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)Captain Trips5September 10, 2008 – January 28, 2009American Nightmares5March 11 – August 19, 2009Soul Survivors5October 21, 2009 – March 24, 2010Hardcases5June 3 – November 17, 2010No Man's Land5February 2 – May 25, 2011The 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 materialThe Stand: Captain TripsHardcoverMarch 11, 2009The Stand: Captain Trips #1–5 and The Stand SketchbookPaperbackAugust 31, 2011The Stand: American NightmaresHardcoverNovember 11, 2009The Stand: American Nightmares #1–5PaperbackJanuary 18, 2012The Stand: Soul SurvivorsHardcoverJuly 20, 2010The Stand: Soul Survivors #1–5PaperbackJune 13, 2012The Stand: HardcasesHardcoverMarch 2, 2011The Stand: Hardcases #1–5PaperbackSeptember 19, 2012The Stand: No Man's LandHardcoverAugust 10, 2011The Stand: No Man's Land #1–5PaperbackJanuary 15, 2013The Stand: The Night Has ComeHardcoverFebruary 22, 2012The Stand: The Night Has Come #1–6PaperbackMay 21, 2013
Omnibus collections Vol #TitleFormatISBNRelease dateCollected materialThe Stand OmnibusHardcoverSeptember 19, 2012Story arc collections 1–6The Stand Omnibus CompanionBonus material not included in the original individual collections (1–6)
See also The Dark Tower (comics)
External links Official Stephen King comics page