<li>First Printing for each issue.<br>\n</li>\n<li>Each issue is sealed in an acid-free cover.</li>\n<br><li>Each issue has an acid-free backing board.</li>\n<br><li>Set of Five issues are sealed as a set for double protection.</li>\n<br><li>Set is sealed in a special box that Amazon will delivery within their shipping box.</li>\n<br><br>This set, published in 2008 by Marvel Press, and collects all five first printing issues of THE STAND: CAPTAIN TRIPS, the first set in the series. Double-sealed for archival protection, and protected in a special box for shipping.<br><br> ABOUT: World Fantasy Award-winning writer Stephen King, and Marvel Comics join forces once again to launch a new ground-breaking comic book series adapted from King's apocalyptical novel, The Stand! Acclaimed writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four, Angel Revelations) brings the first of several limited series to life this September in The Stand: Captain Trips!<br><br> The Stand, which is commonly deemed as King's most popular novel, is a story of Biblical proportions; after a government-made virus mows down majority of the human race, the few survivors must band together in order to survive.