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''The Dark Tower'', first published in 2007, is a series of comic books by Marvel Comics based on Stephen King's ''The Dark Tower'' series of novels. Overall, 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, entitled simply ''The Dark Tower'', consists of 30 issues that make up five volumes illustrated primarily by Jae Lee and Richard Isanove. The first volume, ''The Gunslinger Born'', is based mostly on flashbacks from ''The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger'' and ''The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass''; the remaining volumes (''The Long Road Home'', ''Treachery'', ''Fall of Gilead'', and ''Battle of Jericho Hill'') are new content which expound upon details and events more briefly referenced throughout the novels. In addition to the five primary story arcs, the chapter run also includes one limited series, ''The Sorcerer''. As stated by Peter David's afterword to ''The Long Road Home'', the chapter run details 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, under the title of ''The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger'', consists of another 30 issues broken up into five additional volumes written by Furth and David. Following Lee's departure from the series, this chapter run featured Isanove teaming with a different artist for each story arc. The first volume, ''The Journey Begins'', takes place twelve years after the Battle of Jericho Hill and mostly expounds upon events which took place between the time of the battle and the start of the novel ''The Gunslinger''. The second volume, ''The Little Sisters of Eluria'', is based mostly upon the short story of the same name (originally published within ''Legends'') found in the Stephen King collection ''Everything's Eventual''. The remaining volumes are largely adaptations of the novellas within ''The Gunslinger''. The third, ''The Battle of Tull'', is based mostly upon content from "The Gunslinger". The fourth, ''The Way Station'', is based mostly upon "The Way Station" and "The Oracle and the Mountains". The fifth, ''The Man in Black'', is based mostly upon "The Slow Mutants" and "The Gunslinger and the Dark Man". In addition, a total of three limited series (''Sheemie's Tale'', ''Evil Ground'', and ''So Fell Lord Perth'') were released as part of this chapter run. The ''Dark Tower'' comics were planned to be finished after the August 7, 2013, release of ''So Fell Lord Perth''.〔(Marvel official page for 'So fell lord Perth' )〕 However, on April 25, 2014, a third chapter run, ''The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three'', was announced.〔http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/04/27/dark-tower-drawing-of-the-three-comic/〕 This chapter run, based on the novel ''The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three'', continued to be written by Furth and David but featured, for the first time, new, rotating artistic teams that did not feature Isanove. The volumes in this chapter run focus on the newly-gathered (or 'drawn') members of Roland's ka-tet, as divided in the novel into sections based on the mysterious doors through which Roland must travel. The first and second volumes (''The Prisoner'' and ''House of Cards'') focus on Eddie Dean, who was introduced in the section of the novel also named "The Prisoner". The third volume, ''Lady of Shadows'', focuses on Odetta Holmes, who was introduced in the section of the novel named "The Lady of Shadows". As of November 7, 2007, Marvel has been publishing collections for each story arc, and on September 21, 2011, it began publishing hardcover omnibus editions collecting each chapter run, with bonus materials not contained in the original releases. ==Chapter runs and story arcs== ;Notes: * Cover artists listed are for primary first-printing cover art, not additional printings and/or variant covers. * ''The Sorcerer'' is a one-shot that serves as a prelude to ''The Fall of Gilead''. * ''Sheemie's Tale'', originally a one-shot that was meant to serve as an interlude between ''The Journey Begins'' and ''The Little Sisters of Eluria'', was scheduled for publication in November 2010, then postponed to January 26, 2011, and later put on indefinite hiatus.〔http://www.cemeterydance.com/extras/news-from-the-dead-zone-137/〕 The final issue of ''The Man in Black'' announced that ''Sheemie's Tale'' would be next in the series.〔http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/10/18/marvel-comics-january-2013-solicitations〕 While originally solicited as a one-shot, when finally released in 2013, it was announced as a two-issue limited series.〔〔http://www.tfaw.com/Profile/Dark-Tower-Gunslinger-Sheemies-Tale-1-(of-2)___371359〕 * ''Evil Ground'' is a two-issue limited series which, chronologically, takes place between ''The Journey Begins'' and ''The Little Sisters of Eluria'' but also features memories of a journey in the past. It is framed as a story-within-a-story-within-a-story, much like the ''Dark Tower'' novel ''The Wind through the Keyhole'', although the plots are not directly related. * ''So Fell Lord Perth'' is a one-shot which, when published, concluded the run of releases from ''The Gunslinger''. Its story, featuring the fictitious legend of Arthur Eld and his battle against the towering Lord Perth, mirrors the biblical account of David and Goliath. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Dark Tower (comics)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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