Stephen King’s The Dark Tower
January 30, 2009
The Dark Tower is Stephen King's long time book series which started in the year 1970. King mixes fantasy and western to science fiction adventure. Marvel company started the gigantic project to make the entire saga to graphic novel.
King's original idea has probably been to make The Lord of the Rings to science fiction adventure format. Some details are same kind, like The Dark Tower reminds Isengard, and the chrystal balls shows what happens elsewhere. The first issue of The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (by Robin Furth, Peter David, Jae Lee and Richard Isanove) appeared in 2007. Story shows the early years of the Roland. In the books those times has been told only in flashbacks.
Dark Tower story arcs and collected editions:
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born, 2007
The Dark Tower: The Long Road Home, 2008
The Dark Tower: Treachery, 2009
The Dark Tower: The Sorcerer, 2009
The Dark Tower: The Fall of Gilead, 2009
The Dark Tower: The Battle of Jericho Hill, 2009
Other Dark Tower publications:
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born Sketchbook, 2006
Marvel Spotlight: The Dark Tower, 2007
The Dark Tower: Gunslinger's Guidebook, 2007
The Dark Tower: End-World Almanac, 2008
The Dark Tower: Guide to Gilead, 2009
