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The Stand
The Stand Captain Trips issue 1 cover art.jpg
Cover of Captain Trips #1
Created by Stephen King
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
FormatsOriginal material for the series has been published as a set of ongoing series.
Genre Post-apocalyptic, horror
Publication dateSeptember 10, 2008 – January 11, 2012
Number of issues31
Creative team
Writer(s) Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Artist(s) Mike Perkins
Laura Martin

The Stand, published from 2008 to 2012, is a series of comic books by Marvel Comics based on Stephen King's 1978 novel of the same name. Based on the 1990 Complete & Uncut version of the novel, the comic adaptation was written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa with art by Mike Perkins and Laura Martin. Its thirty-one issues, divided into six story arcs, completed the telling of the unabridged novel. Stephen King served as Creative and Executive Director of the project.

On March 11, 2009, Marvel began publishing collections for each story arc, and on September 19, 2012, it published a hardcover omnibus edition collecting the adaptation in its entirety, with bonus materials not contained in the original releases.

Story arcs

Arc #TitleIssue(s)Date(s)
1
Captain Trips 5September 10, 2008 – January 28, 2009
2
American Nightmares 5March 11 – August 19, 2009
3
Soul Survivors5October 21, 2009 – March 24, 2010
4
Hardcases5June 3 – November 17, 2010
5
No Man's Land5February 2 – May 25, 2011
6
The Night Has Come6August 10, 2011 – January 11, 2012

Companion releases

TitleIssue(s)Date(s)
The Stand Sketchbook1July 9, 2008

Collections

Story arc collections

Vol #TitleFormatISBNRelease dateCollected material
1
The Stand: Captain TripsHardcover 0785136207 March 11, 2009The Stand: Captain Trips #1–5 and The Stand Sketchbook
Paperback 0785135219 August 31, 2011
2
The Stand: American NightmaresHardcover 0785142746 November 11, 2009The Stand: American Nightmares #1–5
Paperback 0785135227 January 18, 2012
3
The Stand: Soul SurvivorsHardcover 0785136223 July 20, 2010The Stand: Soul Survivors #1–5
Paperback 0785135235 June 13, 2012
4
The Stand: HardcasesHardcover 0785136231 March 2, 2011The Stand: Hardcases #1–5
Paperback 0785135243 September 19, 2012
5
The Stand: No Man's LandHardcover 078513624X August 10, 2011The Stand: No Man's Land #1–5
Paperback 0785135251 January 15, 2013
6
The Stand: The Night Has ComeHardcover 0785136452 February 22, 2012The Stand: The Night Has Come #1–6
Paperback 0785136460 May 21, 2013

Omnibus collections

Vol #TitleFormatISBNRelease dateCollected material
1
The Stand OmnibusHardcover 0785153314 September 19, 2012Story arc collections 1–6
The Stand Omnibus CompanionBonus material not included in the original individual collections (1–6)

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