Tex Willer LU #209: Ponoćni starac
Tex and Carson trace a mysterious “ghost” to a French Quarter mansion. A secret passage leads toward Barataria Lagoon, where the pirate and alchemist Ténèbres once hid.
The Midnight Old Man continues the investigation begun in Murder on Bourbon Street. Tex Willer and Kit Carson are joined by Sheriff Nat Mac Kennett and Paris police commissioner Henri Carfax. The mysterious “ghost” unsettling the French Quarter is seen near the home of Robinson, a book collector. The mansion once belonged to the pirate Ténèbres, and its past may hold a clue to the murders.
The search takes the investigators through hidden passages, traps and gunfights. An underground route leads toward Barataria Lagoon, where Ténèbres kept a hideout in a mansion that now stands abandoned and crumbling. The pirate was also an alchemist, and the trail to his refuge gives Tex and Carson a new chance to connect the killings to the secret concealed in old books.
This installment leads from the city streets and a private library to tunnels and a remote lagoon. Tex and Carson try to discover why someone is revisiting places tied to Ténèbres and what they hope to find there. The mystery continues in the next issue.
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