The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born

The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born
Cover art to The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #1. Art by Jae Lee.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Limited series
Publication date	February 7, 2007
Number of issues	7
Creative team
Writer(s)	Robin Furth (adaptation) Peter David (script)
Artist(s)	Jae Lee and Richard Isanove
Creator(s)	Stephen King

The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born is a seven-issue comic book limited series, published in 2007 by Marvel Comics. It is the first story arc of five based on The Dark Tower series of novels by Stephen King. It is plotted by Robin Furth, scripted by Peter David, and illustrated by Jae Lee and Richard Isanove. Stephen King serves as Creative and Executive Director of the project.

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 Joe Quesada appeared at a midnight signing at a Times Square, New York City comic book store to promote it. The entire Dark Tower comic book series comprises four additional arcs of 6 issues for a total of 31 issues.

The Gunslinger Born is an expansion and interpretation of events covered in The Dark Tower series, beginning with Roland Deschain's manhood test against Cort and ending with the last events of the flashback sequences in Wizard and Glass. Later arcs will "cover the time period between Roland leaving Hambry and the fall of Gilead".The Gunslinger Born is followed by The Long Road Home, whose first issue was released on March 5, 2008.

To accompany the series, Marvel released a free 15-page Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born Sketchbook. Also available is Marvel Spotlight: The Dark Tower, in which the illustrators, writers, and editors are interviewed.