The fifth, The Man in Black, was based mostly upon ' The Slow Mutants' and ' The Gunslinger and the Dark Man'. The fourth, The Way Station, was based mostly upon ' The Way Station' and ' The Oracle and the Mountains'. The third, The Battle of Tull, was based mostly upon content from ' The Gunslinger'. The remaining volumes were largely adaptations of the novellas within The Gunslinger. The second volume, The Little Sisters of Eluria, was based mostly upon the short story of the same name. The first volume, The Journey Begins, took place 12 years after the Battle of Jericho Hill and mostly detailed events which occurred between the time of the battle and the start of the novel The Gunslinger. Following Lee's departure from the series, this chapter run featured Isanove teaming with a different artist for each story arc. It consisted of another 30 issues across five additional volumes written by Furth and David. The second chapter run, under the title of The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, began May 9, 2010.

This series was re-titled The Dark Tower: Beginnings to clarify its prequel status when Gallery 13 took over as publisher. As stated by Peter David's afterword to The Long Road Home, the chapter run detailed Roland Deschain's 'progress from callow youth to gunslinger,' starting with his adventures in Mejis from Wizard and Glass and ending with the Battle of Jericho Hill (as detailed in The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla and The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower). In addition to the five primary story arcs, the chapter run also included the one-shot, The Sorcerer. The first volume, The Gunslinger Born, was based mostly on flashbacks from The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger and The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass the remaining volumes ( The Long Road Home, Treachery, Fall of Gilead, and Battle of Jericho Hill) contained mostly new/original content which expanded upon details and events more briefly referenced throughout the novels. The first chapter run of the series, originally entitled simply The Dark Tower, launched February 7, 2007, and consisted of 30 issues that made up five volumes illustrated primarily by Jae Lee and Richard Isanove. Stephen King serves as Creative and Executive Director of the project. Overall, it is plotted by Robin Furth and scripted by Peter David. The Dark Tower, first published in 2007, is a series of comic books (originally published by Marvel Comics and later republished by Gallery 13) based on Stephen King's The Dark Tower series of novels. Original material for the series has been published as a set of limited series, graphic novels, and one-shot comics.įantasy, science fiction, horror, western The Drawing of the Three / Revenge Sampler Cover of The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #1 (Feb., 2007)

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