Wanted Comics #49

In 1952's "Eyes of Vengeance!" from Wanted Comics, an underpaid clerk named Hasan steals a diamond from his employer Mr. Suleiman, a wealthy jeweler obsessed with sorcery and black magic—only to be caught by his boss's unnervingly piercing gaze. Wracked with guilt and fear, Hasan flees through Ankara's streets, convinced Suleiman can read his mind, and makes a desperate choice to silence his tormentor. But when Hasan stows away on a ship to escape the law, he discovers something far more unsettling waiting for him in the cargo hold.

When a nurse is brutally attacked in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1951, it's only the beginning of a reign of terror—a trio of killers in a souped-up hot rod are methodically targeting hospital workers, leaving the town gripped by fear and the police with almost nothing to go on. As detectives piece together scraps of evidence and suspicion falls on local university students, one crucial witness steps forward with a name that could finally crack the case wide open. With each lead taking them deeper into a web of violence and desperation, the lawmen race to stop the killers before they strike again.

Andrew Gillam grows up in a rough neighborhood where his childhood friend Duke Kielty tempts him toward crime, but Gillam chooses honest work instead—a choice that costs him dearly when the Depression hits and leaves him homeless and desperate. Years later, as a drifter sharing a hobo's meal, Gillam learns the stark truth about the path not taken, a revelation that reaffirms his faith in living decently. This 1952 crime story from *Wanted Comics* #49 drives home its moral with the clarity of real consequences.

In October 1946, Joseph F. Moore and his gang broke into a Boston collector's home to steal antique silver—but their robbery went fatally wrong when the homeowner discovered them and called for help. When Police Sergeant William Healy responded to the call, Moore's associate Walt gunned him down, turning a burglary into a murder case. Now wanted for killing a cop, Moore is on the run while police close in from all sides.

In 1922 Montana, William E. Brown commits what he believes is the perfect murder of his rival sheep farmer John Fletcher—a crime with no witnesses and no evidence. But Brown's conscience becomes haunted by the ghostly howling of Fletcher's faithful shepherd dog, Prince, which drives him to increasingly desperate acts and eventually leads him straight into the sheriff's trap. A masterful tale of how guilt and superstition can undo even the most carefully planned crime.