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Written by Jason Green Thursday, 22 October 2009 07:01

The next chapter in the adaptation of Stephen King's epic kicks off with The Stand: Soul Survivors #1 (on sale now!), and we have your 6-page preview.

 

 

The Horror Epic Continues In The Stand: Soul Survivors #1--On Sale Now!

 

Marvel's critically acclaimed Stephen King adaptation begins another epic volume in The Stand: Soul Survivors #1, ON SALE NOW!  The critically-lauded creative team of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Mike Perkins return to deliver their most thrilling story yet!  Nick Andros is fed up of haunted visions from the sinister Randall Flagg, but the only person that can help him is hundreds of corpse littered miles away!  Other survivors of Captain Trips keep popping up, but not all of them welcome...

 

Critics and fans have been raving about Marvel's graphic fiction adaptation of The Stand:

 

"Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has been brilliant in adapting Stephen

King's novel into the comic medium...taking all the emotion and horror from the classic horror novel and capturing it perfectly. A tremendous achievement." -- Paul Stotts, Bloodofthemuse.com

 

"Aguirre-Sacasa and Perkins bring King's story to life wonderfully, capturing the atmosphere of the story perfectly." - David Wallace, Comicsbulletin.com

 

"Marvel's vision of The Stand remains one of the most faithful adaptations on the market. It channels nearly everything that makes the novel great and makes it work in the context of a comic book." - Jesse Schedeen, IGN.com

 

Who is accompanying Nick Andros to his mysterious destination?  Find out in the shocking issue The Stand: Soul Survivors #1, ON SALE NOW!

 

For more on The Stand, please visit www.marvel.com/thestand or http://www.stephenking.com/.  

           

Published by arrangement with The Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc. This graphic novel is produced under license from The Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group and Stephen King.

 

 

THE STAND: SOUL SURVIVORS #1 (AUG090422)          

THE STAND: SOUL SURVIVORS #1 PERKINS VARIANT (AUG090423)

Written by ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA

Penciled by MIKE PERKINS

Cover by LEE BERMEJO

Parental Advisory ...$3.99

ON SALE NOW!

THE STAND: CAPTAIN TRIPS PREMIERE HC (DEC082308)

THE STAND: CAPTAIN TRIPS PREMIERE HC LIMITED EDITION VARIANT (DEC082309)

Written by ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA

Penciled by MIKE PERKINS

Covers by MIKE PERKINS & LEE BERMEJO

Parental Advisory SLC ...$24.99

ON SALE NOW!

 

 

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