IDW PREVIEW: SLEEPING BEAUTIES (VOLUME 2) / DARK SPACES WILDFIRE 1

There once was a terrifying tale, which was mostly written in braille. It featured a frightening dilemma, a very nice fella, and at least one heroic female. Want to know more? Then please check out the following stories now in store. Or to be more specific about it…

Sleeping Beauties (Volume 2)

Written by: Stephen King, Owen King, and Rio Youers
Illustrated by: Alison Sampson
Format: Paperback graphic novel
Number of pages: 128-pages
Price: $19.99
Release date: July 27, 2022
Additional information: This is an official adaptation of the bestselling horror novel by Stephen King and Owen King, and it collects issues six to ten of the 'Sleeping Beauties' comic book.

Synopsis: When a mysterious plague known as Aurora blankets the planet, all but a handful of sleep-deprived women are trapped -- cocooned -- in a seemingly endless slumber that transports their minds to a strange, utopic dream world. A dream world they might not want to wake up from because they've built a society of their own. Now, one of these women is a sheriff named Lila, Lila Norcross, whose husband, Clint, is in the real world trying to protect a lady from the actions of desperate men living in his hometown of Dooling, West Virginia. Her name is Eve Black, and she's the only female capable of waking up from her dreams. What's more, she also has plans to test Clint. Plans he will have to overcome if he ever hopes to see his wife again.

Dark Spaces: Wildfire #1

Written by: Scott Snyder
Illustrated by: Hayden Sherman
Format: Anthology series
Number of pages: 36-pages
Price: $3.99
Release date: July 20, 2022
Additional information: The first issue will be available with multiple cover variants, featuring artwork by Hayden Sherman, Andrea Sorrentino, Liana Kangas, and Tula Lotay.

Synopsis: For six long weeks, a crew of women from an inmate firefighting program try to extinguish the historic Arroyo Fire, when suddenly, one of their newest recruits -- a white-collar convict with a deep network of shady dealers -- discovers that they're a few miles from a former associate's mansion. So, enchanted by a score that would truly change all of their lives, she proposes that everyone abandon their duties and hunt for these riches under cover of smoke and ash. But with the fire closing in on the forest around them, is this a flicker of fortune or a deadly trap?