Hillbilly: The Treason of Twelve-Toe Maggie

Blending Appalachian folk horror, dark humor, and monster-slaying adventure, Hillbilly is a creator-owned dark fantasy series from the Eisner award-winning Eric Powell that follows the wandering hero Rondel as he faces witches, curses, and the supernatural terrors in the hills.

There are many tales of Rondel the wandering Hillbilly, this is but one. Some years after the great witch war, Rondel, in order to save an old friend, finds himself in an uncomfortable situation—in the service of his former captor, Twelve-Toe Maggie. Will he break the magical tie that binds him to the twelve-toed witch or will the wielder of the Devil’s Cleaver be at her service forever?

Collects Hillbilly: The Treason of Twelve-Toe Maggie #1–#3.

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