Skorpio #27

In "Buffalo Bill," William Cody finds himself caught between legend and reality as he agrees to let Ned Buntline shape his story for the public. Through exaggerated tales and bold headlines, Buntline spins a mythic version of Cody’s life, turning a frontier man into the larger-than-life figure known as Buffalo Bill. As the legend grows, Cody must navigate the fame he never sought, carrying the weight of a name that outpaces the man behind it.

In the biting cold of a forgotten winter, Flint O'Maley—starving and worn—collapses against a wall, slipping into a sleep haunted by the echoes of war. Alberto Caruso’s stark, expressive art brings to life a moment of quiet desperation, where memory and present hardship blur in the silence of the street.

In the dim glow of a neon-lit district, a hired killer pauses on his mission, drawn not by desire but by a strange pull toward a girl whose presence hints at a deeper link to his target. Written with quiet tension and drawn in stark, evocative lines, this 12-page story from *Skorpio #27* (1978) unfolds in a world where every choice carries weight—and every connection might be a trap.

In the quiet aftermath of the second intergalactic war, George patrols the fringes of known space, his final shift before leaving the frontier. Just as he prepares to return to Earth, a series of unexplained signals pull him into a mystery that doesn’t fit the peace he’s sworn to uphold. Written by Daniel Ponce and presented in a stark, typeset lettering style, "null" unfolds with a deliberate tension, where silence speaks louder than any transmission.

A strange fate reunites four World War I "Eagle" Squadron pilots for a mission that pulls them from the past: tracking down the missing daughter of a billionaire after her plane vanished in the Caribbean. No grand declarations, no clear answers—just the quiet weight of old bonds and a mystery that refuses to stay buried.