Jack O'connell

September 11, 197x, In the whole Kantou region a magnitude 8-9 violent earthquake occurred. Scholars called it the great destruction of the Showa Era, but the people called it the earthquake from hell! Volcanoes erupted, buildings crumbled, Tokyo became decimated in a single day...

In Victorian-era London, a series of murders in which the victims are mutilated and burnt have led to rumours of Spring Heeled Jack, a clawed demon who is able to leap buildings in a single bound. Police are stumped by the murders and call in a young Arthur Conan Doyle to act as consulting detective. After his investigation turns up trumps he requests the assistance of his mentor Joseph Bell, an aloof but brilliant investigative mind, to take over the case.

Una serie de asesinatos llevan a sus investigadores hacia unas pistas que concluyen que el autor es Jack el Destripador, todo correcto si no fuera porque estamos en Chicago y en la década de de los '40. Cuento de terror de Robert Bloch, publicado en Weird Tales y ahora adaptado al comic.

Jack Kamen's precise, clean style was perfect subversion for EC Comics tales of seemingly normal men and women who cooly act on the rage, jealousy, and greed just below their glamorous façades. Kamen's crime capers include "Forty Whacks" (Whatever became of that ax Lizzie Borden used?), "Contract for Death" (A suicidal man agrees to accept $5,000 for his fresh corpse, then changes his mind. But the contract fails to specify that the body has to be his…), "The Neat Job!" (Her "neat freak" husband drove her crazy, so when she chopped him up into little pieces…), "Just Desserts!" (A madman bent on revenge hosts a dinner for his victims … and the final course is a killer!) ― plus 20 more gripping tales of tension as only EC could do them! Like every book in the Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library, Forty Whacks And Other Stories also features essays and notes by EC experts on these superbly crafted, classic masterpieces.

In a dreamlike version of the Old West, Tom Ketchum struggles to clear his name—and stay alive—when he's mistaken for wanton outlaw "Black Jack" Ketchum. With the aid of his talking sidearm, a secretive gambler, and a mute girl with a Winchester, Tom evades the mysterious Union and its supernatural enforcers, the faceless Dusters, as he's forced to question his identity, his sanity, and his very existence.

Le Bürgenzell, gentille principauté nichée au cœur des Alpes. Embusqué derrière un pot de fleurs, Palmer prend une photo dans le cadre d’une banale affaire de divorce : le futur ex-mari, qui se prétend insolvable, sort d’une banque où il vient de déposer quelques sous. Étant donné son aptitude à attirer les problèmes, Palmer chope sur la même photo un dangereux mafieux qui travaille pour la Colombie. Le voilà donc avec la mafia aux trousses, et aussi la police locale, qui préfère les honnêtes déposants aux fouille-merde…

Esta obra Jack Mircala nos ofrece la oportunidad de adentrarnos en un mundo lejano y en una región ignota, Malvadia, en la que el intrépido narrador beberá de manera activa sus misterios para después recrearlos. Como él mismo advierte, preparémonos para ruidos y voces dolientes, leyendas de antepasados, retratos de tristes rostros, espectros enamorados, una ciénaga apestada e incluso un beso envenenado.