The Thing #9

Etienne Mardu, a Parisian painter whose brushstrokes are as dark as his ambition, discovers a horrifying secret: his art comes alive when painted with blood. As his fame grows on the backs of his increasingly desperate models, the canvases he creates begin to move—unbidden, unstoppable. What starts as a twisted triumph soon turns into a nightmare he can’t paint his way out of.

In "The Road to Madness," the merciless gem collector Francisco de Cobra ventures into the Amazonian jungles, driven by a single obsession: the world’s largest diamond. As he pushes deeper into the wild, his ruthless pursuit leads him to murder those who accompany him—each step forward a descent into darker territory.

A brilliant scientist perfects his brain-wave antenna to control robots, but when the ruthless Marko steals the technology and murders the doctor, he'll wield an army of metal slaves to conquer an entire city. In this tale of ambition turned monstrous, Marko's lust for godlike power sets him on a collision course with forces far beyond his control—and the robots he commands may not obey him for long.

In "The Dead Man's Hand," a tyrannical pianist meets a violent end at the hands of his wife and her lover—only for his severed hand to return, relentless and vengeful, hunting down every soul in the house. A chilling tale of retribution, where music and murder intertwine in a house haunted by a single, grasping hand.