John Carpenter's Tales of Science Fiction: The Standoff

In this one-shot from Storm King Productions, filmmaker John Carpenter teams with veteran horror scribe David J. Schow for a taut sci-fi confrontation. Artist Andres Esparza brings gritty visual life to a claustrophobic standoff between two survivors in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, where trust is a deadly commodity. Part of Carpenter's ongoing Tales of Science Fiction series, this 2019 issue delivers a lean, tense thriller that distills the director's signature dread into a single, self-contained comic.