Wanted Comics #13

When Dutch Schultz and Lucky Luciano dominated the Eastern underworld in the twenties and thirties, their criminal empire ran on bootlegging, numbers, and a particularly profitable trade: heroin. This hard-hitting true story follows the relentless efforts of law enforcement—from waterfront patrols to narcotics agents—as they battle the smuggling operations that flood the streets, while a mysterious deserter named John C. Hammer becomes an unexpected player in the deadly heroin racket. Watch as the authorities narrow the noose around the syndicates that profit from America's cruelest addiction.

James Spencer, a desperate man wanted for murder and escape, was caught in a botched restaurant robbery in Burlington, Iowa years ago that left the proprietor dead and Spencer himself badly wounded. Captured and sentenced to life imprisonment, Spencer has since escaped from the Iowa State Penitentiary and remains at large—a dangerous criminal still preying on society. Law enforcement urges the public to watch for him and exercise extreme caution.

Wiley Harpe, the ruthless survivor of a notorious outlaw family, has spent five years under the alias John Setton, running a brutal highwayman operation along the Natchez Trace with his partner Madman Mason—luring unsuspecting riverboat crews with promises of trade, then murdering them for their cargo. When a brawl in town draws the attention of Captain McCoy and the militia, the outlaws are arrested and placed under guard aboard a river vessel bound for trial, but a violent storm provides the perfect cover for a desperate escape attempt. As the dust settles and Mason's crew gains the upper hand, a shocking revelation emerges about Wiley Harpe's true identity and what comes next.

Fred Poole is a professional safe-cracker and counterfeiter with a ruthless pattern: he rolls into a town, convinces a local car owner to be his lookout, hits a jeweler's safe while his unwitting partner keeps watch, then disappears with the haul—leaving the patsy to take the fall. Wanted for multiple crimes across state lines, Poole is especially sought for the murder of John Kelly during a robbery in South Carolina, making him a dangerous predator who won't hesitate to kill.

In 1692 Salem, three young girls' terrifying visions—allegedly inspired by tales of sorcery from an Indian slave—ignite a witch-hunt that spirals into hysteria and bloodshed. As accusations multiply and innocent people are condemned, the town descends into madness, with superstition and fear overriding reason until a magistrate and the governor finally demand an end to the trials. "The Salem Terror" recounts one of America's darkest chapters, where delusion and mob panic nearly consumed an entire community.