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Wanted Comics comic books issue 39

  • Issue #39
    Wanted Comics (1947 Orbit / Toytown) 39

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    Cover by Syd Shores. Stories and art by John Buscema, Mort Lawrence, Syd Shores, and Bill Woolfolk. 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. An early story by future Marvel and Conan legend John Buscema. A Reefer Madness-type story about dealers in marijuana and cocaine. The Great Unsolved Mysteries contest invites readers to ponder the murder of Hollywood director William Desmond Taylor, also with art by Buscema. The Mad Magician of Crime; The Horror Weed; Wanted: Charles Lester Mault; Murder Message; Crime Lab: The Hit-and-Run Killer; Great Unsolved Mysteries: The Mystery of the Murdered Movie Star; Wanted: Steven William Davenport; Hideout From Murder. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $80 WANTED COMICS #39 - VG/F - TOYTOWN/ORBIT PUBLICATIONS "THE HORROR WEED" -1951

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  • Issue #39
    Westerner (1948 Wanted Comics Group) 39

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    Wild Bill Pecos in "The Secret of the Lost Caves" (pencils by Syd Shores, inks by Bob Rogers), "The Last Bullet" (pencils by Shores, inks by Vince Alascia), and "The Substitute Marshal" (art by Mort Lawrence). Lobo the Wolf Boy in "The Wolf Kingdom." Cover by Syd Shores. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Bob Rogers, Syd Shores, Vince Alascia, Otto Binder, and Mort Lawrence. True tales from the Old West, starring such real-life characters as Wild Bill Pecos, Nuggets Nugent, Nevada Kid, Jake Dawson, and Jimbaro (Crowfeet chief). 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.