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Wanted Comics #42

Oct 1951 · Orbit-Wanted · 0.10 USD
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This issue features "Murder Inc.," a true crime story about an organized criminal enterprise engaged in wholesale human slaughter. The narrative follows law enforcement's efforts to dismantle the organization, depicting the rise of notorious leaders like Lepke Buchalter and the violent internal conflicts within the group. The story concludes with the organization's downfall, demonstrating that despite their power, crime ultimately cannot triumph against the law. An additional story appears to involve a romantic subplot concerning characters named Emily, Rolfe, Beaks, and Jarvis, with themes of class conflict and stolen jewels serving as a secondary narrative element.

Contains 7 stories
Murder Inc.
10 pp · Crime
Courtney Vincent Collins
1 pp · Non-Fiction

On the night of November 18, 1949, a Toledo police officer stumbles upon a supermarket robbery in progress and is shot by the suspect Courtney Vincent Collins, a male nurse operating under an alias. When the getaway car fails to start, Collins abandons his accomplice and flees into the night—and remains at large, considered armed and dangerous.

The Price of Murder
8 pp · Crime
The Case of Too Many Clues
1 pp · Crime
The Clue Of the String That Strayed
3 pp · Crime
Alfred S. Dutton
1 pp · Non-Fiction
Wanted by a Killer: One Witness
4 pp · Crime

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Raw (Good) $46
CGC 3.5 · 1 in census $123*
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Full credits

artist, inker Syd Shores
cover pencils, inks John Buscema

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