The Best of Curse of the Spawn #[nn]

Suture, known as Gretchen Culver, returns from the grave with a vengeance, targeting those who wronged her in life. As Sam and Twitch dig deeper into the mystery of her disappearance, the police—Detective Brayde, Detective Edlund, and Detective Sparks—rally to stop them, but the line between justice and obsession begins to blur.

In "Codename: Priest," Jessica Priest is deep in the jungle on a mission to destroy the lab behind the deadly biological weapon Heat-16—only to be betrayed and captured by Liz Arno and Kevin Bergregor after her team is wiped out. With no allies and a ticking clock, Jessica must fight to survive and uncover the truth behind the weapon before it’s unleashed.

In "Heart of Darkness," Jessica Priest fights to survive after being tortured by the twisted twins Liz Arno and Kevin Bergregor in an attempt to break her humanity. Escaping with the dangerous Heat-16 module, she becomes a fugitive hunted by her former feral comrades—led by Obersmith and Zachs—whose rampage leaves the town of El Morte in ruins. Captured once more, she is forced into servitude under Erlich Westerlin, becoming a Uranium-235 miner in a brutal new life.

In the grimy, smoke-hazed Badlands Bar and Grill, the grizzled Poacher spins a chilling tale for a wide-eyed newcomer: Abdiel, a rogue angel sent deep into Hell on a deadly mission to eliminate the monstrous Malebolgia. As whispers of divine betrayal and infernal schemes swirl, Abdiel finds himself entangled in a web of deception where even the most sacred loyalties may not survive.

In "Deadland," Ryan Hatchett wakes in a twisted version of Earth, a realm consumed by the Zombie Spawn, where his suicide has become the beginning of a grim destiny. Now forced to fight the relentless undead horde, Ryan must confront a world where his past and his new role as a reluctant hero collide.

Dr. Eylan Hessman pushes the boundaries of science and grief when he resurrects his step-brother Christian Rocca as Overt-Kill, only to face the consequences when the creation is destroyed. With relentless determination, Hessman gathers the fragments and reassembles his brother—not as the same being, but as the far more formidable Overt-War.

Marc Simmons, a sharp-eyed profiler, is pulled into a chilling investigation when the elusive Crocodile-Killer strikes again. With Sam and Twitch working against the clock to clear Roger Bonner’s name, old secrets and shifting loyalties begin to surface in the shadows of a town on edge.