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A letter from Barrow, Alaska carries a cryptic warning to a young, curious womanknown as Alice Blood, which leads her down the rabbit hole and face-to-facewith her desire… and likely her demise. Elsewhere in Los Angeles, a vampire resurrection ignites, which could threaten the very way of life of all mankind.Introducing an all-new cast of characters into the world 30 Days of Night.

Fright-master STEVE NILES returns to the creation thatlaunched his career for an all-new 30 Days Of Night series,with warped genius SAM KIETH handling the art duties.

"A triumphant return for the preeminent modernvampire story."

–Newsarama.com

“if you’re a fan of vampires or the original30 DON series, Nilesand Keith seem to havesomething that will definitely satiate yourthirst.”

–Ain’t It Cool News

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IDW founded by Ted Adams, Alex Garner, Kris Oprisko, and Robbie Robbins

30 Days of Night created by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith

International Rights Representative, Christine Meyer: christine@gfloystudio.com

30 DAYS OF NIGHT, VOLUME 1: THE BEGINNING OF THE END. APRIL 2012. FIRST PRINTING. © 2012 Steve Niles, Lorelei Bunjes, and Idea and Design Works, LLC. All Rights Reserved. The IDW logo is registered in the U.S.Patent and Trademark Office. IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial offices: 5080 Santa Fe St., San Diego, CA 92109. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental. With theexception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printed in Korea.IDW Publishing does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork.

Originally published as 30 DAYS OF NIGHT Issues #1–4.

Ted Adams, CEO & PublisherGreg Goldstein, President & COORobbie Robbins, EVP/Sr. Graphic ArtistChris Ryall, Chief Creative Officer/Editor-in-ChiefMatthew Ruzicka, CPA, Chief Financial OfficerAlan Payne, VP of Sales

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Written by Steve NilesArtwork by Sam KiethColors by Jay FotosLetters by Neil Uyetake and Chris MowrySeries Edits by Denton J. Tipton

Cover by Sam KiethCollection Edits by Justin Eisinger and Alonzo SimonCollection Design by Robbie Robbins

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