Deep within the remote hills of the New Mexico desert a group of townspeople thought wiped out by the United States government when it began above-ground atomic testing has returned to the now-irradiated land they still claim as their home. Within the eye of this nuclear storm good people will go bad battle lines will be drawn and a new family of mutated monstrosities must protect their own at all costs in a mind-boggling orgy of blood and vengeance.|The Hills Have Eyes: The Beginning|tells for the first time the epic origin story behind Wes Craven's classic tale of mutant carnage leading into and bridging the gap between the 2006 remake of|The Hills Have Eyes|and its sequel|The Hills Have Eyes 2|. Written by acclaimed storytellers Jimmy Palmiotti (|Painkiller Jane|) and Justin Gray (|Countdown|) with shocking art by John Higgins (Judge Dredd|War Stories|) this is mutant mayhem as you've never seen it before.