Wanted Comics #29

(September 1950)

Take Off Ugly Fat! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Spot Reducer Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Crime's Three Musketeers (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mort Leav [as Leav] (signed)

Inks:

? [as staff] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

crime

Characters:

Aldo Szelli; Vince Calmar; Wally Fort

Synopsis:

They had sworn the blood oath of brotherhood of crime.

Paint Your Car (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Don't Miss the September Issue of Love Diary (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Love Diary Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Hangman's Holiday (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script:

Bill Woolfolk

Pencils:

Syd Shores

Inks:

Syd Shores ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

crime

Characters:

Henry Devon; Vivian Mare

Synopsis:

A stranger than fiction story of a man who lost his identity.

Indexer Notes

Story credit from Woolfolk's payrecord, as identified by Martin O'Hearn. Story written in April 1950. Shores art per Nick Caputo, November 2015.

Wanted - James Stewart (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Forte ?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

crime

Characters:

James Stewart (wanted killer); Eleanor Gifford

Synopsis:

Stewart kills a lady in a hold up and manages yo escape.

Hot-Car Driver (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

crime

Characters:

Mickey Morgan (hot-car driver); Honey Hawks (singer); Nick Scadrone (gangster); big Nick

Johnny on the Spot (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Syd Shores

Inks:

Syd Shores ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

crime

Characters:

John Landrus; Judge Whtitaker; Archer Frieze (ventriloquist and killer)

Synopsis:

Landrus had a motive for murder and his only alibi was a wooden dummy.

Indexer Notes

Shores art per Nick Caputo, November 2015.

New Silk-Finish Enlargement (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Hollywood Film Studios / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

It's Easy to Learn dancing! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Wanted - Howard F. Bent Jr. (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Forte ?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

crime

Characters:

Howard F. Bent J. (robber and murderer)

Synopsis:

A wanted robber and murderer still at large.

Looking For Chills, Suspense, Mystery? (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Wanted Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

He Was Born to Hang (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mort Lawrence (signed)

Inks:

Mort Lawrence (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

crime

Characters:

Thomas O'Connor (murderer)

Synopsis:

Police seek Tommy O'Connor for double slaying.

Let Me Prove Absolutely Free.. (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Joe Weider / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Radiant White Teeth (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Frostie Winters, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Hair Can be Saved... (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Sayve Hair Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Mini-Gym! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Joe Bonomo / advertisement / 1 page (report information)