Skorpio #1
When a young boy delivers mysterious ancient maps to Corto Maltés, the trail leads him into a web of forgotten history, tangled with the enigmatic presence of Tristán Bantam and the secretive professor Jeremias Steinner. With the sharp-eyed madame Java and the calculating abogado Kerster watching from the shadows, Corto must unravel a secret buried beneath centuries of silence.
When a hired killer known only as "El Cobra" is sent to eliminate the sheriff before the Mastersons burn the town, his mission takes a deadly turn after he witnesses the brutal killing of a young orphan’s dog. Now caught between his orders and a growing sense of justice, the Cobra must decide where his loyalty truly lies—between the blood on his hands and the quiet defiance of a boy who’s lost everything.
In the gritty streets of 1974 Paris, a bride’s wedding day turns to tragedy when her car is sabotaged, leaving her dead and her husband near death. Though he seems to perish in the hospital, his spirit lingers—driven by grief and vengeance—and reaches out to a nurse named Dany, who may be the only one who can help him uncover the truth behind the attack. With inspector Mercier closing in and shadows from the past stirring, the line between the living and the dead blurs in this haunting tale of betrayal and retribution.
In the frozen heart of the ancient forest, Henga—hailed as a god after a quake frees a colossal mammoth from ice—must decide whether to embrace his new fate or follow a deeper omen. With Ka-laa by his side and the wilds ahead, he leads Balu, Paa, Naa, and Pag on a journey into the unknown, guided by signs only he can read.
In the quiet vastness of a world once hopeful for alien contact, two scientists face the end of their mission, their final moments marked by quiet reflection and a long-held secret—love. As their recall signal approaches, an alien ship descends, shattering the silence and the certainty of their solitude.
In the harsh frontier of 1974’s Skorpio #1, young Ron Warlock is thrust into a brutal reckoning after the murder of his sister Clarissa and the mysterious pastor Helm, who fell fighting five of "Fancy" Lenormand’s men. From Helm’s belongings, Ron finds a black shirt and two pistols—tools that will test a man who’s never fired a weapon and never known violence. With the weight of vengeance pressing down, Ron must decide what kind of man he’ll become.
When a stage actress is killed in a car bomb, the city teeters on the edge of chaos, and Detective Marlene Gallant finds herself tangled in a web of secrets that implicates the enigmatic Nikos Stefanos and the ruthless teniente "Zero" Galvan. As Tony Baird becomes an unexpected key to the mystery, the investigation unfolds through shadowy alleyways and hidden alliances, where trust is as dangerous as the next explosion.
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Reprinted in Lanciostory #0 (1975), Lanciostory #1 (1975), Lanciostory #2 (1975), Tomahawk #8/1977 (1977), Skorpio #10 (1978), Vampirella #72 (1978), Colt #7/1978 (1978), Creepy #38 (1982), Lanciostory #35
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