Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, Vol. 1 - The Journey Begins (Graphic Novel)

By Robin Furth, Stephen King, Peter David

Book Overview

A BOLD NEW CHAPTER IN STEPHEN KING'S THE DARK TOWER SAGA! Twelve years have passed since the fateful Battle of Jericho Hill and the fall of the gunslingers. Since the Affiliation's resistance against John Farson became little more than a faint memory. Since the friends that stood by young Roland Deschain burned to ash in the Good Man's razing of Gilead. But Roland survived...and now he stalks the desert, hunting the spectral Man in Black in his quest for the Dark Tower. Join Robin Furth, Peter David and Richard Isanove as they welcome superstar artist Sean Phillips

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0785147098
• ISBN13: 9780785147091
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Marvel Enterprises
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 0.5" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 15 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 10 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Talk about a cliffhanger!

The Dark Tower series is a series of cliffhangers. With no real direction and a scant outline, Stephen cannot paint himself into a corner. As with any dream (nightmare), you just change the rules if you get stuck with some logic. And this is what it is, just one long dream. It has all the elements of Stephen King, including his potty mouth. Do not try to compare this loosely jointed series of encounters with works such as J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert Jordan, and George Lucas, as they have no resemblance to the Joseph Campbell myth of someone challenged to become more than they are. This animal is in its own purely fantasy (don't look for depth) project. I say project because it is ongoing without a clear stopping point in mind. If you look at it this way, then it can be a "five-star" in its category. "The Gunslinger" is over before it gets started, no time to form an opinion. "The Drawing of the Three" is twice as long as the previous, and leaves you with a dislike for lobster. "The Waste Lands" is twice as long as the previous, leaving you with a dislike for Amtrak. By now, you have no opinion, dislike eating lobster on Amtrak, and cannot wait for the next installment (Wizard and Glass).