'Hotwire' gets hardcover release

Radical Publishing's Hotwire: Requiem For The Dead will be released as a hardcover compilation.

Co-created by Warren Ellis, the horror series is written and illustrated by Hellblazer artist Steve Pugh. It tells the story of Alice Hotwire, a detective exorcist who becomes entangled in a supernatural mystery.

"In the near future, the living and the dead share the same space. Known as Blue Lights, the non-living are mostly harmless, roaming the streets, hiding from city lights, scuttling in the shadows," reads the book's solicitation.

"When [the dead] begin to appear as ghostly weapons of mass destruction, Metro Police has only one person for the job: Alice Hotwire, Detective Exorcist. Underfunded, undermanned and under investigation, her department is the only thing standing between the city and certain destruction."

All four issues of the comic will be included in the hardcover collection, along with extra pages telling the director's cut of the story. The graphic novel will also feature remastered tales from Alice's past, previously unreleased sketches and newly painted artwork.

Hotwire: Requiem For The Dead on hardcover trade will be released in November.