Paperback
Magical guitar grants fame, but demands a bloody price.
  • Paperback

    192 pages

  • Release Date

    16 September 2025

Summary

We Sold Our Souls meets a Josie and the Pussycats from hell in Def Leppard’s HYSTERIA, the graphic novel, a supernatural thriller that tells the tale of the world’s most dangerous guitar!

Worship at the altar of the almighty Guitar. It wants your love. It craves your blood. It desires YOU.

A struggling band is gifted with a magical g…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781638492382
ISBN-10:1638492387
Author:Phil Collen, Eliot Rahal, Alex Schlitz, Fabi Marques, Jim Campbell
Publisher:Vault Comics
Imprint:Vault Comics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:192
Release Date:16 September 2025
Weight:227g
Dimensions:168mm x 259mm
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Def Leppard's HYSTERIA by Phil Collen - ISBN: 9781638492382
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About The Author

Phil Collen

Phil Collen is the co-lead guitarist of Def Leppard, together with Joe Elliott, Rick Savage, Vivian Campbell, and Rick Allen. Def Leppard’s career includes numerous ground-breaking multi-platinum albums—including two of the best-selling albums of all time, Pyromania and Hysteria. Phil has loved comic books since childhood.

With more than 110 million albums sold worldwide and two prestigious Diamond Awards in the U.S., 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame® inductees Def Leppard - Joe Elliott (vocals), Phil Collen (guitar), Rick Savage (bass), Vivian Campbell (guitar) and Rick Allen (drums) — continue to be one of the most important forces in rock music. Over the course of their career the band has produced a series of classic ground-breaking albums that set the bar for generations of music fans and artists alike. The group’s spectacular live shows and arsenal of hits have become synonymous with their name, leading Def Leppard to be heralded as the world’s greatest live rock band. Def Leppard’s influential career includes numerous hit singles and ground-breaking multi-platinum albums—including two of the best-selling albums of all time, Pyromania and Hysteria, capturing the group’s legendary tracks, bringing together classic Leppard hits such as “Rock of Ages,” “Pour Some Sugar on Me” and “Foolin.” For the first time, in January 2018 Def Leppard debuted their full recording catalog worldwide via streaming and download platforms. As they did with the original release of their records, Def Leppard dominated the worldwide charts again, which found their albums charting in the iTunes Top 10 in more than 30 countries, including Hysteria at #3 in the US, and #5 in the UK. Def Leppard also had the #1, #2 and #3 records on the US catalog albums chart. The band have gone on to amass a staggering 6 billion streams since 2018, reaching a younger 18-44 demographic that now represents 58% of their fanbase. Additionally, the band have garnered an impressive 15 million followers across their social media platforms.

Eliot Rahal is a comics/writer and creator best known for his work on BLEED THEM DRY (Vault Comics), HOT LUNCH SPECIAL, MIDNIGHT VISTA and CULT CLASSIC (Vault Comics).

Alex Schlitz is a comic artist, illustrator and animator from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her work has been featured in independent comic anthologies YULE: Dreadful Tales for the Holiday Season and Sagas of the Shield Maiden Vol. 2.

Fabi Marques is a professional comic book colorist for Vault Comics, DC Comics, Boom! Studios, IDW, Sumerian, Mad Cave. She is based in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

Jim Campbell is a twice-Eisner-nominated comic-book letterer, one-time writer (perhaps again in the future!) and occasional artist (although his enthusiasm rather outstrips his actual ability). He knows more about print production than mortal man was meant to know and has also scanned more images than you’ve had hot dinners. Unless you’re ninety years old. Hometown: Nottingham, United Kingdom

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