New Releases by Joe Hill

Acclaimed novelist/Eisner-winning graphic novelist Joe Hill collaborated with his father, Stephen King, for the first time on a tale that paid tribute to Richard Matheson''s classic tale, Duel. Now, IDW is proud to present comic-book tellings of both stories in Road Rage. First up, is the Hill/King adventure tale, Throttle! Adapted by Chris Ryall alongside Hill & King and featuring art by Nelson Daniel (Joe Hill''s The Cape), Throttle tells the tale of a motorcycle gang pursued by an unseen assailant in a big rig!

''The End.'''' A door claps softly shut. A key scrapes in a last rusted lock. It ends here: the story of the Locke children and their desperate, tragic battle with the monster set on destroying them... the past. Join Gabriel Rodriguez and Joe Hill for the final chapter of Locke & Key.

''''Omega and Alpha,'''' part 1: In the second-to-the-last issue of Locke & Key, the damned and the saved alike will make their final stand in the Drowning Cave, in a clash of blood and fire. The shadows have never been darker and the end has never been closer. Turn the key and open the last door; it''s time to say goodbye.

The Eisner- and Scream Awards-nominated series continues! Dodge takes possession of the crown of shadows, and darkness falls upon Keyhouse... with a vengeance.

Clockworks, chapter 4: ''''The Whispering Iron.'''' The tamers of The Tempest -- Rendell Locke, Dodge Caravaggio, and their friends -- descend into the Drowning Cave to open the Black Door, hoping to get their hands on some of the fabled whispering iron, the material from which all of the keys are forged. And everything goes according to plan!

The sprawling tale of the Locke family and their mastery of the whispering iron thunders to new heights as the true history of the family is revealed to Tyler and Kinsey. Zack Wells assumes a new form, Tyler and Kinsey travel through time, and surprises beyond imagination will be revealed.

Colonel Adam Crais''s minutemen are literally trapped between a rock and a hard place; in the first days of the Revolutionary War, they find themselves hiding beneath 120 feet of New England stone, with a full regiment of redcoats waiting for them in the daylight... and a door into hell in the cavern below. The black door is open, and it''s up to a 16-year-old smith named Ben Locke to find a way to close it. The biggest mysteries of the Locke & Key series are resolved as Clockworks opens, not with a bang, but with the thunderous crash of English cannons.

An entertaining anthology of short stories, flash fiction and poetry combining popular titles bu Janna Hill with collaboration by Joe Hill. New releases including Savannah Dawn (Unconsecrated Visions) and Hemingway''s Beloved, originally published in the Horror Writer''s Poetry Showcase, Volume I, along with expanded versions of the original shorts.

THIS is the blood-splashed, bare-knuckled Locke & Key standalone story you''ve been waiting for! In the glare of a Depression-era summer, three Canuck gangsters pull the heist of their dreams and take off for the perfect hiding spot an isolated mansion on the tip of Lovecraft Island known locally as Keyhouse. Locke & Key: Grindhouse includes an expanded "Guide to Keyhouse," revealing every dark corner and secret room in America''s most frightening mansion!

Sam Lesser slaughters his way across America, moving steadily closer to Keyhouse and a final reckoning with the Locke family. His cross-country journey is mirrored by another, more harrowing odyssey, into the distorted territory of Sam''s memories. Think you know what happened, the day Sam murdered Rendell Locke? Think again! Acclaimed suspense novelist and New York Times best-selling author Joe Hill (Heart-Shaped Box) continues his all-new story of dark fantasy and wonder, with Gabriel Rodriguez (Clive Barker''s The Great and Secret Show) handling art duties.

As a storm thunders up the coast to Lovecraft, Massachusetts, the Keepers of the Keys face Dodge a final time, under three hundred feet of stone, in the darkness before the Black Door. Here, water will mix with blood and The Drowning Cave will become a colossal grave, in the final issue of the CLOCKWORKS storyline.