Faucon Noir #12
"La femme de glace" in Faucon Noir #12 (1979) delivers a quirky, suspenseful twist on a classic detective setup, as the Elongated Man and his wife Sue set out for a quiet day of fishing—only to discover the lake is dry, and something far stranger is afoot. With writer Gardner Fox and the dynamic art of Carmine Infantino (pencils and inks), the story unfolds with a mysterious figure fishing in the mud with a magnet, leading the Elongated Man on a trail through an old house and into a hidden scheme, all beneath a cover by an unknown artist.
In "La femme de glace," Professor Stein is dispatched to Mohole One, a secretive scientific base, to assist a top-tier project tapping into the Earth’s core heat. When Dr. Crystal Frost is accidentally sealed in a super-refrigeration chamber, her body and mind undergo a terrifying transformation that unleashes a new, frozen menace.
In "Le voleur de 13 heures," the Elongated Man and his wife Sue set off for a quiet day of fishing at Lake Cherokee—only to discover the lake is dry, its mudbed hiding a strange fisherman wielding a magnet. When the man pulls a key from the earth, the Elongated Man follows him to the abandoned home of Elmer Ewell, where he’s caught in a labyrinth of traps before escaping to track down the thief and reclaim what was stolen.
In "Machine temporelle," Dr. Malevolo unleashes chaos by summoning cavemen and dinosaurs into the present with his time machine, while sending Hawkman hurtling back to prehistoric times—where he must survive the very era he’s been thrust into.
In "Monsieur Lachance," David Atkinson finds himself caught between fortune and fate when a mysterious green globe grants him uncanny luck—until he tests its limits with ill intent. The story unfolds with quiet unease, tracing how sudden good fortune can twist into something far more dangerous when ambition takes over.
In "L'homme qui disparaissait," Hawkman encounters Andrew Harris, a man whose mysterious ability to vanish from perilous situations leaves even the hero bewildered—especially when Harris appears unexpectedly aboard the Hawks' spaceship. The story unfolds as their paths cross under strange circumstances, hinting at a connection deeper than chance.
In "Le défi du chevalier robot," Ora takes a bold gamble, disguising herself as a robot to join the prestigious Knights of the Galaxy—her hope being that a machine might be judged more fairly than a woman in a world that sees her as less. The story unfolds as she steps into a realm of galactic honor, where her true identity remains hidden, and every challenge tests not just her strength, but the very idea of who deserves to be a knight.
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