The Beauty (2025) #9

Percival Abernathy is hellbent on destroying his sisters, but his plan to get them through their top fixer and assassin Calaveras may have backfired on him, jeopardizing the isolated island empire he has built to revel in the hedonism of the Beauty. If Percival is lucky, his pact with special operative Nox will succeed where he has failed, but Nox herself is in hotter water than either of them realize. As much as she trusts her handler, does she really know who she has been working for? Not to mention that Calaveras has more people after him than just Percy and Nox, as Agent Crayton begins his mission to administer justice on the masked killer.

Our second story arc of the resurrected The Beauty series reaches a crescendo. Experience the vision of co-creators Jeremy Haun and Jason Hurley, as they expand on the mythos that inspired the hit television series on FX/Hulu with artist Emanuela Lupacchino.

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