Wanted Comics #30

Clyde Cullen drowns in debt to a ruthless casino owner and faces a brutal deadline to pay—until a desperate idea takes shape: fake his own death using an unsuspecting stranger's body, collect the insurance, and vanish from his troubles. But when an insurance investigator begins digging into the circumstances of Cullen's "murder," the carefully constructed lie starts to unravel, and the real killer's identity becomes dangerously close to exposure. In this 1950 crime tale, a man discovers that staging your own death is far easier than staying dead.

A dead gunpowder worker—nicknamed a "canary" for the telltale stains of his trade—sets Lt. "Loot" Dundy and Doctor "Doc" Gage on the trail of a mob explosives operation in this authentic crime-lab procedural. As Doc's meticulous forensic analysis uncovers clues in dust particles and hair oil, Loot works the streets and files to track down a prime suspect, and the two must combine their talents before the case grows colder.

When George Lee's wife Harriet challenges his accusations of her extravagance, a heated midnight argument spirals into tragedy—and George makes a desperate choice to bury his secret in the backyard. But a neighbor's well-intentioned help threatens to unearth everything, forcing George Lee to flee before the truth catches up with him.

Young Loretta Marsin becomes entangled with the ruthless gangster Black Teddie Beggars, a connection that ends in tragedy when his criminal schemes spiral into violence and death. Now haunted by guilt and convinced she carries a curse, Loretta struggles to rebuild her life—but fate seems determined to test whether her dark suspicions hold any truth. Watch as past mistakes and present heartbreak collide in this hard-boiled tale of love, crime, and the question of how much blame one person can bear.

On June 13, 1949, two men execute a daring daylight bank robbery in North Fairfield, Ohio, making off with over three thousand dollars—but their getaway takes a violent turn when their car careens out of control. As the manhunt intensifies, one robber escapes into the woods, leaving his injured partner behind and becoming the focus of an FBI dragnet that refuses to rest.

Private investigator Dan Dennis gets pulled into a deadly mystery when his old acquaintance, reporter Pete Hayes, is gunned down before he can pass along a crucial envelope—one that apparently contains the evidence needed to expose the mastermind behind the Clover Gang. With Pete's girlfriend Rita Morgan now in danger and the case pointing toward nightclub owner Vince Hammer, Dennis must race to recover the hidden envelope and stay one step ahead of a killer with a very particular smile.