Key Comics #3

A man crippled by a young street thug years ago gets his chance at justice when that thug—now the notorious killer Matthews—returns to their old neighborhood with a new face, only to be tracked down and confronted. As F.B.I. bullets close in, the killer's violent past floods back, from petty crime to murder sprees, revealing how one cruel act set him on an unstoppable path to ruin. "Death Takes No Holiday" serves up a hard-boiled crime tale where violence begets violence, and fate catches up with those who prey on the helpless.

When Carmen is arrested for a street brawl, she manipulates her soldier-lover José into helping her escape—a choice that sets both their lives spiraling into tragedy. Bound together by passion and circumstance, Carmen finds herself drawn to the glamorous toreador Escamillo while José, now a fugitive hiding in the mountains, grows consumed by jealousy and desperation. Their love story hurtles toward a devastating reckoning that neither can escape.