Wanted Comics #24 CGC 5.0 1950 4699499004
| Grade | CGC 5.0 |
| Page Quality | White |
| Year | 1950 |
| Publisher | Toytown |
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Description
Cover by Mort Lawrence. Stories and art by Bernie Krigstein, Rafael Astarita, Mort Leav, Art Peddy 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. After being knocked out in a minor car accident, Hamilton awakens to find himself in a world where no one knows him and nothing is familiar. Small-time gang enforcer Mitch murders his way to the boss's chair, in an early story by future EC art legend Bernie Krigstein. The FBI traces a marijuana kingpin to a quiet home in the suburbs. The Man Who Lost Himself; Three On a Match; The Dope King; One-Way Street; Crime Never Pays Off!; Wanted: Bruce Cornett; Wanted: Paul Dean Baker; The Jackal. 48 pages, Full Color.
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