The Dark Tower (comics)

The Dark Tower
Cover of The Gunslinger Born #1
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Soleil Uitgeverij L Panini Splitter[disambiguation needed ], Heyne Albatros Altın Kitaplar
Format	Ongoing series
Publication date	February 7, 2007 -
Main character(s)	Roland Deschain, Alain Johns, Cuthbert Allgood
Creative team
Writer(s)	Robin Furth (adaptation) Peter David (script)
Artist(s)	Jae Lee and Richard Isanove
Creator(s)	Stephen King

The Dark Tower, first published in 2007, is an ongoing series of comics by Marvel Comics based on Stephen King's The Dark Tower series of novels. It is plotted by Robin Furth and scripted by Peter David. Stephen King serves as Creative and Executive Director of the project.

The first chapter run of the series consists of 30 issues that make up five volumes illustrated by Jae Lee and Richard Isanove. The first volume, The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born, is based primarily on flashbacks from The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger and The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass; the later ones are new content.

As stated by Peter David's afterword to The Long Road Home, the series will detail 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).

The second chapter run will consist of another 30 issues broken up into volumes under the title of The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger. The first volume of the second chapter run is The Journey Begins and it takes place twelve years after the Battle of Jericho Hill.

Marvel has been publishing hardcover collections for each story arc, and on September 21, 2011, it will publish an omnibus hardcover collection (ISBN 0785155414, 928 pages).

Story arcs

#	Title	Issues	Dates
The Dark Tower
1	The Gunslinger Born	7	February 7, 2007—August 1, 2007
2	The Long Road Home	5	March 5, 2008—July 2, 2008
3	Treachery	6	September 10, 2008—February 25, 2009
*	The Sorcerer	1	April 15, 2009
4	The Fall of Gilead	6	May 13, 2009—November 25, 2009
5	The Battle of Jericho Hill	5	December 3, 2009—April 21, 2010
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
6	The Journey Begins	5	May 19, 2010—September 22, 2010
*	Sheemie's Tale	1
7	The Little Sisters of Eluria	5	December 8, 2010—April 13, 2011
8	The Battle of Tull	5	June 1, 2011—October, 2011
9	The Way Station	5	December 2011—

Notes

• The Sorcerer is a one-shot that serves as a prelude to The Fall of Gilead
• Sheemie's Tale, a one-shot that's meant to serve as an interlude between The Journey Begins and The Little Sisters of Eluria, was originally scheduled for publication in November 2010, then postponed to January 26, 2011, and has since been indefinitely put on hiatus^[1]

Other releases

Title	Dates
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born Sketchbook	December 13, 2006
Marvel Spotlight: The Dark Tower	January 27, 2007
The Dark Tower: Gunslinger's Guidebook	August 1, 2007
The Dark Tower: End-World Almanac	July 2, 2008
The Dark Tower: Guide to Gilead	April 8, 2009

Collections

#	Title	ISBN	Release date	Collected material
1	The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born	0785121447	November 7, 2007	The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #1–7
2	The Dark Tower: The Long Road Home	0785135715	October 7, 2008	The Dark Tower: The Long Road Home #1–5
3	The Dark Tower: Treachery	078513574X	April 21, 2009	The Dark Tower: Treachery #1–6
4	The Dark Tower: Fall of Gilead	0785129510	February 23, 2010	The Dark Tower: The Sorcerer and The Fall of Gilead #1–6
5	The Dark Tower: Battle of Jericho Hill	0785129537	September 1, 2010	The Dark Tower: The Battle of Jericho Hill #1–5
6	The Dark Tower: The Journey Begins	0785147098	January 25, 2011	The Dark Tower: The Journey Begins #1–5
7	The Dark Tower: The Little Sisters of Eluria	0785149317	June 22, 2011	The Dark Tower: The Little Sisters Of Eluria #1-5
8	The Dark Tower: The Battle Of Tull	0785149333	January 25, 2012	The Dark Tower: The Battle Of Tull #1-5
*	The Dark Tower Omnibus	0785155414	September 21, 2011	Collections 1–5
*	The Dark Tower Omnibus Companion			Bonus material not included in the first five collections

References

1. ^ http://www.cemeterydance.com/extras/news-from-the-dead-zone-137/