Aventures Fiction #31
"L'homme-élément" delivers a chilling blend of supernatural suspense and sci-fi intrigue in this 1973 installment from Aventures Fiction #31. Written by Robert Kanigher and illustrated with eerie precision by Jack Sparling—both inks and pencils—this story follows the Challengers as they confront vengeful ghosts of executed criminals, only to uncover a shocking twist involving a fake death and a mysterious robotic double. The cover, a striking piece by Sal Trapani, captures the story’s haunting tone with its dramatic, glowing figures.
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The Challengers attend the hanging of Wolf Dengon, Shark Powell and Snake Saunders who promise that Doc Hemlock will raise them from the dead to get revenge but the Challs witnessed Hemlock taking poison to avoid capture. That night a glowing Dengon appears in the judge’s car and crashes it. Powell drowns the DA while swimming. The Challs visit the thugs’ graves and are jumped by their glowing ghosts. They awaken in Doc Hemlock’s lair discovering he faked his death and battle their robot copies. A fire flares up as Doc Hemlock backs away from the Challs, stumbles, and is hung in a noose.
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