Comics Anthologie #1
"La chose sur Spoutnik 4" delivers a thrilling slice of cosmic mystery from Jack Kirby’s visionary mind, with Kirby both writing and drawing this standout tale from the 2022 Neofelis anthology. When a triangular meteor is brought aboard a space station and a walnut-shaped object is discovered inside, Captain Kelly’s curiosity ignites a chain of eerie beeps and sudden explosions—culminating in a startling reunion between the object and a mysterious space creature clinging to an old Sputnik satellite. The cover, penciled by Kirby and inked by Al Williamson, captures the story’s otherworldly tension with striking precision.
In "La chose sur Spoutnik 4," Captain Kelly and her crew aboard a space station make a startling discovery when a mysterious triangular meteor is brought aboard—only to find a walnut-shaped object inside. As tensions rise and strange beeps echo through the station, a sudden explosion sends Kelly racing to the outer hull, where she witnesses an ancient Sputnik satellite pulsing with sound and a strange space creature clinging to it. The walnut object then reunites with the creature, and together they vanish into the void aboard the meteor, leaving the crew in stunned silence.
In "Piège lunaire," Ward Stratton finds himself trapped in Lunar Crater Tycho, accused by Colonel Alexandrovna of sabotage—though he’s quick to note she’s a woman, not a stereotype. As she orders him to the site of the damage, the pair barely escape a deadly rockfall only to discover the real threat: a mysterious moon creature. With a Russian rescue party arriving in the nick of time, an uneasy alliance forms between the accused and his captor.
In "L'île dans le ciel," Bill Fenner wakes inside a transparent cylinder above Jupiter’s Red Spot, seemingly unharmed after a mysterious space accident. When he returns to Earth, his body is unnaturally resilient—his mind harbors a tiny, unknown organism that shields him from harm, leaving him both changed and strangely unafraid.
In "Le visage martien," four explorers scale a colossal Martian statue, unaware their climb will lead to a hidden world within its eye socket—a lush, breathable city teeming with giant Martians. When a sudden attack destroys the city, the survivors gather around a map pointing to a planet long vanished between Mars and Jupiter, its remnants now scattered in the asteroid belt. The story unfolds with quiet dread, as the line between discovery and dread blurs in the silence of space.
In "Déchet spatial," Wiley Breck—once a cold architect of cosmic punishment—finds himself adrift on an asteroid, a prisoner of his own design. When a group of space explorers discovers him, they’re not just arresting a fugitive—they’re uncovering something far stranger, buried beneath the silence of deep space.
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