The Stand: Soul Survivors

Marvel’s The Stand: Soul Survivors (2010) is a single-issue comic that expands Stephen King’s apocalyptic saga, focusing on the terrifying aftermath of the superflu’s spread. Illustrated by Lee Bermejo, this one-shot zeroes in on the ordinary people left behind—the “soul survivors”—as they grapple with a world collapsing into chaos, long before the forces of good and evil fully align. It’s a stark, character-driven glimpse into the horror of the plague’s immediate toll, offering a chilling prelude to the larger battle between the remnants of humanity.