La Maison du Mystère #4

In "Itinéraire de mort," four adventurers venture into the dense jungles of Burma, drawn by the promise of a legendary treasure of jewels. But beneath the surface of their shared quest lies a deadly secret— one among them has already decided to betray the others, setting a treacherous path where trust is the first casualty.

In "L'homme identique," Frank Dorne’s elaborate illusion of teleportation begins to unravel when his long-hidden twin brother George dies during a performance. As Frank prepares to abandon the act, George’s sudden reappearance suggests the deception continues—until Frank is gravely wounded while uncovering a shocking truth: there was a third brother, separated at birth, who had been trying to complete the act all along.

In "La bombe venue du passé," journalist Hal Breese unearths a long-lost weapon designed by Leonardo da Vinci—only to see it vanish into the hands of unknown thieves. Now racing against time, he must track down the stolen device before it falls into the wrong hands and threatens global peace.

In "L'évadé de la cité perdue," Dr. Wallace B. Peterson, haunted by his past and the monstrous people of a lost Antarctic civilization, flees to the House of Mystery seeking peace. Once a scientist consumed by ambition, he now finds himself transformed—his body slowly dissolving into water, a living echo of the alien race he once tried to conquer. As Cain watches, the line between man and monster blurs in a tale of guilt, escape, and irreversible change.

In "Vent spectral," mountain explorers Dan Russell and Jim Nelson steal a ruby ring from a Tibetan tomb once sacred to a wind-god, unaware they’ve awakened a deadly curse. Jim Nelson dies instantly, swept away by a sudden, unnatural wind, while Dan Russell returns to the U.S. with the ring—still alive, but haunted by the storm that follows him. Now, with the wind-god’s wrath seemingly bound to the artifact, Dan must wonder if safety is ever truly possible.