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Review: ‘To Hell You Ride’ #4
With such unforgettable imagery and expressive prose, To Hell You Ride #4 delivers another knockout installment. Since the first issue, I have truly enjoyed the “To Hell You Ride” series because of its epic storytelling and vibrant artwork. I can’t recommend this book enough.
WRITTEN BY: Lance Henriksen and Joseph Maddrey
ART BY: Tom Mandrake
PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Comics
PRICE: $3.99
RELEASE: May 15th, 2013
No one is spared, neither the guilty nor innocent, when a deadly curse is put into motion on the small town of Telluride. Because of the contaminated snow, the town itself is divided by the wrath of angry spirits. Frightened by the snow, the Insiders hide themselves behind locked rooms. Afraid of the heat, the Outsiders sit in the cold and stay far from the fire. A civil war is brewing between the Insiders and Outsiders, while military forces are keeping the town quarantined. Haunted by his past, Two-Dogs must rise and become the hero the forgotten town desperately needs.
Lance Henriksen and Joseph Maddrey do a wonderful job of exploring their themes in an allegorical sense. All of the Outsiders happen to be Native Americans in the narrative. After years of racism and hatred, people have reached their boiling point. Instead of uniting after a tragedy, the worst of human nature overtakes the townspeople. There is no turning back when both sides reach for their guns. As the town of Telluride crumbles into chaos, the theme of abandonment harkens back to Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans.
Since the first issue, Henriksen and Maddrey have been building the emotional growth of Two-Dogs. The guy who hated everybody suddenly has to save those who despised him. Even if he accomplishes his mission, Two-Dogs also knows he isn’t going to make it out alive. He takes one last look at his home before burning all his belongings to ashes.
Tom Mandrake’s artwork is unbelievably eye-catching. The Watchers are the angry spirits that are causing the townspeople to spontaneously combust. Only Two-Dogs is able to see where the Watchers are and what they are doing. Aided by the colors of Cris Peter and Matt Lopes, Mandrake perfectly illustrates the Watchers as they are described in the text, as “two fireflies swirling in a vortex.”
In a splash page, Mandrake portrays Two-Dogs’ long history of loneliness. Covered in shadows, Two-Dogs walks away from his burning home. He leaves behind a horse and his rusted jeep as he heads towards his final destination. Nothing is holding Two-Dogs back as he moves forward. In the background, the mountain range is lighted from the blazing fire and there is a shooting star in the sky.
With the body horror and suspense ramped up to full effect, readers should definitely pick up “To Hell You Ride” #4. With one more issue to go, the final chapter is close upon readers. I can’t wait to see how it all ends.
4.5/5 Skulls
Reviewed by – Jorge Solis
Comics
‘You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive’ – IDW Dark’s Next Horror Comic Will Make You Question Reality
Five friends. Four houses. One perfect life. Bloody Disgusting is excited to exclusively announce You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive, a brand new horror comic from IDW Dark.
From Eisner-Nominated writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, and rising horror artist Heather Vaughan, You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive is described as a “paranoia-laced, socially-conscious, horror mystery that will leave you questioning reality, and reveal that this crafted world is more of a nightmare than the idealistic dream they were expecting.”
Phoebe Joplin has never questioned the world her parents built: a secluded community where she and her friends were raised to be smarter, stronger, and better than anyone else. No distractions. No dangers. No secrets. Until the night of their graduation.
When one of them dies under impossible circumstances, Phee starts to pull at the edges of her perfect life—and what she finds is something far more terrifying than she ever imagined.
Because this place isn’t a sanctuary. It’s a cage. And no one who discovers the truth ever leaves it alive.
Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing (Batman – One Bad Day: Clayface, Star Trek: The Last Starship) co-write the upcoming IDW Dark horror comic, featuring art by Heather Vaughan.
Jackson Lanzing said in a statement to Bloody Disgusting, “You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive is in many ways a spiritual successor to our last creator-owned horror, The Principles of Necromancy – a dive into the promise and consequence of playing god with the blood of innocents. But the Hivemind book this reminds me of most is Clayface: One Bad Day. This is a deeply human story with intensely raw emotions – five best friends and their five mysterious parents, tearing one another apart for the promise of some impossible glory that’s waiting just beyond their darkest actions. We’re thrilled to be bringing this story to life with our long-time partner in crime, editor Heather Antos, at IDW Dark – and we’re particularly excited to give our Clayface fans a new, brutal and emotional horror made just for them.”
Adds Collin Kelly, “We’re deconstructing a feeling that seems universal these days; our elders have a death grip on their power, without any intention of giving it up to the generations that come next. YNLTPA is about growing up with the limitless potential of the future… and realizing how much it’s a lie we’ve been fed to keep us under the yoke of the past. Bringing this brutal experience to life is our artist and co-creator, Heather Vaughan, who brings an incredible amount of humanity to our cast. But it’s in our youthful leads that Heather’s art really shines – you are going to fall in love with these young people, even as they go through the worst experience of their lives. What we’ve all crafted together is going to be tragic, painful, but above all else, sincere – with a future so uncertain, there’s only one thing we can trust: you’ll never leave this place alive.”
“Some horror stories are about monsters in the dark. YNLTPA is about realizing the monsters raised you,” previews Senior Group Editor Heather Antos. “Working with Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly on this series has been a dream in the darkest possible way. They’ve built a story that’s layered, brutal, and deeply emotional, and every issue gives artist Heather Vaughan opportunities to push the art into places that feel both haunting and deeply personal. Some horror comics will keep you up at night…this is one that will stick with you for years to come.”
The first issue of You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive goes on sale October 14, 2026! Make sure to pre-order at your local comic shop by September to guarantee a copy.
Exclusively check out the various covers for Issue #1 down below.
IDW Publishing’s horror imprint IDW DARK features comics like A Quiet Place: Storm Warning, Smile: For the Camera, The Exorcism at 1600 Penn, Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees, The Twilight Zone, Event Horizon: Dark Descent & Event Horizon: Inferno, and more.
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