Dates
- Cover date
- December 2008
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (4)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- 2nd printing
Second Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page - Variant Edition - Mike PerkinsThis edition’s page
- Variant Edition - Black-and-WhiteThis edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Lee Bermejo, Mike Perkinsinks: Lee Bermejo, Mike Perkinscolors: Lee Bermejo, Laura Martinscript: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Mike Perkinsletters: Chris Eliopoulos
Stories
- The Stand · 23 pages
Charlie goes AWOL in an attempt to save himself and his family from a plague that has killed everyone at the base he was monitoring. However, he is already infected and by the time he reaches a gas station in Texas, his wife and son are dead and he is dying. Everyone who encountered Charlie's car at the gas station starts to get sick.
Reprinted in
The Stand: Captain Trips (2009), The Stand (2011), The Stand Omnibus (2012)