The international anthology devoted to paying homage to the world's most fantastic heroes and villains returns in this eighth installment. This time, the stories focus on those who provoke or entice evil...Agents Provocateurs who thrive in the shadows and lurk on the periphery of our world...Gathered here in an all-new collection of amazing adventures are the terrifying Creature of Frankenstein and the monstrous Phantom of the Opera, the awesome Dracula and the Vampire Countess, the otherworldly Body Snatchers and the dead Necromancer of Averoigne, the deadly Madame Atomos and the merciless Countess Cagliostro, the Wandering Jew and the slithering Serpent-Men of Lemuria...With a special art portfolio by John Gallagher illustrating the Books of Shadows.