Skorpio #20

In the tense aftermath of Ritchie’s escape, two individuals—one driven by fear, the other by guilt—each convinced the fugitive is coming for them, find their lives suddenly entangled in a web of suspicion and dread. Written with quiet dread and underscored by stark, typeset letters, this 12-page story from Skorpio #20 (1978) turns a simple rumor into a chilling spiral of paranoia.

In the dusty aftermath of a fading frontier, Virgil and Quanah come back to a world that no longer fits the code they’ve lived by—where old ways have withered and the rules they once trusted no longer hold. Written with quiet weight and drawn in stark, grounded detail, this 12-page tale from Skorpio #20 captures the ache of men out of time, searching for meaning in a world that’s already moved on.

When Abdel returns to retrieve the Palestinian camp’s school bus and is struck by an explosion, a young woman from an Israeli kibbutz intervenes—pulling him to safety and tending to his wounds as he recovers. In the quiet aftermath of violence, their unexpected connection unfolds amid the fragile tensions of a divided landscape.

In the stark, lingering aftermath of a life defined by suffering, Wilbur Mallet endures—his pain unrelenting, his fate sealed not by death, but by a silence that speaks volumes. Jane watches, haunted by the question: what sin could be so unforgivable that even death is withheld?

In "L'ultima ballata," Professor Mohrbacher stands at the brink of a scientific breakthrough—his formula could end the rat problem once and for all. But as he prepares to unveil his discovery, the rats in his lab have been watching, and something in their silence feels far too deliberate.

In the shadow of a near-victory, the world braces for what comes next—after an alien’s final warning and a plutonium strike that shattered the first wave, fighter pilots now race into the unknown to stop the survivors. Set in a tense, high-stakes future, this gripping 1978 tale from *Skorpio #20* unfolds with quiet dread and urgent momentum, where the cost of survival is measured in silence and steel.