Gwandanaland Comics #1068

In "null," detectives Jack Jones and Whitey are betrayed by a fellow officer and captured by gangster Lucky Lavitto, who’s been warned by a fortune-teller about "the Black Jack." Trapped in an airless chamber and forced to watch Whitey’s murder, Jones escapes using a single playing card—then vanishes into silence, adopting the guise of Black Jack to hunt down the gang and the corrupt cop who sold them out.

In "null," Rudolph Wane abandons his life to flee the relentless pursuit of the avenging Poker Face, only to find himself caught in a violent clash with Black Jack—where a stab wound doesn’t end the chase, just changes its course.

In "null," Poker Face—ravaged from injuries sustained in the last issue—seeks help from a doctor, only to betray and kill him, taking his place. When summoned to a prison in the wake of a breakout, he corners Black Jack, but the moment of triumph turns deadly when Black Jack fights back and Poker Face is electrocuted.

In "null," a nurse accused of killing Mrs. Carter over a two-thousand-dollar inheritance finds herself exonerated by the enigmatic Black Jack—but when she’s soon framed for the murder of the wealthy Cyrus Weeks, the truth becomes a matter of life and death. With the wife and secretary of the victim, known only as Solitaire, pulling strings from the shadows, the nurse must survive not just the accusation, but the web of lies they’ve woven.

In "The Stars Drip Blood," the Black Seven—born under a cursed lineage of seventh sons—rises as a figure of dread, known for his cunning and bloodshed. When he targets the Turkish ambassador’s secret documents, his path crosses with the enigmatic Black Jack, setting off a tense, high-stakes encounter.

Black Seven, haunted by a fortune teller’s grim prophecy, presses on with his crime spree—until fate strikes in the form of lightning during a clash with Black Jack. The moment feels inevitable, but the true weight of the warning lies in what comes next.

In "The House of Cards," Jo, a quiet worker at a playing card company, stumbles upon a chilling secret: the decks they're producing are rigged to ignite mid-transit, meant to burn in the hands of U.S. soldiers abroad. When the truth comes to light, Black Jack steps in to dismantle the conspiracy before the flames spread further.

In "null," a rug merchant’s murder in a quiet market sets off a quiet but urgent mystery—twenty thousand dollars vanished, a single playing card marked Fan Tan left behind. Black Jack follows the faint thread of a signature, tracking a killer through a web of silence and stolen funds, where every clue feels like a whisper in the dark.

In "The Full House," Black Jack tracks a spy in a high-stakes casino, where the growing threat of U-boats is cutting off America’s supply lines. As the tension mounts beneath the flashing lights and masked faces, one man’s mission becomes a race against time and deception.

In "null," Black Jack finds himself thrust into the chaos of the French Revolution, where he intervenes to save a noblewoman from the guillotine—only to narrowly escape the same fate before snapping back to the present. The story unfolds with sharp historical tension and a pulse-pounding twist of fate, all within the confines of its 10-page runtime.