Big Boy #40
In "Masques défendus," security at a missile testing base is compromised, leaving Munston baffled until Blake arrives to investigate. With no signs of intrusion, Blake sets up cameras that reveal a startling truth: ordinary objects are coming to life and stealing supplies. When a couch fights back, only to be subdued by a generator, the real danger emerges—living creatures from a quake-ravaged crevice are behind the thefts, using stolen warheads to send signals. Doug Wildey's dynamic art brings the eerie, surreal threat to life, while Bob Brown's cover captures the moment of discovery with sharp, mysterious detail.
In the jungles of South America, Martin buys three mysterious fiesta masks from a street hawker, unaware they’re tied to ancient powers. When he dons the Mask of Mastery, he discovers he can command animals—only to learn two others wield the Masks of Fear and Doom, driving chaos in their wake. As shadows from the past stir, Martin must confront those who wear the other masks before their dark influence spreads further.
In "Flèche Rapide au pied du mur," Green Arrow and Speedy find themselves in a remote valley where a cunning chief and his medicine man manipulate a desperate tribe with a fabricated legend. With quick thinking and a clever use of trick arrows, Green Arrow challenges the deception and sets the tribe free.
In "Menace microscopique," scientists Saunders and Drake are baffled when a tiny, unseen creature begins sabotaging their mineral samples. After a failed attempt to destroy it with conventional means, they trap it under a positive ion beam—only to wake up to a ruined lab and a trail of footprints leading through a wall into a strange, half-built town. With their Jeep melted by a mysterious ray and bullets turning to slag, they must think fast when they notice the windshield remains intact.
In "Créatures camouflées," when thefts plague a missile testing base, Munston calls in Blake to investigate. With no signs of intrusion, Blake sets up cameras—only to discover that the base’s furniture is coming to life, stealing supplies, and even fighting back. As the strange creatures flee toward a fissure left by a recent quake, the two men follow, unaware what they’ll find in the dark below.
In "Prestidigitateur criminel," detective John Jones faces a cunning magician turning city streets into stages for daring heists—just as a documentary crew captures every move, forcing him to solve the case without revealing his secret powers.
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