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'''''The Stand: Captain Trips''''' is a five-issue [[comic book]] [[Limited series (comics)|miniseries]], the first of six ''[[The Stand (comics)|The Stand]]'' series by [[Marvel Comics]], adapting [[Stephen King]]'s 1978 [[The Stand|novel of the same name]]. It was overseen by King, written by [[Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa]], illustrated by [[Mike Perkins]], and colored by [[Laura Martin]]. "[[The Stand#"Captain Trips"|Captain Trips]]" refers to both the title of the first third of ''The Stand'' and of a slang term used within the novel for a [[virus|viral]] [[biological weapon]] that obliterates a significant portion of the world's human population.<ref>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212221006/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=158855 | url=http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=158855 | title=WW Philly: Inside Marvel's Adaptation of ''The Stand'' | date=1 June 2001 | accessdate=27 December 2024 | archive-date=12 February 2009 | quote=While Stephen King himself broke the news in March, Marvel announced at Saturday's Cup O' Joe panel at Wizard World Philly that King's novel The Stand will be adapted as a comic book beginning in September.  The creative team for the series was announced, with Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa scripting the book and Mike Perkins on art. Colorist Laura Martin, letterer Chris Eliopolus and cover artist Lee Berjemo will complete the team. [~] The series, which Newsarama has learned will be released in six five-issue story arcs for a total of 30 issues, will begin with a five-issue story titled Captain Tripps, which fans will note is the name of the virus, indicating that the first story arc will focus on the beginning of the "superflu" outbreak depicted in the novel.}}</ref>

A promotional sketchbook for the series was released in July 2007.{{fact|date=December 2024}}

== Issues ==
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|1
|<small>Sep 10, 2008</small>
|On a secret army base in the Californian desert, something has gone horribly, terribly wrong. Something that will send Charlie Campion and his wife and daughter fleeing in the middle of the night. Unfortunately for the Campion family - and the rest of America - they are unaware that all three of them are carrying a deadly cargo: A virus that will spread from person to person like wildfire, triggering a massive wave of disease and death, prefacing humanity's last stand.
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|2
|<small>Oct 8, 2008</small>
|The story continues in this issue as the unseen killer, the super-flu Captain Trips, spreads a tide of disease and death across the entire country. Meanwhile, in Atlanta, in the Center for Disease Control, the US government has taken a keen interest in Stuart Redman, who seems to be the only person immune to the Captain Trips infection. They are determined to find out why - with or without Stu's cooperation. And what do the recurring nightmares Stu's been having - about a dark man with red eyes standing in a cornfield - mean? Plus: Frannie Goldsmith and her father; Larry Underwood in New York; and Nick Andros takes a wrong turn in Shoyo, Arkansas.
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|3
|<small>Nov 12, 2008</small>
|As the superflu known as "Captain Trips" continues to spread across America, the lives of major characters such as Larry Underwood and Frannie Goldsmith begin to be affected. As the media begins to catch wind of rumors about chemical warfare and bubonic plague, the actions of the American government begin to devolve, local and global legal systems start to deteriorate, and two wild and crazy outlaws - Lloyd Henreid and Poke Freeman - decide to take advantage of the situation, wreaking a path of destruction through the American southwest.
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|4
|<small>Dec 31, 2008</small>
|For Larry Underwood, Nick Andros, and Frannie Goldsmith, the deadly superflu has immediate - and devastating - consequences, striking down people near and dear to their hearts. Meanwhile, Lloyd Henreid gets some grim news from his attorney and General Starkey is relieved of his duties - in the most definitive way possible. And somewhere far away, but getting closer, the Walkin' Dude is making his presence known... 
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|5
|<small>Jan 28, 2009</small>
|The violently contagious superflu Captain Trips has now encompassed the entire country in its deadly embrace and there's no turning back. America is rapidly becoming a country of the sick, the dead, the damned. Against that ever-darkening backdrop, Randall Flagg, the Walking Dude, the Dark Man, at long last saunters onto the scene. Abandon hope all ye who enter here... 
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A collected edition of the mini-series was released on March 11, 2009.  It included all five issues of the series, as well as the previously released Sketchbook, a comprehensive cover gallery, and additional pages on the development of the series (e.g., character sketches, script pages, sketch pages).{{fact|date=December 2024}}

==Promotion==
[[File:9.10.08PeterDavidMikePerkinsByLuigiNovi.jpg|thumb|right|Writer [[Peter David]] and artist [[Mike Perkins]], at the midnight signing of ''[[The Dark Tower: Treachery]]'' and ''The Stand: Captain Trips'' at [[Midtown Comics]] in [[Times Square]], [[Manhattan]], September 10, 2008. At far right is Alan Kistler of ComicMix, interviewing Perkins.]]
Artist [[Mike Perkins]] appeared at a midnight signing at Midtown Comics in [[Times Square]], [[Manhattan]] to promote the book.<ref>[http://www.comicmix.com/news/2008/09/10/interviews-peter-david-and-mike-perkins/ Alan Kistler. "Interviews: Peter David and Mike Perkins" comicmix.com. September 10, 2008]</ref> Perkins appeared with [[Peter David]], the co-writer of Marvel's ''[[The Dark Tower (comics)|Dark Tower]]'' comics, who was present to promote the publication of ''[[The Dark Tower: Treachery]]''.<ref>[http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.4746.Dark_Tower~colon~_Treachery_Midnight_Launch_Details "The Dark Tower Midnight Launch Details" marvel.com. September 9, 2008]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080909072924/http://www.ugo.com/comics/the-stand-comic/ UGO Debuts First Readable 6 Pages of Comic], [[UGO]],   September 8, 2008
* [http://comics.ign.com/articles/878/878225p1.html?RSSwhen2008-06-01_011300&RSSid=878225 Marvel Chats About King's The Stand], [[IGN]],   June 1, 2008
* [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16631 WW Philly: Marvel Adapts Stephen King's "The Stand"], [[Comic Book Resources]], June 1, 2008 
* [http://www.marvel.com/videos/346.The_Stand%7Ecolon%7E_Mike_Perkins_Q%26A Mike Perkins interview at Marvel.com]
* [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16972 WizardWorld Chicago: Mike Perkins Takes "The Stand"], [[Comic Book Resources]], June 27, 2008
*[http://www.stephenking.com/promo/stand_release_log/  Stephen King's The Stand: Captain Trips Release Log], stephenking.com, September 10, 2008

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