Wanted Comics (1947 Orbit / Toytown) 40
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Issue #40
$165.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- From The Collection of John Buscema.
- Label #4703924007
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
$149.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- From The Collection of John Buscema.
- Label #4703924008
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Cover by Syd Shores. Stories and art by John Buscema, Mort Lawrence, Mort Leav, Bob Rogers, Charles Miller, John Forte, Vince Alascia 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. A sports reporter exposes the Mob's control of boxing, in an early story by future Marvel and Conan legend John Buscema. "Crime Lab" detectives "Loot" and "Doc" investigate the "Phantom Burglar" who never leaves a trace behind. The Great Unsolved Mysteries contest invites readers to ponder a mysterious death in 1928. The Broadway Bandit; The Murder Ring; Wanted: Henry Clay Tollett; Curtains For A Killer!; Great Unsolved Mysteries: Harry Wilkes - Innocent or Guilty?; Crime Lab: The Phantom Burglar; Death in the Swamp. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
