Il Est Minuit... l'Heure des Sorcières #5
In "L'épée du démon," a desperate research assistant named Paul Jonas stumbles upon a mysterious magic book after a mouse escapes from his lab—setting off a chain of events that could rewrite fate itself. Written by Don Thompson and brought to life with striking visuals by Ruben Yandoc, this 1983 French comic blends eerie suspense with a touch of the supernatural, all wrapped in a cover by Luis Dominguez that captures the story’s dark, otherworldly tone.
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A mouse escapes from a cage in research assistant Paul Jonas's lab and leads him to a magic book that can alter the future. He uses the book to his advantage, but the mouse inadvertently causes his death by chewing parts of the pages away, which changes the words written in the book.
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