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Issue: Wanted Comics #13 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1948
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Issues: #13 of 45 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagOrbit-Wanted
Brand: The Wanted Comic GroupView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Toytown Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (9 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Be on the Lookout for.. James Spencer

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Genres: crime
Character(s): James Spencer
First Line: Get your hands up!
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Pages: 1
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The Greatest Ball-Point Pen...

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Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Illinois Merchandice Mart
Synopsis: Billfold and ball-point pen for $ 1.95.
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International Enemy No.1

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Dutc Schultz; Lucy Luciano
Synopsis: The story of the smashing of the heroin racket.
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Pages: 12
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Be a Building Contractor

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Home Builders Training Institute
Synopsis: Learn about the Home Builders Training Institute plan.
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Wanted Larry Fay

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Larry Fay (racketeer); Maloney; Owney Madden
Synopsis: Larry Fay takes control of all the taxis in New York, then night clubs and milk rackets.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Palais is credited pencils on crime features for Orbit Publ., but the special shivering and crawling inking looks like his work too.
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Wanted James Spencer

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Genres: crime
Character(s): James Spencer
Synopsis: A dangerous and desperate criminal preying on society is still at large.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Pencils originally tentatively credited to Bernie Krigstein due to the "crouching figures." Current art identification by Saltarella.
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Be on the Lookout for Arlis Wagner

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Arlis Spencer (killer); Virgil Williams (criminal); Detective McDermott
Synopsis: An escaped killer considered dangerous is still at large.
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Pages: 2
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3 in 1 Air Pistol

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Synopsis: Many small advertisements from air pistols and jive shirts to stamp collections.
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The Last of the Harpes

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Genres: western
Character(s): Wiley Harpe; Setton; Anthony Glass; Captain McCoy
Synopsis: The story of the Harpes, ruthless highwaymen in the Natchez Trace by the Mississippi.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The art looks like Lawrence, with the close up heads, eyes and movement, as in his other signed stories in this issue. Probably him.
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Skip Tracer

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Skip Tracer (detective); Loretta Antin (secretary); Arthur L. Hanscom; Laughton; Lefty Lamere (criminal)
Synopsis: Detective Tracer has an appointment with Hanscom, who is killed before Tracer arrives.
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Wanted -- Joseph Anthony Cacciola

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Joseph Anthony Cacciola
Synopsis: Cacciola wanted for robbery and still at large.
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Wanted -- Fred Poole

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Fred Poole
Synopsis: Poole is wanted for many crimes, but he's especially wanted for murder.
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How to Hypnotize

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Synopsis: It's easy to hypnotize when you know how. Many small advertisements.
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The Salem Terror

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Genres: historical
Character(s): Sarah Good; Sarah Osburn; Tituba; Bridget Bishop
Synopsis: About the witch hunt in the town of Salem that claimed more than twenty lives.
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Pages: 7
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America's Sensational New Writing Trio!

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Feature(s): Illinois Merchandise Mart
Synopsis: A beautiful matching set of fountain pen, mechanical pencil and ball point pen for $2.98.
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Order by Mail

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Mark Foster
Synopsis: Genuine aged imported briar pipes and accessories by mail.
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Weather Forecaster

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Weatherman
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck
Synopsis: Amazing new Mickey Mouse-Donald Duck Weather Forecaster.
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