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Wanted Comics #17 (1949)

Orbit-Wanted · 1949 · 52 pages

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Contains 5 stories
The Shotgun Kid
15 pp · crime
Charles Devere [The Shotgun Kid]Skip TracerLorettaJoe HarleyHenry DoloraGunner MullenJim DeloraDaniel Fogarty

When Skip Tracer takes on a case involving a seemingly ordinary man named Charles Devere, he's drawn into the dark history of one of the nation's most brutal criminals—a ruthless killer known as the Shotgun Kid. This is the true story of how a mild-mannered student used cunning and violence to claw his way to the top of the criminal underworld.

Wanted
2 pp · crime
Heber AyersFloyd Cox

A private eye named Tracer takes on a high-stakes assignment from a nervous politician: recover some compromising documents from the Shotgun Kid, a dangerous criminal. The story traces Charles Devere's fall from a promising college student into a life of crime—a transformation sparked by heartbreak, academic failure, and a dangerous hunger for easy money that leads him down an irreversible path.

The Devil Bat
10 pp · detective-mystery; horror-suspense
The Bat (villaindeath)Martin (police officer)Frederic (police officer)Unknown (butler)Captain MonashBoris SaccoCountess Anne Bradny (death)

A legendary evil awakens in Budapest when a mysterious killer claiming to be the Devil Bat strikes down the Countess Anne Bradny, leaving behind supernatural clues—cloven hoofprints, the stench of sulphur, and puncture wounds that defy explanation. Captain Monash and his detectives must uncover whether they're hunting a supernatural menace or a cunning murderer exploiting an ancient legend, enlisting the help of Boris Sacco, the Countess's fiancé, in a dangerous undercover operation that leads deep into the city's criminal underworld.

The Highwayman
6 pp · crime
Tiburcio VasquezPablo SotoRita

In 1949 California, the charming but ruthless highwayman Tiburcio Vasquez operates under the command of Pablo Soto, unaware that his mentor is using him as a pawn—and that Soto's scheming has already cost him dearly. When Vasquez discovers the truth about Soto's betrayal, he sets out on a violent path of revenge that transforms him from a controlled bandit into a desperate, unstoppable force hunted across the state. This tale of ambition, manipulation, and retribution captures the rise and fall of a man who learned too late the price of misplaced loyalty.

Ring...Three Times
8 pp · crime
Burt LandisSmiley BradleyMonte Mason (death)Betty Mason (death)Ace Gordon

Burt Landis, a squealer caught between a criminal underworld and his own ambitions, finds himself holding a hundred grand stolen from a recent heist—but his double-cross of the gang means Smiley Bradley, the coldest trigger man in the outfit, is hunting him through a fog-choked city. With the airports shut down and nowhere to run, Landis waits in his apartment for the fateful knock he knows is coming, wondering if his nerves—or his wits—will hold out first.

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