Mart -
2.
International Enemy No.1
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3.
Be a Building Contractor
Home Builders Training Institute -
4.
Wanted Larry Fay
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5.
Wanted James Spencer
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6.
Be on the Lookout for Arlis Wagner
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7.
3 in 1 Air Pistol
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8.
The Last of the Harpes
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9.
Skip Tracer
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10.
Wanted -- Joseph Anthony Cacciola
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11.
Wanted -- Fred Poole
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12.
How to Hypnotize
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13.
The Salem Terror
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14.
America's Sensational New Writing Trio!
Illinois Merchandise Mart -
15.
Order by Mail
Mark Foster -
16.
Weather Forecaster
Weatherman
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- Peter Croome
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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