Our favorite gypsy trucker is partaking in a humanitarian operation in Central America. At the border, he’s stopped by nurses from the military health service. Like all new arrivals, Gypsy is vaccinated against “Aztec Laughter,” the deadly virus ravaging the population, of which the symptoms include fits of extreme violence. In the first town he stops at, Gypsy finds a bunch of half-crazed zombies and suicidal dancers: they’ve all been infected with the pernicious disease. He gets out as soon as he can, but the journey only gets more macabre from there on in…
He has committed treason. Marcus has to face the facts: Arminius, the man who is like a brother to him, is in the midst of preparing a rebellion against Rome, the city that gave them everything. Two men, two destinies, a broken friendship, and the inevitable and eternal march of history. In this fourth installment of the enthralling Eagles of Rome series, Enrico Marini turns history into a breathtaking human adventure, extravagant and tragic, his realist artwork plunging us right to the heart of the struggles of Emperor Augustus’ reign.
In this second and final volume of the series, Al Chrysler is back on the streets of New York after ten years in prison. He quickly sees just how much the world has changed, and how much he has lost, as he tries to find a new place for himself. With his old enemies lurking around every corner, he signs on to defend his adopted homeland, and ships out overseas. So it is that Al Chrysler’s past and present meet in a muddy, battle-torn village in World War II Germany, where he is forced to finally come to terms with the full weight of his true name: Altenberg Ferguson.
Betty Barnowsky’s life, after crossing paths with the eminently dangerous XIII, eventually reached calmer waters and a happy ending, with her marriage to French aristocrat Armand. But it wasn’t smooth sailing all the way! After all, before her time with XIII and becoming a marquise, Betty was in her own right a member of the elite SPADS—a unit corrupted by its traitorous commander McCall, and which General Carrington has decided to clean up through any means possible…
Paris, 1804. First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte is hours away from becoming Emperor of the French People. The Bee is about to change History and embrace his destiny, while the Ant makes a desperate attempt to change his. Enemies rush about with last-minute plans to eliminate the usurper, a Squirrel and a Stingray get chummy, the mysterious veiled woman finally speaks, the underworld prepares for some changes… and a mask is up for grabs.
Paris, 1803. A young dandy is dead. His conniving sister will follow shortly. The prostitutes at Madame Easter’s establishment have been slaughtered. A high ranking politician is threatened by scandal. Murder, intrigue, blackmail and double-crossing… Missing love letters and a compromising accounting ledger… As the Stingray, a couple of heartless thugs, the Ant, and the Bee all scramble to recover the precious documents, the eternal mystery remains: what terrible secret lurks behind the mysterious masks?
American pilot-spy Gary Francis Powers has been shot down by Soviet forces and languishes in a dank prison cell awaiting trial. His wife, Dottie – a.k.a. “Poison Ivy” – continues her uneasy alliance with billionaire film producer Howard Hughes, who has promised to help her free Gary – in return for certain favors. Meanwhile, cartoonist Milton toils away at his adventure strip, “Steve Canyon,” and his precocious teenage daughter advises him on how to spice up the long-running comic. The “Canyon” storyline begins to parallel world events, which may get Milton into some very hot water.
In this second and final installment of the Rain Wolf diptych, Blanche McDell is being held prisoner by the Cody family who are demanding vengeance. They say they’ll free the young woman in exchange for Rain Wolf, the Indian who dared to defend himself against a white man, resulting in the white man’s death. The McDells have one week to negotiate Blanche’s return before all hell breaks loose. As for Rain Wolf, he’s on the trail of the legendary White Bison…
Billy has an angel face, but don’t let that fool you. One of the more troubling characters of the series, Billy crosses paths with XIII when the saga’s main hero lands in a psychiatric prison. And despite his looks, it doesn’t take him long to show just why he’s behind bars. Now is your chance to discover how he ended up there, and above all why he happened to be right alongside XIII…
In present day Turkey, Kim Nelson continues her quest to recover the long-lost treasure of the Black Sultan to which only her captivating ancestor, Jade, the Sultan’s favorite, had the key. Meanwhile, we’re flung back in time to the sumptuous era of the Ottoman Empire, where Jade has been kidnapped by a certain Lord Nelson in his efforts to retrieve his wife from the depths of the Sultan’s harem. It’s not long before the captive falls in love with the captor, and the pair experience an unprecedented passion. Nelson’s name sinks into the djinn’s skin, and, for the first time, the djinn’s heart begins to beat…
