Mysterious Adventures #25

George Harper, a bitter painter exiled in Tahiti after critics and his own fiancée demolished his work, discovers a mysterious voodoo paint that makes whatever he paints become real—and he's decided to use it for revenge. With a magical brush and a broken heart driving him, Harper begins painting the very people who humiliated him, setting in motion consequences neither he nor the island's mystical forces can control.

A woman discovers the department store mannequins come alive at midnight when she's trapped inside Stacy's after closing—and finds herself caught between the wooden figures' council and a gentle male model named Paul who may be her only ally. As the dummies debate her fate and a desperate chase ensues through the darkened aisles, Laura must decide what she's willing to risk to escape their secret world. A tale of unexpected connection and sacrifice set against the eerie midnight magic lurking in an ordinary store.

Paul Duval's engagement shattered when his beloved Yvonne fell for his visiting cousin Jean, and now, consumed by rage during the chaos of Mardi Gras, he's hired a thug to settle the score at the Hotel Dauphin. As Paul closes in on his targets in the crowded streets, his carefully laid plan begins to unravel in ways he never anticipated. Betrayal, jealousy, and a fateful encounter in a dark alley will force Paul to confront the true cost of his vengeful obsession.

Mother Shmoos reveals the truth behind the nursery rhyme "Jack and Jill"—these children were actually named Zack and Zill, and when their parents sent them to fetch water from a well in their water-scarce mountain home, they discovered far more than they bargained for. After an encounter with a mysterious grandmother figure who grants them wishing water and a promise to behave, the siblings must navigate back through darkness with only a wizzlebird to guide them—but their pledge to help at home faces its ultimate test.