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Road Rage                                                           Comics Lot
Featuring the Complete Cover A Collection.  Awesome!!

Presenting a brand new “Duel”-themed story and an adaptation of Richard Matheson’s classic.

On the isolated road of the American highway… terror rides on 18 wheels! Tales of diesel fueled fear from the masters of horror fiction. With Throttle, acclaimed novelist/Eisner-winning graphic novelist Joe Hill collaborates with his father, Stephen King, for the first time on a tale that pays tribute to Richard Matheson’s classic short story, Duel. Now, IDW is proud to present comic book versions of both stories in Road Rage, adapted by Chris Ryall with art by Nelson Daniel and Rafa Garres.

Road Rage Comics Lot contains:

Road Rage: Issues #1 & 2 {Throttle}
Writers: Joe Hill & Stephen King
Artist: Nelson Daniel
Letterer: Robbie Robbins
Editor: Michale Galvis
Covers by: Francesco Francavilla

The Tribe was on the run – from themselves, from a terrible incident in their recent past, and now from the seemingly insane driver of a dirty old oil truck.

In issue #1, A mystery oil truck begins chasing the Trible, quickly plowing through four of their members. The remainder of the Tribe is in awe of their losses, and quickly starts to formulate a plan.

Finally in issue #2, As the road split into a fork, Vince (The Tribe Leader) signaled his surviving members to bank a hard right on Route 6, even as the blood-stained truck was angling left toward Cumba. They all followed him… with the exception of Vince’s headstrong son, Race…
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Road Rage: Issues #3 & 4 {Duel}
Writer: Richard Matheson
Artist: Rafa Garres
Letterer: Robbie Robbins
Editor: Chance Austin-Brecher
Covers by: Rafa Garres

The focus of the series turns to the inspiration behind “Throttle”, Richard Matheson’s classic tale of isolation and terror, “Duel”! See the story that inspired Steven Spielberg’s movie come to vivid life here, courtesy of adapter Chris Ryall and artist Rafa Garres! It’s just Mann and his damaged car trying to survive the final onslaught of a murderous and crazed trucker.

Story/Spoilers (featuring the full Duel 1971 Movie Synopsis for nostalgic remembrance)
David Mann, a middle-aged salesman driving on a business trip, encounters a dilapidated tanker truck in the Mojave Desert. Mann passes the truck but the truck speeds up and roars past him. When Mann overtakes and passes it again, the truck blasts its horn. Mann pulls into a gas station and the truck parks next to him. Mann phones his wife, who is upset with him after an argument the previous night. The station attendant tells Mann he needs a new radiator hose but Mann says he will get it done later and declines the repair.

Back on the road, the truck catches up, passes then blocks Mann’s path each time he attempts to pass. After antagonizing Mann for a while, the driver waves him past, causing Mann to nearly hit an oncoming vehicle. Mann finally passes the truck using an unpaved turnout next to the highway then glances at his rear window and waves as the speed of the truck decreases. The truck then tailgates Mann’s car at increasingly high speed. Mann swerves his car off the road, loses control, and slams his car sideways into a fence across from a diner as the truck continues down the road.

Mann enters the restaurant to compose himself. Upon returning from the restroom, he sees the truck parked outside. He studies the patrons and confronts one (wearing the same type of boots as the truck driver) he believes to be the truck driver. The confused and offended patron beats Mann and leaves in a different truck. The pursuing truck leaves moments later, indicating that its driver never entered the diner.

Mann later stops to help a stranded school bus, but his front bumper gets caught underneath the bus’s rear bumper. The truck appears at the end of a tunnel, causing Mann to panic. He and the bus driver then free his car and Mann drives from the scene as the truck helps push the school bus onto the road. Down the road, Mann stops at a railroad crossing waiting for a freight train to pass through. The truck appears from behind and pushes Mann’s car towards the oncoming Southern Pacific freight train. The train passes, and Mann crosses the tracks and pulls over. The truck continues down the road and Mann slowly follows.

In an attempt to create more distance between him and the truck, Mann drives at a very leisurely pace, as other motorists pass him. Once again, he encounters the truck, which has pulled off to the side of the road ahead, intentionally waiting for Mann. He pulls out in front of him and starts antagonizing him again.

Mann stops at a gas station/roadside animal attraction, consisting prominently of rattlesnakes, to call the police and replace his radiator hose but when he steps into the phone booth, the truck drives into it; Mann jumps clear just in time, jumps into his car and speeds away. Around a corner, he pulls off the road, hiding behind an embankment as the truck drives past.

After a long wait, Mann heads off again but the truck is waiting for him again down the road. Mann attempts to speed past but it moves across the road, blocking him. Mann seeks help from an elderly couple in a car but they flee when the truck backs up towards them at high speed. The truck stops before hitting Mann’s car and Mann, determined to fight back, speeds past the truck, which begins pursuing. Mann swerves towards what he believes is a police car, only to see it is a pest-control vehicle. The truck chases him up a mountain range, which slows it down. However, the faulty radiator hose of Mann’s car breaks causing the strained engine to overheat and begin failing. Losing speed, he barely reaches the summit but then coasts downhill in neutral as the truck follows. Mann spins out and slams sideways into a cliff wall. He manages to restart his car, barely escaping being crushed by the truck, then drive up a dirt road with the truck following him. He turns to face the truck in front of a canyon, locks the accelerator using his briefcase, then steers the car into the oncoming truck, jumping free at the last moment. The truck hits the car, which bursts into flames, obscuring the driver’s view. The truck plunges over the cliff along with the car and crashes into the canyon. Above the wreckage, Mann rejoices his victory and then sits down exhausted at the cliff’s edge and throws stones into the canyon as the sun sets.
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Comics lot contains: Road Rage {Complete Cover A Collection} (2012) Issues #1-4.  IDW Publishing

Comics are bagged & boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

All First Printings
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Publication Date: 2012
Format per comic: FC, 36 pages, Comic, 10.25″ x 6.75″
UPC: 827714003185

Collectible Entertainment note: Comics 1,2,3,4 are in Fine + to Very Fine condition.  Very Nice Set!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Stephen King and/or Duel collector / enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Very Highly Recommended.

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