Writer: Joe Hill and Stephen King
Adapted by: Chris Ryall
Art by: Nelson Daniel
I was hoping this was going to be something new but it’s really just an adaptation of Hill and King’s “Throttle.” Think Sons of Anarchy with a little Mad Max and Easy Rider thrown in.
“I’m an okay mechanic with a GED; the only thing I do well is outlaw.” (Jax from SOA) The book follows a motorcycle gang called the Tribe. The first issue really does build up the characters enough that there is already a connection between the characters and the reader.
A guy named Clarke has taken a large sum of cash from the Tribe and they aim to take it back. They show up at Clark's cabin and like the book says, “It all slides down the red hole from there. Away from reality and into the territory of bad dreams. As Roy, one of the Tribe cuts Clarke and little honey into millions of little tiny pieces. Vinre, the gangs’ leader, and his son Race are having a heated discussion about the plan to find the money and about what Roy had just done. A mysterious shrouded trucker overhears part of the conversation, but as he’s noticed, he speeds off.
A few pages later the Big Rig from hell shows up and starts splattering the guys all over the pavement. It’s a crazy action packed last couple of pages.
So, yeah, the arts working and the story seemed like it was meant to be. I like it and will be following it at least for a few more issues.
“People think that I must be a very strange person. This is not correct. I have a heart of a small boy. It’s in a jar on my desk.” – Stephen King
By: Cody Miller
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