Titan Comics returns to the fog with a new four‑issue series that digs into one of Dead by Daylight’s most disturbing original killers — The Hillbilly. For a franchise built
on tension, dread, and the slow tightening of the noose, this debut issue wastes no time reminding readers why Behavior Interactive’s world of killers and survivors has become a modern horror institution.
Writer Derek Fridolfs (Batman: Arkham City) teams with artists Dean Kotz (Black Hammer, Savage Sword of Conan) and Allison Hu (Corvus) to ground the horror in the life of Officer Darnell Hollis, a small‑town rookie cop who suddenly finds himself celebrated after pulling off the biggest drug bust his community has ever seen. City Hall is thrilled. His family sees a brighter future. But Hollis sees something else entirely — waking visions of gore and violence that claw at the edges of his sanity.
Those visions pull him toward Coldwind Farm, a familiar name to longtime players. In the dark beneath the farmhouse, a chained figure known only as Boy waits, shaped by cruelty, isolation, and the kind of brutality that stains the land itself. The creative team leans into psychological unraveling rather than cheap shocks, letting the dread seep in slowly before the inevitable break. Fans of the game will recognize the DNA immediately: the fog, the tension, and the sense that something monstrous is always just out of sight.
Titan’s earlier Dead by Daylight graphic novel, The Legion, proved there’s a strong appetite for deeper lore. The Hillbilly pushes further, giving one of the game’s earliest killers a fully realized origin steeped in tragedy and inevitability. Kotz’s linework and Hu’s colors bring Coldwind Farm to life with grime, sweat, and rural rot — horror with texture and weight.
Dead by Daylight has more than 60 million players worldwide, and Titan’s partnership with Behavior Interactive continues to be one of the strongest game‑to‑comic pipelines in the industry. With horror comics on an upswing and licensed books finding new life through prestige creative teams, The Hillbilly #1 arrives at exactly the right moment. And yes — there’s an exclusive in‑game code inside, which will make this issue a must‑grab for collectors and players alike.
Dead by Daylight: The Hilllbilly #1 (OF 4)
Writer: Derek Fridolfs
Artists: Dean Kotz, Allison Hu
Format: FC • 32pp • $4.99
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