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Wanted Comics #18 (1949)

Orbit-Wanted · 1949 · 52 pages

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Contains 5 stories
Dead Man's Street!
14 pp · non-fiction; crime
Harris Dexter Jr. (death)Skip Tracer [as Harry Wilson]LorettaHarris Dexter, Sr.Susie ClairFrankie DartmouthJonas Bright

When Harris Dexter Jr. is gunned down on the notorious Dead Man's Street, his wealthy father hires the Tracer to hunt down those responsible—and the investigator knows he'll have to infiltrate the street's underworld himself to find answers. Posing as a small-time crook, the Tracer works his way into the confidence of Susie Clair and her jealous boyfriend Frankie Dartmouth, eventually discovering that the real power behind Dead Man's Street is Jonas Bright, a seemingly respectable pawnbroker running a criminal empire. As the Tracer closes in on the truth, he finds himself pulled deeper into Bright's dangerous operations.

Wanted - Be On the Lookout For Walter Joseph Landreth
2 pp · non-fiction; crime
Walter Joseph Landreth

A master car thief known as Walter Joseph Landreth eludes police for months before a sharp-eyed patrolman spots him tampering with license plates in November 1946—but Landreth's capture proves short-lived when he orchestrates a daring prison break alongside four other inmates just days later. Now wanted by the F.B.I. and considered extremely dangerous, this fugitive remains at large, and *Wanted Comics* is on the hunt for leads that could bring him in.

Satan's Cigarettes
8 pp · crime
Dan AndersonPopJoeFrankCharleyPete

When a small-time shopkeeper unwittingly becomes the front for a marijuana trafficking operation, he soon discovers the devastating human cost of the racket—and finds himself drawn into a dangerous confrontation with the very criminals who set him up. Detective Dan Anderson and his team race to dismantle the supply chain before the drug claims more victims, but first they'll need to turn the tables on the operators who thought they had the perfect patsy in Pop.

The Third Wish
9 pp · detective-mystery; horror-suspense
Joe MackeyHerbert BronsonMartha BronsonEllen Bronson (death)Mister NemoSergeant Macdonald (as Sargeant Macdonald)

When a mysterious stranger named Mister Nemo delivers a shriveled monkey's paw to Herbert Bronson—an artifact capable of granting three wishes—the man dismisses it as an elaborate hoax. But when tragedy strikes his family, Herbert's wife Martha becomes convinced the paw's power is real, and her desperate use of the first two wishes sets in motion a series of events that will demand the ultimate, inescapable third wish. A classic tale of supernatural bargains and the price of grief, told by a haunted man to a stranger in a Third Avenue bar.

Crime and Doom Are Partners!
8 pp · crime
JoeyJerryLumpsRyanFats MartinAlec

Lumps Ryan's got ambition in spades—so much so that he'll do anything to claw his way to the top of the underworld, from pulling off a payroll robbery to muscling his way into Fats Martin's gang. As he rises through the ranks with his sharp planning and ruthless tactics, Lumps sets his sights on the one symbol that'll prove he's made it: a gleaming blue limousine of his very own. But in the world of crime, the higher you climb, the more dangerous the fall—and Lumps is about to learn that lesson the hard way.

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