Writer: Rafael Scavone
Artist: Eduardo Ferigato
Letterer: Deyvison Manes
Cover Artists: Eduardo Ferigato & Rafael Albuquerque
Editor: Greg Lockard
Publisher: Comixology Originals
Price: $2.99
Release Date: January 20, 2026
Tim Beacon bet his future on establishing his business in Hailstone, Montana. But in 1935, the economy wasn't going his way. He may have been the only dentist for eighty miles. Still, he struggled to make ends meet.
When his client tires of Tim’s griping, Leopold Auberon tells the struggling dentist how he became a wealthy man. How will Leopold's advice help Tim save his business? Might he make enough money to find more fertile ground for dentistry in sunny California? Let's grab our six-shooters, leap into Devil’s Luck: A Hailstone Story #2, and see!
Story
Either Leopold Auberon distrusted banks (and the new-fangled FDIC), or he preferred to keep his money close at hand. He gave Tim stacks of cash to replace his teeth with solid gold implants. But protection against bank failures didn't insure him against disgruntled employees. After Sam, Louis, and Harry pulled Tim into an alley, they gave him a choice. Help them kidnap the employer who ruined their lives when he closed his mine, or they would end Tim's financial worries forever.
Rafael Scavone tells his story from Tim's perspective. It's not a tranquil one. Like Darth Vader, Harry altered the deal. Standing over Leopold's headless corpse, the axe-wielding drunk takes inspiration from Star-Lord and decides he'd prefer to divide their score three ways instead of four. But when Tim drops Leopold's head down the mineshaft, Sam takes charge and assures Tim that Harry won’t kill him.
Devil’s Luck: A Hailstone Story #2 covers the search for Leopold's head. It's not a welcome journey for the three former miners. Every time Sam, Louis, and Harry descended into the Earth, they wondered if they'd return to the surface again. But for Tim, it's a journey into terror.
The frightened dentist doesn't trust homicidal Harry not to try to kill him again. Tim realizes he should have told the police chief about the men's plans and hoped that Jasper could protect him. As things stand, Tim no longer cares about getting rich in Devil's Luck: A Hailstone Story #2. He only hopes that Sam can control Harry and that he gets out of this bad deal alive.
Art
Harry threatened Tim while holding a bloody axe. But when Tim races to a platform and threatens to drop the head over the side, Harry comes at him with a six-shooter. When Harry frightens Tim into dropping the bloody sack containing their retirement, Harry hurls Tim against a wall and presses his smoking gun against the dentist’s head.
Eduardo Ferigato shows the twisted, decaying maze of timber supports that worried the miners and led to the mine's closure. A limited palette of purple, yellow, red, and brown makes the surrounding darkness palpable. Glimpsed from a distance, the men become silhouettes as Sam leads them with his lantern. When Tim shines his flashlight into Sam's mouth, he realizes the costs of poverty in Devil’s Luck: A Hailstone Story #2.
As men descend into the darkness, they speak black uppercase letters in white balloons. The letters grow bold for intonation and frequently shrink for lowered voices. Deyvison Manes adorns Harry's intoxicated dialogue with cloudlike balloons, lightning bolt arrows, and dots. Sound effects enhance fighting, shooting, and Harry emulating Shrek when the ogre takes Donkey's mind off his fear of heights. Thanks to Comixology and Superfan Promotions for providing a review copy.
Final Thoughts
Leopold Auberon asserted an amulet had brought him riches and self-sufficiency. Best of all, he hadn't had to care about anyone else since he acquired it. But as Tim and his partners search for Leopold’s severed head and amulet in Devil’s Luck: A Hailstone Story #2, Harry doesn’t care whether Tim lives or dies. And while the amulet made Leopold rich, it couldn’t protect him from his embittered former employees.
Rating 9/10
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