Fantastic Adventures #15

In "A Weird Picture of Murder," a reclusive artist becomes obsessed with capturing the perfect portrait—only to cross a line when his fixation leads to murder. When the painted woman’s husband returns from the grave, emerging from the very canvas that immortalized her, the painter’s masterpiece becomes his final, fatal frame.

Jerry, a young man taking a walk to the zoo, stumbles into chaos when a group of kids torment a giant gorilla, provoking it to break free. As the creature rampages, Jerry teams up with a mysterious figure known as Sergeant Spook to track down two men who’ve escaped with stolen papers, only to be confronted by a terrifying ghostly illusion inside a locked house.

In the tense atmosphere of Kansas State Penitentiary, a simmering resentment among the prisoners boils over into a violent uprising sparked by poor conditions and long-held grudges. As the inmates seize control of the prison yard and take guards hostage, the warden faces a standoff that escalates when a prisoner named Williams demands better food and shorter hours—or else the guards will be killed.

Nancy Medlo is suspected of murdering her husband’s brother, Roger, despite claiming she found the body at 11 P.M. The evidence points to her—fingerprints on the weapon and a timeline that places her at the scene—but Inspector Roc remains unconvinced. As the investigation unfolds, tension mounts when the left-handed nature of the murder weapon raises questions about who truly had motive and opportunity.