The Dark Tower: Gunslinger graphic novels

Stephen King’s Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, graphic novels by Peter David, 680 pages

 

This graphic novel set is an adaptation of the first book in Stephen King’s Dark Tower series with the same name. It follows the hero Roland as he continues his journey to kill Marten. Marten is a necromancer that had an affair with his mother, helped kill his father and led to the destruction of his home city Gilead. Roland believes that Marten seeks the Dark Tower to destroy Mid-World. The Dark Tower is a semi mythical tower that anchors Mid-World to the other worlds around it. Roland also believes the tower has the power to change the past and he wants to use it to restore the city of Gilead.  

On his hunt Roland comes across numerous oddities and people that seem bent on stopping him. Despite all of this, and by design he is slowly gaining on Marten. As the story progresses Roland is slowly losing himself. Marten is quick to taunt the same, he might catch him but the longer he pursues the more like Marten he becomes.

Again this graphic novel set is beautifully done in full color and is written in a way that makes you feel the unease that Roland is going through. You find yourself cheering for his victories but at the same time wondering if he is hero in the story or not.

I hope that Marvel publishing and Stephen King continue to adapt the rest of the books into graphic novels, not so I can avoid the novels themselves but so I can continue to see the world King has created.