The second Dylan Dog story drawn by master Tacconi (after "Lama di Rasoio", issue #28), released in March 1990, tells of a psychopath criminal called "Hyena", who escapes from the prison and kills, among others, the accomplices who betrayed him.
Of course, being a DD story, the ways they're killed are especially gruesome and reflect their own nicknames: so "Rat" is fired in both legs, then gnawed by sewer rats ... "Boxer" is slaughtered by a dog ... And "Viper" is bitten by a poisonous snake, then savagely stabbed (as actually depicted on this page).
Eventually, "Hyena" himself, severely wounded by both Dylan and cops, looks for escape in a zoo after a car chase, just to fall inside... the hyenas cage! :)
This page was also published in the beautiful artbook entirely devoted to Tacconi's work titled "Profili - Tacconi" and released in 2000 by Glamour International.
(pen and ink on artboard, roughly 12"x 16" - signed)
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