Wanted Comics #32

A charming grifter called Pretty Boy Powell learns that his good looks can't protect him when he crosses the wrong people—and when the police finally corner him about a violent crime, they discover just how far his vanity can be exploited. After making a deal to turn state's witness, Powell moves fast to consolidate power in the underworld with help from Dolores Lord, a woman with her own dangerous connections. But in the criminal underworld, there's always someone waiting in the wings with a score to settle.

In "null," Tony Action tracks down Billy Chambers, only to discover the young man fled after uncovering his father's ruthless scheme to seize control of crime syndicates nationwide. The story unfolds with tense revelations and shifting loyalties, as past secrets threaten to unravel the fragile line between justice and vengeance.

William Freddie Davis, a truck driver with a violent temper, commits murder in a fit of rage at his Milwaukee garage in 1949—and flees when he learns the law is closing in. Desperate and on the run, he turns to armed robbery to survive, leaving a trail of victims in his wake. As the hunt intensifies, the FBI waits for the moment when this two-time killer will slip up and face justice.

When police raid a bookmaking operation, they uncover Vincent Calline's story of a nationwide racing syndicate systematically fixing horse races across the country—and federal agents move in to dismantle the operation. But as the investigation tightens and witnesses begin to talk, the syndicate's ruthless leadership proves willing to silence anyone who knows too much. The feds race against time to build their case before the criminals strike again.

Years of imprisonment at McNiel Island Penitentiary have done nothing to diminish William Demski's murderous rage—a rage born from the killing that sent him there decades ago in Alaska. When thick fog rolls in, the convicted killer sees his chance to escape, driven by a pride and bitterness that has festered behind bars for two decades. Will the man who once took a life evade capture once more?

Doctor Eric Snyder's impatience for success as a newly licensed physician lands him in murky ethical territory when he discovers that wealthy hypochondriacs pay far better than honest medicine—and that's before racketeer Vinnie Cole offers him steady, lucrative work as the mob's personal surgeon. As Snyder juggles his respectable society practice with secret underworld house calls, his greed deepens his entanglement with organized crime, and the State Medical Society begins circling closer to the truth.