Edge: Horowitz Graphic Horror · BOOK 4 OF 4

The Hitchhiker

By Anthony Horowitz · 2010 · Horror · comics · Ages 9–14 / teen crossover

Graphic adaptationSpoiler-lightBook 4 in order

Spoiler-free summary

Roadside menace and another short shock story are paired in the fourth Edge graphic-horror volume.

Everyday homes, schools and journeys made threatening by a supernatural or technological turn. The pleasure lies in visual suspense and danger, shaped by a prose story reshaped through panels, page turns, visual pacing and compressed dialogue..

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Can I start here?

Best read after Edge: Horowitz Graphic Horror 3; the central plot is approachable on its own, but continuing relationships and consequences carry forward.

What makes it different

Roadside uncertainty is perfect graphic-horror territory, where every passing face and empty stretch of road can occupy its own ominous panel.

Setting

Everyday homes, schools and journeys made threatening by a supernatural or technological turn.

Content guidance

Macabre outcomes, supernatural threats and comic-horror violence.

Why fans love itRoadside uncertainty is perfect graphic-horror territory, where every passing face and empty stretch of road can occupy its own ominous panel.

Title & retitling history

This book is listed as The Hitchhiker; no alternative title is included in the linked sources.

Collaborators, illustrators & adaptors

  • Adapted by Tony Lee
  • Illustrated by Dan Boultwood

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Continuity

The Hitchhiker is volume 4 of 4 in Edge: Horowitz Graphic Horror. It is currently the final listed volume in this sequence.

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Sources

Library catalogue: WorldCat library records — The Hitchhiker ↗