Skorpio #43

In "Los sueños cerca del mar," Alvar is drawn into a mysterious vision of a woman in peril in a distant village—unknown to him, yet vividly real. As the dream's pull grows stronger, he finds himself chasing a truth that defies reason, uncovering a connection between the dream and a place that shouldn’t exist.

In "La calle desnuda," Pastor Flannagan finds himself caught between two rival motorcycle gangs after a young woman shows him favor, while an unseen criminal syndicate closes in, drawn by rumors of his ties to Skorpio. The story unfolds with tense, grounded stakes—faith, loyalty, and survival—set against the gritty pulse of the streets.

In "El que se venga," Hoc—once convinced he was a human defending Earth from Martian invaders—unravels the truth: he is a synthetic being, and the invasion was never real. Now embracing his true nature, he turns against the world he thought he protected, wielding his intimate knowledge of Earth’s technology to strike back.

In "Tesoro sin dueño," Marcel teams up with a fellow escapee from Cayenne’s penal colony on a dangerous quest to reclaim a long-lost treasure from a sunken English galleon. The promise of riches fuels their journey through treacherous terrain and shifting loyalties, where every step could lead to freedom—or ruin.

In the shadowed halls of a London auction, a shrunken human head from New Guinea stirs unease—its origins steeped in ritual and mystery. When Lord Jim claims to recognize it, the night that follows brings a chilling death, leaving only questions in its wake.

After his plane is struck, Jonn plummets through the smoke and wreckage, barely escaping with his life. Now grounded in the ruins of a bombed-out town, he faces a choice: stay hidden and survive, or answer the desperate plea of a one-armed man to save his daughter buried under the debris.

A pariah among his own kind for the thrill of slaughter, Xiu crash-lands his ship in the jungle, where the discovery of Buth’s severed head sets Hor on a path of vengeance—one that fractures time itself.

In "Sagrado y profano," a series of murders targets individuals with incurable illnesses who are nearing the end of their lives. Written by an unknown author and illustrated by an unknown artist, the story unfolds in a tense, grounded mystery where each death raises more questions than answers.