Skorpio #13

In the quiet aftermath of a storm, the crew of a forgotten vessel stumbles upon an old man who insists he is Noah, standing guard over a weathered ark built from memory and faith. Written with a steady hand and drawn in stark, deliberate lines, this haunting 1978 tale unfolds like a fable whispered from the edge of legend—where belief and isolation blur into something almost sacred.

In "La favola di Cappuccetto Rosso," Marlene returns to the mountain where her father and his guide perished in an avalanche twenty years prior. There, amid the silence of the snow and the weight of memory, she uncovers a secret hidden in her father’s notes—words written on the page of a fairy tale that unravel a truth only the mountain itself could keep.

In "null," Marcos arrives in a desert city under tension, hired to recover the legendary Red Mask of Suleiman the Magnificent—its mere possession said to grant religious authority. But the emir’s new leader denies the mask’s existence, and as unrest spreads, Marcos must navigate a mystery where belief itself is the true power.

In a quiet moment of speculation, a professor recounts a startling tale: a man taken from Earth to determine if humanity could help restore a species wiped out by a galactic war. Set against the vast unknown of space and time, the story unfolds with a sense of quiet urgency, probing what it means to be human when asked to carry the future of another.

In a storm-lashed New York night, a grieving man, a kidnapped woman, a boy with dreams of justice, and a woman waging war on alcohol converge under the watchful eye of Lieutenant Start. Tensions rise as their lives intersect in a city on edge—each carrying secrets, fears, and a fragile hope for something more.

In a stark frontier tale from Skorpio #13, Timber pulls a woman from certain death as a herd of bison charges, only to learn she’s a fugitive from a Mormon community—exiled for adultery. Now hunted by those who believe her punishment should have been final, she’s forced to trust the man who saved her, even as the desert shadows grow long and the past closes in.