Wanted Comics (1947 Orbit / Toytown) 30
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Issue #30
$6.99
- INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. 2" spine split. Book width tear on front cover. Moisture damage. Staple rust with migration.
Cover by Mort Lawrence. Stories and art by Mort Leav, Bill Woolfolk, Gus Schrotter 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. Clyde fakes his death to escape his massive gambling debts, which works until the mobsters realize he's still alive. The new series "Crime Lab" features Lt. "Loot" Dundy and "Doc" Gage, who solve crimes with CSI methods. Private eye Dan Dennis investigates the Clover Gang and the Smiling Killer after a reporter friend is murdered in front of him.Dead On Arrival; Wanted: George Lee; Crime Lab: The Case of the Criminal Canary; Kiss of Doom; The Trap; Wanted: James H. Perry; The Killer Wore a Smile. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
