The Stand: Hardcases #2 p.15 Jackson

The Stand: Hardcases #2 p.15 Jackson

This is a promotional piece of the redesigned Zaran and Machete

Perkins now places the camera 180 degrees away

I myself having put it right up there with my favourite parts of Moore's run

humans learned to live among the Swamp Thing's roots

seemingly impaled by what appears to be Gambit's staff

One of the few double page title/credits splashes we still have available from this classic run

The bottom black panel can be seen as a metaphor for the potential Machester Black death which is to come and also happens to be the title and credits panel for this issue

This page and the next features the first time we see the primary antagonist

as he views multipole heroes including Booster Gold

Such an amazing blend of traditional brush inking alongside varying shades of grey and many different textures

The cover also features the three main characters of the story: Woodrue

With Perkins doing a 10 page story to help kick off this summer's Leviathan Rising event