Schedule Monthly Publication date February 7, 2007 Creator(s) Stephen King Artists Jae Lee, Richard Isanove | Format Limited series Number of issues 7 Publisher Marvel Comics | |
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Writers Robin Furth (Literary adaptation), Peter David (Script) Similar The Dark Tower, The Dark Tower: Battle of J, The Dark Tower: The Fall of Gil, The Dark Tower: The Long Roa, The Dark Tower: Treachery | ||
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The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born is a seven-issue comic book limited series, published in 2007 by Marvel Comics. It is the first story arc of five based on The Dark Tower series of novels by Stephen King. It is plotted by Robin Furth, scripted by Peter David, and illustrated by Jae Lee and Richard Isanove. Stephen King serves as Creative and Executive Director of the project.
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Overview
The first issue of The Gunslinger Born was released at midnight on February 7, 2007. Creators Peter David and Jae Lee, and Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada appeared at a midnight signing at a Times Square, New York City comic book store to promote it. The entire Dark Tower comic book series comprises four additional arcs of 6 issues for a total of 31 issues.
The Gunslinger Born is an expansion and interpretation of events covered in The Dark Tower series, beginning with Roland Deschain's manhood test against Cort and ending with the last events of the flashback sequences in Wizard and Glass. Later arcs will "cover the time period between Roland leaving Hambry and the fall of Gilead". The Gunslinger Born is followed by The Long Road Home, whose first issue was released on March 5, 2008.
Related releases
To accompany the series, Marvel released a free 15-page Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born Sketchbook. Also available is Marvel Spotlight: The Dark Tower, in which the illustrators, writers, and editors are interviewed.
In August 2007, Marvel released the The Dark Tower: Gunslinger's Guidebook written by Robin Furth and Anthony Flamini. The Guidebook features profiles on characters who appeared in The Gunslinger Born as well as those who will debut in later volumes of the Marvel Comics franchise, such as John Farson, General Grissom, and Aileen Ritter.
The entire seven-issue run of The Gunslinger Born was collected into a hardcover edition, released on November 7, 2007 (ISBN 0785121447), though it does not include the prose work that ran in the individual issues.
At the end of the seventh and final issue of The Gunslinger Born, an advertisement is seen for the sequel, The Dark Tower: The Long Road Home.