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Wanted Comics (1947 Orbit / Toytown) 18

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    Wanted Comics (1947 Orbit / Toytown) #18 FR 1.0
    Published Feb 1949 by Toytown.

    Wanted Comics (1947 Orbit / Toytown) 18 FR 1.0

    Full length spine split.

    Starts Nov 25

    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.