The Stand: Hardcases #4

The fourth chapter of Marvel's adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand arrives with a deeply unsettling cover by Tomm Coker — a grinning, pallid face wearing dark sunglasses, its temples and cheeks overtaken by writhing, fleshy tendrils that spill outward against a smoldering red and white background. The image radiates a creeping dread that feels wholly at home in King's post-apocalyptic world, and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's scripting is brought to life through Mike Perkins's interior art with colors by Laura Martin. Penultimate to the arc's close, Hardcases #4 promises that this limited series continues to honor its source material with genuine darkness and craft.