Out of the Night #17

When John Graves arrives on the island of Crete in search of the legendary Minotaur and its rumored treasure, he and his companions Fred and Steve Lokus soon discover that the ancient cult still thrives—and Steve has been marked for sacrifice. Trapped in the twisting passages of the labyrinth with a possessed friend and a priesthood determined to stop them, John and Fred must navigate both the deadly maze and the horrifying truth of what still dwells within it.

When a mischievous pixie arrives at Smathers College via spirit beam and targets Professor Dobbins as her ticket to humanity, she sets out to win his heart—but her supernatural schemes backfire spectacularly, endangering his job and reputation. As the professor finds himself caught between a creature desperate for love and a college on the verge of financial ruin, he must navigate a chaos of misunderstandings, monsters, and a mysterious force from the spirit world determined to complicate his life. The only question is whether the pixie's interference will destroy him or somehow save them both.

When John Carlyle falls to a legendary mountain lion called Old Painter, his widow Mrs. Carlyle refuses to let their son Johnny use his father's rifle for revenge—but the determined boy obtains a new Winchester anyway, only to be attacked by the beast himself. What follows is an inexplicable intervention that challenges everything the sheriff thought possible about life, death, and a father's bond.

When Marta buys a mysterious fan from a curious Vienna shop, she encounters a supernatural specter that preys on her darkest desires—urging her toward murder and sin. Over months of temptation, the fan's malevolent influence draws her deeper into a spiral of crime, gambling, and moral decay, until Marta returns to her brother desperate to confess her sins before her soul is lost forever. Written with the eerie atmosphere ACE Comics does so well, "The Fantastic Fan" is a cautionary tale about how easily we can surrender to our worst impulses when given the chance.