Gore scanners #7

In "Il pallone," a 1990 Italian comic from Ediperiodici, a man's simmering frustration reaches a breaking point after yet another rejection from his neighbor. As he drinks and imagines her dead, the woman suddenly appears, battered and in need of help—leading to a violent turn neither of them expected. Written by Carmelo Gozzo and illustrated by Dino Simeoni, with the cover also by Simeoni, this issue delivers a tense, psychologically charged story rooted in isolation and sudden, explosive consequence.