Le Manoir des Fantômes #5

In "Le meurtrier et son double," John uses a strange ability to leave his body and commit murder, confident no one can trace him—until his victim, in a twist he never anticipated, takes control of his physical form and prepares to confess. This chilling tale from *Le Manoir des Fantômes #5* (1976) explores the terrifying consequences of a mind split between two bodies, where guilt and identity blur in ways John never imagined.

In "Le journal d'un homme mort," Conrad Crane takes a grim position as food-taster for the reclusive J. B. Dales, his quiet demeanor masking a deliberate plan to starve his employer to death—just as Dales once let Crane’s father starve. The story unfolds through the chilling precision of Crane’s journal entries, each page a quiet countdown to a fate he’s determined to deliver.

In "L'île des damnés," Dan Walker awakens on a remote tropical island where the inhabitants seem unnaturally altered—bizarre in both form and demeanor. As he struggles to survive and flee the island’s eerie grasp, his escape comes at a cost, leaving him forever marked by what he endured.

In "L'invasion des hommes grenouilles," young Jed, still reeling from the loss of his grandfather Ezra after a sea monster attack, finds himself isolated on Dolphin Island—until his aunt and uncle summon him to live with them, only to treat him as a servant. When sleep overtakes him, the Sandman calls upon his courage, summoning Jed to join a desperate mission against the sinister Frog Men and rescue a kidnapped queen, thrusting the boy into a battle far beyond his years.