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Masters of the Nefarious is a cult classic comic by the pseudonymous French artist Pierre La Police. It’s being published for the first time in English by New York Review Comics in a translation from the French by Luke Burns.

In this excerpt from the book, Chris, Montgomery, and Fongor, the paranormal investigators known as the Masters of the Nefarious, arrive on an island they believe may hold the key to solving their latest case. Can our heroes follow the clues without getting sidetracked?

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