Written by ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA Penciled by MIKE PERKINS Cover by TOMM COKER The Trashcan Man was spared for a reason: to join the Dark Man Randall Flagg\'s swelling army and to set the world on fire. It\'s a dream come true for the pyromaniac, but he has to reach Flagg\'s compound in Las Vegas first - and somehow survive crossing paths with \'the Kid,\' a hardcase who\'s even crazier and more dangerous than Trashy is! The villains are front-and-center as we cross the mid-point of this epic adaptation of Stephen King\'s horror masterpiece! Collecting THE STAND: HARDCASES #1-5. 136 PGS./Parental Advisory