(July 1950)

Orbit-Wanted, 1947 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Toytown Publications Inc.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indexed from a scan from http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php.

Death Always Knocks Twice (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mort Leav ?
Inks
Mort Leav ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
Characters
Eric White (strong man); Loretta Clark (trapez artist)
Synopsis
A stongman at a circus gets jelous and kills his girl friend.

Indexer Notes

The perspective on figures is probably the work of Leav.

Cover Thumbnail for Wanted Comics (Orbit-Wanted, 1947 series) #27
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The Devil to Pay (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woolfolk
Pencils
Mort Leav (signed)
Inks
Mort Leav (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn.

Ira Lawrence Luther (Table of Contents: 2)

Wanted / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rafael Astarita
Inks
Rafael Astarita
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; crime
Characters
Ira Lawrence Luther

Indexer Notes

The faces are Astarita's, and can be compared with his signed story in Real Life Comics (Pines, 1941 series) #53.

Mania for Murder (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woolfolk
Pencils
Mort Leav
Inks
Mort Leav
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
Characters
George Herrin; Ambrose Beyer (chemist)
Synopsis
A chemist grugs his cousin and tries to frame him for several murders.

Indexer Notes

Same faces as in the signed story by Leav.
Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn.

The Kid from Brooklyn (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
crime

Death Always Knocks Twice (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woolfolk
Pencils
Mort Lawrence (signed)
Inks
Bob Rogers (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn.

John J. DeVore (Table of Contents: 6)

Wanted / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Martin Thall [as Emrose] (signed)
Inks
Martin Thall [as Emrose] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; crime

The Case of the Missing Prince (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mort Lawrence (signed)
Inks
Mort Lawrence (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Death Always Knocks Twice
  2. 1. The Devil to Pay
  3. 2. Ira Lawrence Luther
    Wanted
  4. 3. Mania for Murder
  5. 4. The Kid from Brooklyn
  6. 5. Death Always Knocks Twice
  7. 6. John J. DeVore
    Wanted
  8. 7. The Case of the Missing Prince
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  • Nick Caputo
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
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