Wanted Comics #21

Henry Verne arrives in the city as a country farm boy, but a chance encounter with a smooth-talking drifter named Jim Shalley sets him on a darker path—one that leads him to assume Shalley's identity and work for a crime boss running bootleg operations. What begins as an attempt to escape his past quickly transforms him into a cold-blooded enforcer, testing his natural marksmanship and ruthlessness in ways the young man from the farm never imagined.

In 1946, Benjamin Rayburn and his gang of war-hardened criminals begin a brutal spree of armed robberies across Louisville, targeting payroll cashiers and planning a daring heist at the upscale Flamingo Club—all while Rayburn boasts of becoming the next Dillinger. As police struggle to identify this ruthless new gang, Rayburn's obsession with violence and infamy sets him on a collision course with law enforcement.

When Broadway legends Rupert and Ethel Dennis retire to a quiet life on Long Island, Rupert grows restless and resentful of their newfound peace—especially the endless parade of visitors who won't leave them alone. As Ethel's health mysteriously declines and she becomes a shadow of her former self, Rupert prepares legal documents transferring her inherited estate to himself, confident in a deception that's about to unravel over one crucial oversight.

Roger Benson, a seemingly respectable stockbroker, is actually the mastermind behind a vicious numbers racket that preys on working people—until his ruthless scheme collapses when his unwitting brother-in-law becomes expendable. As the District Attorney closes in and suspicion swirls, Benson must navigate a web of his own making, where loyalty means nothing and betrayal is the only sure currency. This hard-hitting crime story follows a man whose mask of respectability crumbles under the weight of his own brutality.