Johnny's First Blog

"The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed." And millions of fan's followed Roland and his ka-tet, a he quested for his Dark Tower. And when Stephen King finished his magnum opus with the seventh book-- many fans and wannabe gunslingers felt saddened that the adventures were over.

Then came Marvel's Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born mini series. With amazing art (say thankee) by Richard Isonov, and a coice that ings like the word-slinger himself: Sai King.

The story follows a young Roland in the adventure he tells of in Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass. And for the first three issues, is was the same as reading the book (with the exception of a couple of pages in the back of each book with a it on the history of Mid-World).

However, with issue #4, it goes a bit "behind the scenes" in the comic itself. I'll do my best not to say too much, but will say we get to see a little more of Walter O'Dim.

For a book/story that starts out as great as this one, it's nice to see it not only living up to its potential, but doing it in style.

-Johnny