| Additional Information |
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| Publication | May 1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Cover | Be on the Lookout for.. James Spencer |
| Featuring | Wanted |
| Credits | Pencils: Mort Leav (signed) | Inks: Mort Leav (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: James Spencer |
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| Advertisement | The Greatest Ball-Point Pen... |
| Synopsis | Billfold and ball-point pen for $ 1.95. |
| Featuring | Illinois Merchandice Mart |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | International Enemy No.1 (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of the smashing of the heroin racket. |
| Credits | Pencils: Mort Leav (signed) | Inks: Mort Leav (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Dutc Schultz; Lucy Luciano |
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| Advertisement | Be a Building Contractor (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Learn about the Home Builders Training Institute plan. |
| Featuring | Home Builders Training Institute |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Wanted Larry Fay (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Larry Fay takes control of all the taxis in New York, then night clubs and milk rackets. |
| Credits | Pencils: Rudy Palais | Inks: Rudy Palais? |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Larry Fay (racketeer); Maloney; Owney Madden |
| Notes | Palais is credited pencils on crime features for Orbit Publ., but the special shivering and crawling inking looks like his work too. |
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| Comic Story | Wanted James Spencer (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A dangerous and desperate criminal preying on society is still at large. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: James Spencer |
| Notes | Pencils originally tentatively credited to Bernie Krigstein due to the "crouching figures." Current art identification by Saltarella. |
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| Comic Story | Be on the Lookout for Arlis Wagner (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | An escaped killer considered dangerous is still at large. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Arlis Spencer (killer); Virgil Williams (criminal); Detective McDermott |
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| Advertisement | 3 in 1 Air Pistol (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Many small advertisements from air pistols and jive shirts to stamp collections. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Last of the Harpes (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of the Harpes, ruthless highwaymen in the Natchez Trace by the Mississippi. |
| Credits | Pencils: Mort Lawrence? | Inks: Mort Lawrence? |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Wiley Harpe; Setton; Anthony Glass; Captain McCoy |
| Notes | The art looks like Lawrence, with the close up heads, eyes and movement, as in his other signed stories in this issue. Probably him. |
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| Text Story | Skip Tracer (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Detective Tracer has an appointment with Hanscom, who is killed before Tracer arrives. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Skip Tracer (detective); Loretta Antin (secretary); Arthur L. Hanscom; Laughton; Lefty Lamere (criminal) |
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| Comic Story | Wanted -- Joseph Anthony Cacciola (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Cacciola wanted for robbery and still at large. |
| Credits | Letters:?2 |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Joseph Anthony Cacciola |
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| Comic Story | Wanted -- Fred Poole (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Poole is wanted for many crimes, but he's especially wanted for murder. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Fred Poole |
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| Advertisement | How to Hypnotize (1 page) |
| Synopsis | It's easy to hypnotize when you know how. Many small advertisements. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Salem Terror (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | About the witch hunt in the town of Salem that claimed more than twenty lives. |
| Credits | Pencils: Maurice Del Bourgo [as del] (signed) | Inks: Maurice Del Bourgo [as del] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: History | Characters: Sarah Good; Sarah Osburn; Tituba; Bridget Bishop |
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| Advertisement | America's Sensational New Writing Trio! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A beautiful matching set of fountain pen, mechanical pencil and ball point pen for $2.98. |
| Featuring | Illinois Merchandise Mart |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Advertisement | Order by Mail (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Genuine aged imported briar pipes and accessories by mail. |
| Featuring | Mark Foster |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
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| Advertisement | Weather Forecaster (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Amazing new Mickey Mouse-Donald Duck Weather Forecaster. |
| Featuring | Weatherman |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck |
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