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Wanted Comics comic books issue 23

  • Issue #23
    Wanted Comics (1947 Orbit / Toytown) 23

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    Cover by Mort Lawrence. Stories and art by Jerry Robinson, Mort Meskin, Mort Leav, George Roussos 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. Denis runs a successful hideout for fugitives from the law, until the cops get wind of his location. A true-crime three-pager with art by Batman legend Jerry Robinson and Golden Age artist Mort Meskin. Bank teller Don is overwhelmed by his gambling debts, but gangster Nick has a sinister idea. The Hideout; Don't Do It!; The Daley Brothers; Just Two Old People; Wanted: George Elmo Wells; Wanted: Earl Euen Shankles; Lady Luck Is Fickle. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #23
    Westerner (1948 Wanted Comics Group) 23

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    "Killer's Country" (art by Mort Leav), "Magician of Murder Creek" (art by Bernard Krigstein), "The Highwayman," and "The Valley of Death" (art by Mort Lawrence). Cover by Mort Lawrence. Stories by Mort Leav, Maurice Del Bourgo, Bernie Krigstein, and Mort Lawrence. True tales from the Old West, starring such real-life characters as Wild Bill Pecos, Black Bat Matthews, Marvo the Magician, and Tiburcio Vasquez (a highwayman). 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.