Lanciostory #9

In the sweltering dark of a New York City blackout, a husband races to the hospital as his wife fights for her life during a high-risk delivery. Meanwhile, a man driven by grief and rage moves toward the apartment of the officer who killed his partner, unaware that the city’s sudden power outage will blur the lines between fate, fear, and the choices that follow.

In the quiet aftermath of war, Rose lies trapped in a fragile stillness, her mind a silent refuge from a single, unbearable night in a bunker near Frankfort. Twenty years have passed, but the memories of that bombardment linger—unseen, unspoken, and just beneath the surface.

In the frozen heart of Antarctica, a small team of explorers—five men and a woman—ventures into the unknown, chasing whispers of buried treasure beneath the ice. When a sudden volcanic eruption fractures the glacial crust, they uncover not just diamonds the size of boulders, but ancient plesiosaur bones and something far stranger: an alien spaceship, hidden for eons.

In "Martello" Clooney," a quiet storm brews beneath the surface of the boxing ring. When pain triggers blackouts that leave Clooney unaware of his own actions, his manager Al Duval sends Parker and his boys to pressure him into throwing his next fight.

In "Capitolo 25," Il Cobra returns to Fort Springs after fourteen years, stepping into the role of Justice of the Peace at the request of his godfather, Justice Rufus Kyle—only to arrive in time for Kyle’s funeral, slain by the enigmatic Shiran Kappel. The town has changed, and with it, the weight of duty, memory, and the past settles on Il Cobra as he begins to navigate a frontier where justice is as fragile as the land itself.