Wanted Comics (1947 Orbit / Toytown) comic books 1949

Cover by Mort Leav. Stories and art by Mort Leav, 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. Police in Budapest discover that the legendary killer called The Bat has seemingly returned to life. A man who cheated the Mob waits anxiously to make his escape before the killers catch up with him. Private eye Skip Tracer is hired to track the young killer known as the Shotgun Kid. The Shotgun Kid; Wanted: Heber Ayers; The Devil Bat; The Highwayman; Charley Ross C.M.H; Ring…Three Times. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mort Leav. Stories and art by Jerry Robinson, Mort Meskin, William Woolfolk, 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. A cautionary tale about marijuana, with art by Batman legend Jerry Robinson and Golden Age artist Mort Meskin. A comics version of the famous horror tale "The Monkey's Paw." Private eye Skip Tracer investigates the murder of a wealthy man who happened to wander down Dead Mans Street. Also featuring a vintage ad for "authentic replicas" of WWII Axis handguns. Dead Mans Street!; Wanted: Walter Joseph Landreth; Satans Cigarettes; The Right-Wrong Change!; The Third Wish; Crime and Doom Are Partners! 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 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. Bitter butcher Hal builds a big business out of his small-time protection racket. A passionate reporter (who looks a little like Clark Kent) gets deeply involved in covering a crime story. Private eye Skip Tracer (now just called The Tracer) investigates after a man is framed for murder by gangsters. Also featuring a vintage ad for "authentic replicas" of WWII Axis handguns. Business Man Bandit; Wanted: Joseph M. Dentico; Dawn Deadline; Wanted; No Escape; The Accusing Heartbeat; Wanted: Jackson Stringer; The Man Who Couldn't Kill. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Mort Leav. Stories and art by William Woolfolk, Mort Leav, 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. Strait-laced, seemingly honest bank teller Mortimer must arrange a bank robbery to cover up the money he's been embezzling. A reporter investigates a drive-by murder and finds evidence the cops don't have. Private eye The Tracer is hired to prove a charity organizer is siphoning funds, but when his client is murdered, it becomes personal. Also featuring a vintage ad for "authentic replicas" of WWII Axis handguns. The Strange Case of Mortimer Dollard; The World's Dirtiest Racket; Wanted: Walter Evans Connell; Public Enemies; Strands of Hair; Wanted: Joseph Charles Bartos; Danger Stalks the City; Wanted: George Emerous Morgan. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mort Leav. Stories and art by Bernie Krigstein, Mort Leav, Aldo Rubano, Maurice Del Bourgo, R. Burdick, 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. After murdering a man in a fight over a woman, country boy Henry assumes both the dead man's identity and his life of crime. A retired actor has a scheme to get his hands on his wife's fortune, in an early story by future EC art legend Bernie Krigstein. Roger gets caught up in the numbers game...and murder. Henry Verne Alias Jim Shalley, the Country Boy Killer; Wanted: Frederick K. Peters; The Would-Be Dillinger; The Mistake; Wanted: Harry Burton; The Devil's Heart; The Most Deadly Racket. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mort Lawrence. Stories and art by Mort Leav, John Forte, 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. A trio of crooks aboard a boat gets into a running gun battle with a Coast Guard patrol. Diminutive Marty feels like a big man when he has a gun in his hand. A chemist kills the gangster who's extorting him, and thinks he's gotten away with it - until a mysterious figure shows up at his door. The Corpse Came C.O.D.; Wanted: James Boyd Guy; Little Man with a Big Gun; Don't Do It; Wanted: Lloyd Sampsell; Not Tough at All; An Act of Revenge; Wanted: Paul Wilson. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.