Hellbillies And Deadnecks is a four issue story-arc in the second volume of Dynamite Entertainment's Army of Darkness comics. Issues 14 through 17 were released from September, 2008 to February, 2009. It was written by James Kuhoric and Mike Raicht, and featured artwork by Scott Cohn.
Plot Synopsis[]
Having grown tired of the numerous losses in his life, Ash Williams intends to put a stop to the Necronomicon's antics once and for all with a self-imposed exile from society that will see him take up residency in an old fire watchtower in the snowy mountains of Colorado. Though he believes the Ex-Mortis can do no harm in a deep grave protected by thick concrete and barbed wire, Ash gets a rude awakening when he discovers pure liquid evil has infected the water supply of the nearby village of Mountain Springs, turning the modest tourist destination population into soul-hungry Deadites.
With demons running amuck and a mysterious new entity called Hell's Prophet taking over the town, Ash is forced to team-up with a traumatized tourist and the mute hillbilly Curly Milton to stop the Deadites of Mountain Springs before their evil-contaminated bottled water can escape the city limits.
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Trivia[]
- In issue 14, Ash alludes to the fact that he knows fire is one of the book's weaknesses. This was established in the original Evil Dead film, when he threw the book into the cabin's fireplace.
- Erin and Craig's graves are marked with wooden crosses, similar to the ones Ash created in The Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, and Army of Darkness.
- "Ms. Chainsaw" is an homage to Wilson the volleyball from the film 2000 Cast Away.
Continuity Notes[]
- This series chronologically takes place after the events of Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors.
- Ash is seen using a different model of chainsaw, as his original Homelite XL model was destroyed by Jason Voorhees in the original Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash series.
- When asked what the name is of the Collins family dog, Ash responds with "Balls". Balls was the pet Bull Terrier of the mutant boy Wikkie that Ash befriended in The Long Road Home.
- The blood of the Necronomicon has the ability to turn people into Deadites, a power first seen in King For A Day.
Continuity Errors[]
- The Boomstick switches between it's standard double-barrel design to a single-barrel pump-action shotgun through out the series, sometimes in the same issue.
- Ash is confused by Hell's Prophet's mention of there being other Chosen Ones before him. The Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator crossover and The Death of Ash series both had sequences where Ash learned about the previous Chosen Ones.