STAND TP (2025)

"Written by ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA Penciled by MIKE PERKINS Cover by LEE BERMEJO The Stand is a classic tale of good vs. evil, loss weighed against redemption and despair pitted against hope. It is an apocalyptic vision of man's battle to save life against a worldwide plague of death. For when Captain Trips works its way across the land, it is time to make a stand. Award-winning writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (HBO's Big Love), and artists Mike Perkins (Captain America) and Laura Martin (Astonishing X-Men), join forces to bring one of the great novels of modern literature to life through graphic art storytelling. Collecting Stephen King's THE STAND: CAPTAIN TRIPS #1-5. 160 PGS./ Parental Advisory $14.99"

"Someone at Project Blue was keeping a secret. A secret they thought they could contain. They thought wrong. Now, with 99 percent of the country's population dead or dying, the viral strain developed at Project Blue - dubbed 'Captain Trips' - has brought about the end of the world. For the survivors - including Nick Andros, Larry Underwood, Frannie Goldsmith and Stu Redman - this ending is a nightmare that's just begun. And for Randall Flagg, this is an American Nightmare come true, as his macabre vision of the future continues to unfold. Based on the popular apocalyptic novel by celebrated author Stephen King, THE STAND: AMERICAN NIGHTMARES brings together the award-winning writing of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (HBO's Big Love) with the gritty visuals of artists Mike Perkins (CAPTAIN AMERICA) and Laura Martin (ASTONISHING X-MEN). Collecting THE STAND: AMERICAN NIGHTMARES #1-5. 144 PGS./Parental Advisory "

"Three bands of weary survivors regroup in an American nightmare - all sharing the desperation of survival in a world bereft of hope and the deadening desolation of the soul that comes with it. But when the hard work of living to see another day is done, there come the dreams: persistent dreams of an old, guitar-playing black woman on a front porch in Nebraska, offering the promise of hope. But Mother Abagail shares the dreamscape with nightmare visions of the Dark Man, Randall Flagg - he of the soulless crows, the feral animals and the creeping death of world's end. As these two battle in the hearts, minds and dreams of the last standing, who will be the 'soul survivor?' Marvel's adaptation of celebrated author Stephen King's popular apocalyptic novel continues! Collecting THE STAND: SOUL SURVIVORS #1-5."

"Who are the Hardcases? Like the rest of the one percent who outlived the worldwide sweep of death known as Captain Trips, they are survivors. But as followers and acolytes of the Dark Man, Randall Flagg, they are enforcers of a nihilistic plan that will reshape the new world in his image. One of them, the Trashcan Man, satisfied his hunger for fire by burning Gary, Indiana, to the ground. And now that he's heard the Dark Man's calling, drawing him halfway across the country to Las Vegas, there's no turning back. It's time for the whole world to burn. Collecting THE STAND: HARDCASES #1-5."

"Signs of life are returning to Boulder. Power generators are humming, and people are taking to the city's green spaces, smiles on their faces and hope in their hearts. Those who chose to follow Mother Abagail have made a new home tucked inside the Rocky Mountains. But Larry Underwood and Fran Goldsmith don't feel so optimistic. A dark vibration shakes Boulder's foundation, Harold Lauder's secrets come out into the open, and Nadine Goldsmith begins to display ever more bizarre behavior. Is this the influence of the Dark Man of their dreams? The pull of Randall Flagg will prove irresistible as Harold and Nadine begin their trip west. But when they make their move, will they leave Boulder a smoldering ruin behind them? Marvel's adaptation of celebrated author Stephen King's popular apocalyptic novel continues! Collecting THE STAND: NO MAN'S LAND #1-5."

"The night has come for the good people of Boulder, and it's a long time till morning. Three spies from the Free Zone have made their way toward Las Vegas. And four of Boulder's own - Stu Redman, Larry Underwood, Glen Bateman and Ralph Brentner - have followed, as foretold by Mother Abagail's dying prophecy. Her vision said they were walking a road of hope toward a better tomorrow. But with Randall Flagg preparing his army for the showdown, will anything the good people of Boulder do even matter in the end? Experience the concluding chapter of Marvel's adaptation of The Stand, celebrated author Stephen King's epic novel of the apocalypse. Collecting THE STAND: THE NIGHT HAS COME #1-6. "