Le Journal de Spirou #404

Caramel and Romulus are locked below deck as Simon Simeoni, the lookout, shouts warnings about pirates—no one believes him. Soon after, the pirates board the ship, turning the crew’s disbelief into a race against time.

In a quiet moment of tension, Spruce schemes to swindle his sister-in-law while the gang bickers over their failed stagecoach heist. Annie l'orpheline is heartbroken by news of the betrayal, unaware that a shadowy figure is already whispering secrets to a cowboy about the gang’s hidden cache.

Red Ryder and his companions—Mouche-de-feu and Petit Castor—stumble upon an impassable reservoir, their escape cut off as Nuage Rose closes in, revolver in hand. With the outlaw and his gang already on their trail, the trio scrambles to find a hidden passage before the noose tightens.

In this 1946 humor tale from Le Journal de Spirou, Tondu takes on the unlikely task of reeducating a group of young Nazis—only to find their stubbornness pushes him to the edge. When things spiral beyond control, he grabs a submachine gun, sending the recruits fleeing in panic.

In the remote highlands of a forgotten region, a group of explorers forced to abandon their plane stumble upon a riverbank where they discover the body of a man dressed in garments from ancient Egypt—six thousand years out of time.