Eks almanah #457
In "Smrt dolazi srebrnom stazom," executioner Francis Tourneau grapples with the grim duty of his role under King Louis XVI in 1769, seeking a more efficient method of execution. When physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin offers designs for a mechanized device, Tourneau’s invention becomes both a tool of state and a symbol of inevitable reckoning. As revolution stirs and the Bastille falls, Tourneau’s fate takes a chilling turn—becoming the guillotine’s first victim. Art by Vic Dowling with inks by Bob Stuart, the cover by Gil Kane and Tom Palmer captures the stark drama of a man undone by his own creation.
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Francis Tourneau is an executioner to King Louis XVI of France in the year 1769. He labors to find a more efficient means of executing prisoners. A physician named Joseph-Ignace Guillotin provides him designs for a mechanized decapitation device. The device (dubbed the guillotine) is put into use, but a revolution takes place and the prisoners storm the Bastille. They capture Tourneau who subsequently becomes the guillotine's first victim.
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