''The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born'' is a seven-issue

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. It is the first comic book miniseries based on

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's '' The Dark Tower'' series of novels. It is plotted by

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, scripted by

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, and illustrated by

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and

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. Stephen King serves as Creative and Executive Director of the project. The first issue was published on February 7, 2007.

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

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appeared at a midnight signing at a

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comic book store to promote it.Another blog entry of the signing with photos and links to interviews.
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's manhood test against

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and ending with the last events of the flashback sequences in ''

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''. Furth indicated that later arcs would "cover the time period between Roland leaving Hambry and the fall of

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Issues

Related releases

*'' The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born Sketchbook'' *'' Marvel Spotlight: The Dark Tower'' *'' The Dark Tower: Gunslinger's Guidebook''

Collected editions

The entire seven-issue run of ''The Gunslinger Born'' was collected into a hardcover edition, released by Marvel on November 7, 2007 (), though it does not include the prose work that ran in the individual issues. A paperback edition was later released on May 19, 2010 (). The series was also included in the hardcover release of ''The Dark Tower Omnibus'' on September 21, 2011 (). On August 28, 2018, Gallery 13 republished the original hardcover collection as ''Stephen King's The Dark Tower: Beginnings - The Gunslinger Born (Book 1)'' (). On October 23, 2018, this edition (along with Books 2-5) was included in the boxed set ''Stephen King's The Dark Tower: Beginnings - The Complete Graphic Novel Series'' ().

References

External links

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