Trapped! #4

Hicky Ranse, a cowardly small-time crook turned informant, becomes gangland's most despised man when he squeals to police about a murder—and now he's caught between the mob's violent revenge and his desperate need to prove his loyalty by any means necessary. Haunted by childhood memories of a kindhearted mentor and pursued by a cop childhood friend determined to save him, Hicky spirals deeper into the criminal underworld, unable to escape the consequences of his own weakness. This 1955 crime tale explores the brutal cost of betrayal in a world where silence is survival.

When Arch Bettner escapes the fall of mob boss Lew Morgan's organization in 1933, he sees an opening to build his own criminal empire—starting with a meticulously planned million-dollar bank heist in Denver. FBI Agent Mel Harkness pursues the ambitious criminal across the country as Bettner's reputation grows and underworld figures begin bidding for his services, but the agent is always one step behind. Now, after months of pursuit, Harkness finally has Bettner cornered.

Wolf Logan climbed from failed boxer to ruthless gambling kingpin, using violence and intimidation to control fighters at the Garden—until Detective Mark Halliday arrives on vacation and begins connecting the dots between Logan's criminal empire, a murdered ship owner, and the fighters whose lives he's destroyed. As Logan tightens his grip on the next big fight, those he's wronged close in from all sides in this high-stakes tale of corruption and retribution from Trapped! #4.

Chick Rigney, leader of the downtown crew, seethes with resentment toward Roger Fenmore and the uptown gangsters who treat his men as expendable muscle—and he's decided it's time for a reckoning. When a series of hits begins thinning out Fenmore's ranks, the two mob bosses find themselves caught in a deadly game of vengeance and deception, each convinced they understand the other's moves. This 1955 crime tale traces how hatred and envy can corrupt an entire organization from within, leading both sides down a path neither fully controls.