Wanted Comics

    (Toytown, 1947-1953)
™ and © Toytown Publications, Inc.

Bank robbers and murderers took center stage in this pulp comic that featured short stories about crimes that actually happened. Interspersed among the tales of villainy are descriptions of real criminals, who were still wanted by the authorities at the time of printing. Besides the physical descriptions of the crooks, and the details of their offenses, the publishers of Wanted Comics offered rewards to any readers who could supply information leading to an arrest. Many of the stories were introduced and narrated by a devilish-looking character whose favorite admonition was “Crime cannot win!”
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  • 9
    #9
    Oct 1947
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  • 10
    #10
    Nov 1947
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  • 11
    #11
    Jan 1948
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  • 12
    #12
    Mar 1948
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    Cited in Seduction of the Innocent
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  • 13
    #13
    May 1948
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  • 14
    #14
    Jul 1948
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    A: Mort Leav, Mort Lawrence
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  • 15
    #15
    Sep 1948
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  • 16
    #16
    Nov 1948
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  • 17
    #17
    Jan 1949
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    A: Mort Leav, Maurice Del Bourgo, Mort Lawrence
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  • 18
    #18
    Feb 1949
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    A: Mort Lawrence, Jerry Robinson
    Anti-drug story
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  • 19
    #19
    Mar 1949
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  • 20
    #20
    May 1949
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  • 21
    #21
    Jul 1949
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  • 22
    #22
    Sep 1949
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  • 23
    #23
    Nov 1949
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  • 24
    #24
    Jan 1950
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  • 25
    #25
    Mar 1950
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    A: Mort Lawrence, Rafael Astarita, Arthur Peddy
    Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation for October 1, 1949
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  • 26
    #26
    May 1950
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  • 27
    #27
    Jul 1950
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  • 28
    #28
    Aug 1950
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  • 29
    #29
    Sep 1950
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    Used in Seduction of the Innocent
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  • 30
    #30
    Oct 1950
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  • 31
    #31
    Nov 1950
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  • 32
    #32
    Dec 1950
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  • 33
    #33
    Jan 1951
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  • 34
    #34
    Mar 1951
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    W: Bob Rogers, Mort Leav  ·  A: Bob Rogers, Mort Leav
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  • 35
    #35
    Apr 1951
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    Cited in Seduction of the Innocent
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  • 36
    #36
    May 1951
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    W: Mort Leav  ·  A: Bob Rogers, Mort Lawrence
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  • 37
    #37
    Jun 1951
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  • 38
    #38
    Jul 1951
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  • 39
    #39
    Aug 1951
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    Anti-drug story
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  • 40
    #40
    Sep 1951
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  • 41
    #41
    Oct 1951
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  • 42
    #42
    Nov 1951
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  • 43
    #43
    Dec 1951
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  • 44
    #44
    Jan 1952
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  • 45
    #45
    Feb 1952
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  • 46
    #46
    Mar 1952
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  • 47
    #47
    May 1952
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  • 48
    #48
    Jun 1952
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  • 49
    #49
    Aug 1952
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  • 50
    #50
    Oct 1952
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  • 51
    #51
    Dec 1952
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    W: Bill Woolfolk  ·  A: Mort Leav
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  • 52
    #52
    Feb 1953
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  • 53
    #53
    Apr 1953
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    Final Issue
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