Buccaneers #26

Captain Daring finds himself and his crew in dire straits when the cowardly Admiral Blood attacks their ship under false colors, crippling the rudder and forcing them to anchor for repairs—but when Daring, Patch, and Lady Delores venture ashore seeking timber, they walk straight into Admiral Blood's ambush. Now held captive with his lady in the hands of his cruelest enemy, Captain Daring must find a way to turn the tables before Admiral Blood can destroy his ship and crew.

Adam Peril hunts the ruthless pirate King Cobra, a fugitive from the Barbary Coast whose mysterious fortress in the Gulf of Mexico—bristling with stolen cannon and defended by deadly coastal batteries—has made him nearly untouchable. When Anita secretly ventures into King Cobra's stronghold under the guise of betrayal, Adam and his crew must attempt an impossible rescue before the pirate's cruelty closes in. A desperate gambit unfolds in the island darkness, where wit and courage clash against treachery and brute force in this swashbuckling tale of "Serpent of the Sea."

Eric Falcon fights to rescue his two loyal seamen from the cutthroat Captain Finger, only to discover that the notorious pirate is far smaller in stature than legend suggests—a revelation that proves both dangerous and oddly revealing of the villain's true nature. Trapped aboard Finger's vessel and bound for Pirate's Island, Falcon must outthink a vanity-driven tyrant and his crew before dawn to survive what the captain has planned.

In the sweltering shadows of Corpse Cay, Lila and Monk seek refuge as their ship founders, only to be ensnared by the cunning Captain Rex—a pirate who profits from chaos. With a personal vendetta burning in her heart, Lila vows to see Rex pay for the death of her father, but the island’s secrets run deeper than bloodlust.