Vixens, Vamps & Vipers #[nn]

Black X, once a loyal agent of Espionage, walks away from his life of secrets after confessing his love for Madame Doom—only to be horrified when she reveals her true plan: turning her men into living bombs. Now torn between loyalty and conscience, he must decide whether to stand by her or stop her before the explosion becomes unstoppable.

Quicksilver finds himself outmatched when he crosses paths with the cunning Idaho, a femme fatale leading a ruthless gang. Captured and forced to face execution, Idaho is handed the chance to end him—only for the truth to unravel in a shocking twist that leaves her fate sealed in blood.

In a tense wartime encounter, The Marksman finds himself outmaneuvered by Frauline Halunke, a cunning and athletic German agent whose web of deception nearly unravels his secret. As their dangerous game of cat and mouse unfolds, the stakes rise—until tragedy strikes, cutting short her mission and her life.

When the Lady Serpent escapes prison—leaving behind a dead warden and a trail of chaos—the Black Terror and Tim must race to stop her before she claims the Maharajah of Argozil’s million-dollar jewel shipment. With the Serpent’s gang on the move and the city on edge, every clue leads deeper into a web of danger and deception.

Nayda Burnett, haunted by the disfigurement from a fallen light, channels her pain into a cruel obsession with beauty—destroying the faces of those she sees as flawless. When her rampage draws the attention of Mr. Risk, her path ends in a final, fateful confrontation that leaves her fate uncertain.

In "Temple of the Man-Eating Spider," Merlin the Magician ventures into the Himalayas, driven by a mission to secure a legendary diamond for Britain’s war relief. When the temple’s spider-worshipping priests stand in his way, he unleashes the ancient Agor, turning defenders into bats and confronting the deadly High Priestess in a clash of magic and might.

In "Bloodstained Fangs!", the jungle reigns supreme as the ruthless Mava, wielding forgotten wartime weapons, seeks to dominate Africa. With Konrad torn between loyalty and survival, his fate hinges on a cruel test of endurance—buried alive near an ant hill, his fate sealed by honey and hunger. When Mava’s reign of terror finally meets its match, her escape unravels in a single, fateful misstep.