Thirteen years ago, ordinary suburban man Orin McCabe snapped and killed his entire family. Now he is on death row, and his old house has become the subject of ghosthunters.

Atala, a fictional West African nation has entered a period of unrest when the popular president becomes a dictator to maintain his power. As citizens start protesting in public and fighting in the shadows, the country finds itself on the brink of a civil war.

Created by The Maltese Falcon author Dashiell Hammett at the behest of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst and illustrated by Alex Raymond, it’s hard to imagine a comic strip character with a better pedigree. As Secret Agent X-9, the comic strip debuted January 22, 1934 and ran through February 10, 1996.