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 into this, the climactic chapter of the first volume of Marvel's acclaimed adaptation of Stephen King's horror classic. Abandon hope all ye who enter here... In the conclusion of the opening book of the post apocalyptic tale we are invited to take a stroll down U.S 51 with none other than Randall Flagg, the dark man. On this stroll we learn about the dark mans past, his present and we are disturbed by the thought his future. Both Larry and Frannie have to cope with the death of a parent and Nick Andros is put in a similar situation as the government clamps down on those who dare to speak out about the infamous Captain Trips.
