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WANTED COMICS #13 [SEE MORE]
DATE: Fall 1940
STORY TITLE: "International Enemy No 1"
STORY PLOT: Marihuana is only briefly mentioned on the first and second pages. The story (mostly about some gangsters and smuggling) does include a panel with the commissioner of the bureau of narcotics, but He looks nothing like H. Anslinger.
CHARACTURES: Lots of Drug Addicts and dealers, Dutch Schultz, lucky Luciano just to name a few.
FOOTNOTES: [1]- Not worth reading.
Publisher: Toytown Publications Inc., 420 DeSoto Ave., St. Louis Mo.
WANTED COMICS #14 [SEE MORE]
DATE: July 1948
STORY TITLE: "None"
STORY PLOT: Classic Golden Age PRE-CODE CRIME comic with a MARIJUANA mention story. - A short (2 page) story about Vincent Pellicer, a marihuana peddler. The story is about a trunk bought at an action that had medical marihuana in it. Soon the DEA gets into the act etc… I believe it is the same story as that described in a true detective magazine. The story ends with a ---"If you know his location, notify Commissioner H.H. Anslinger, Bureau of Narcotics." comic book story is not worth reading.
FOOTNOTES: [1]- See Leading Detective Magazine (same story) - May 1947 [ Museum magazine section ].
Publisher: Toytown Publications Inc., 420 DeSoto Ave., St. Louis Mo.
WANTED COMICS #18 [SEE MORE]
DATE: Feb. 1949
STORY TITLE: "Satan's Cigarettes"
STORY PLOT: The story "Satan's Cigarettes," based on actual police files (would the police or the publisher lie to us?), was also re-released as "The No. 1 Enemy" in a later issue. The story starts as follows: ---- "Do you want to buy Madness, Pain, and Horror? Do you want to join the ranks of pitiful fools who have blazed the trail to destruction? Then come closer and have a cigarette. A SPECIAL kind of cigarette…" The plot revolves around an honest, hardworking (tobacco) shopkeeper who is tricked into selling "a special kind of cigarette" to Marihuana addicts. The story's dialogue would make even Ross Potts (the Dare Guy) proud. Examples:--- "Today the menace of Marihuana is being combatted by every law enforcement agency in the United States… It is a vicious racket." …My favorite scene has the underworld gang leader saying: -- "Marihuana is for SAPS and spineless jellyfish! It makes you GOOFY WEAK UPSTAIRS! Let the weaklings smoke it - We get rich on it see?" "Nobody knows what a poison it is like we do.".
FOOTNOTES: [1]- Must Reading, 5-Star Reefer Madness rating.
Publisher: Toytown Publications Inc., 420 DeSoto Ave., St. Louis Mo.
WANTED COMICS #19 [SEE MORE]
DATE: March 1949
STORY TITLE: "None"
STORY PLOT: The publisher offers a $100 reward for information leading to the capture of Joe Dentico, wanted by the commissioner of narcotics. According to one panel, "Detico's crime is one of the most bestial and degrading known to humanity!" Note, the drug sold is never mentioned and (while it could be) it most likely is not Medical Marihuana.
FOOTNOTES: [1]- Not Worth Reading.
Publisher: Toytown Publications Inc., 420 DeSoto Ave., St. Louis Mo.
WANTED COMICS #24 [SEE MORE]
DATE: Jan. 1950
STORY TITLE: "THE DOPE KING"
STORY PLOT: The police are baffled, Marihuana is showing up. But where is it coming from? None of the big time underworld gangs are behind it ---- The story of Johnny Larrone, a guineas of crime
FOOTNOTES: [1]- Four star reefer madness rating.
Publisher: Toytown Publications Inc., 420 DeSoto Ave., St. Louis Mo.
WANTED COMICS #39 [SEE MORE]
DATE: July 1951
STORY TITLE: "The Horror Weed"
STORY PLOT: The first few pages are pure reefer madness, (under the influence of marihuana, a robber becomes a cold blooded killer etc.,) but soon the story turns into a boring cops and smugglers theme etc. Can't really recommend nor not recommend a read.
FOOTNOTES: [1]- not recommend a read.
Publisher: Toytown Publications Inc., 420 DeSoto Ave., St. Louis Mo.
WANTED COMICS #45 [SEE MORE]
DATE: Feb. 1952
STORY TITLE: "The No. 1 Enemy"
STORY PLOT: - Re-titled story from issue #18, (then titled) "Satan's Cigarettes.
FOOTNOTES: [1]- Five star reefer madness rating.
Publisher: Toytown Publications Inc., 420 DeSoto Ave., St. Louis Mo.
WANTED COMICS #51 [SEE MORE]
DATE: Dec. 1952
STORY TITLE: "Holiday of Horror"
STORY PLOT: A classic -- The true story of Larry Newson, a hopeless drug addict. Although the story deals more with Heroin, it has some great (Marihuana the starter drug) panels in it. Must reading.
FOOTNOTES: [1]- Must Reading, Five star reefer madness rating.
Publisher: Toytown Publications Inc., 420 DeSoto Ave., St. Louis Mo.
[WANTED - The museum is trying to obtain a photocopy]
WEIRD COMICS #17 [SEE MORE]
DATE: Aug. 1941
STORY TITLE: "The Pushcart Drug Pusher"
STORY PLOT: Marihuana story [as per the GCD Database.
FOOTNOTES: [1]- Museum is looking for a copy or photocopy.
Publisher: Fox
WEIRD HORRORS #3 [SEE MORE]
DATE: Oct. 1952
STORY TITLE: "The Return of the Phantom Fakir (from the Orient)"
STORY PLOT: A strange mental weakness has stricken an entire community, leaving them defenseless and unable to fight against slave raiders etc. News of this causes "Emir- The Phantom Fakir," to investigate. Soon he hears that it is none other than the evil "Mustapha Kemall" who is behind the strange mental malady. After freeing a beautiful slave girl, he flies on a magic carpet to the stronghold of the evil Kemal. There after defeating both guards and the Kemal himself, he discovers the secret of the strange malady. An urn who's vapors: --- "Are narcotic, not unlike the smoke from the HEMP weed. It drugged him with false courage, but he used the drug's contrary effects to enslave the minds of his followers! ShaH-Ri Hasheesh! Destroy this evil urn" --- And the people are saved. It should be noted that Medical Marihuana is not mentioned by name, only by implication.
FOOTNOTES: [1]- None
Publisher: St. John Publishing Company, 454 Fifth Ave., New York 17, N.Y.
WONDER COMICS #1 [SEE MORE]
DATE:
STORY TITLE: "Gang-Buster Appointed By Gov. Harmon"
STORY PLOT: Same As Green Mask #3.
FOOTNOTES: [1]- See Green Mask #3.
Publisher:
YOUTHFUL HEARTS #1 [SEE MORE]
DATE: May 1952
STORY TITLE: "Monkey on Her Back"
STORY PLOT: A classic: An orphaned college girl goes with her sister to a dinner and dance party. There her sister introduces her to some friends, one of whom is a (handsome) "Marijuana user." Later on, she learns her sister is a drug addict. Sobbing, she learns how her sister started on medical marihuana (the starter drug) and moved on, Sob, Sob etc. Great dialogue, with sentences like: "Why, that's marijuana!! Oh No., I couldn't! Haven't you been reading about Dope in the papers?" -- Note a few pages are missing -- story not complete. - Also note that Overstreet claims story is the same as "Shock SupenStories No. 12." but as can be seen this is not the case..
FOOTNOTES: [1]- Good Reading, Five star reefer madness rating.
Publisher: Youthful Magazine, Inc. Holyoke Mass.
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