Escape from Devil's Island #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeA group of convicts escape from a French penal colony in the Caribbean, but are quickly trapped by indigenous inhabitants who demand they reveal information about their leader or face execution. After being dragged to a Carib camp, the escapees learn they are being held to extract valuable information, and one prisoner devises a plan involving an iron bar to reach and kill the man who betrayed him—an inmate named Michaud who works in the prison hospital. As the convicts plot their revenge during their captivity, they prepare to make a desperate move against their captors.
Pierre Gavril, wrongfully accused of murdering his employer Monsieur Durant after being manipulated into opening his safe, is sentenced to life on Devil's Island. As he recounts his tale, the story unfolds from his fateful meeting with Lisette Giron, whose curiosity about Durant’s jewel collection ultimately leads to a trap that seals his fate.
Pierre Gavril and the older convict Goudet plan an escape from Devil's Island, coordinating their moment during a river bath under the cover of steam and darkness. As they flee across the river, a sudden, terrifying discovery in the water sends Gavril into panic, threatening to unravel their desperate bid for freedom.
Pierre Gavril and Goudet escape Devil’s Island by fleeing through the jungle, only to face relentless dangers: deadly piranhas, a monstrous snake, and capture by Carib warriors who recognize them as escaped convicts. Though they believe they’re nearing freedom in Dutch Guiana, their journey through the treacherous wilderness reveals that survival is far from guaranteed.
Pierre Gavril, imprisoned on Devil’s Island and tormented by brutal guards, spends years seeking revenge against Michaud, the man he believes betrayed him. After enduring endless suffering, Gavril stages a desperate plan to break free from the hospital where Michaud works, driven by the need to confront his tormentor. As he finally faces Michaud in the operating room, the moment of vengeance arrives—but not in the way he expected.
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Reprinted in Dynamic Adventures #9 (1958), Classic Comics #15 (2025)
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