Indiana James: Risa de Difuntos

This issue contains "Risa de difuntos" (Laughter of the Dead), a Spanish-language adventure serial by Indiana James. The protagonist, an unnamed narrator, and his pilot companion Jim Tonic arrive in Haiti via cargo plane carrying pesticides for pharmaceutical laboratories. At their hotel, the Hostería del Marqués in Port-au-Prince, they discover that Caspar Van Eck, a renowned Dutch war correspondent whom the narrator owes his life to, has gone missing. Van Eck had checked out a week prior after mentioning he was pursuing an exclusive story. Hotel staff prove evasive about his whereabouts. A bellhop secretly offers to show the narrator Van Eck's belongings for money. The narrative establishes an air-adventure premise with mystery elements as the protagonist investigates his friend's disappearance amid Haiti's volatile political atmosphere—elections plagued by violence—while Jim sleeps off the flight.