The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - Sheemie's Tale

The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - Sheemie's Tale
Cover of The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - Sheemie's Tale #1 (Jan., 2013)
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
Schedule"Monthly"
FormatLimited series
Publication dateJan. - Feb., 2013
No. of issues2
Creative team
Created byStephen King
Written byRobin Furth (adaptation and script)
Artist(s)Richard Isanove

The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - Sheemie's Tale is a two-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics.[1][2][3] It is the second non-sequential comic book limited series based on Stephen King's The Dark Tower series of novels. It is plotted and scripted by Robin Furth, with illustrations by Richard Isanove. Stephen King is the Creative and Executive Director of the project. The first issue was published on January 9, 2013.

Sheemie's Tale originally was solicited as a one-shot to serve as an interlude between The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - The Journey Begins and The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - The Little Sisters of Eluria.[4] It initially was scheduled for publication in November 2010, then postponed to January 26, 2011, and later put on indefinite hiatus.[5] When finally released, it was announced as a two-issue limited series.[6][7]

Preceded by Followed by
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - The Man in Black The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - Evil Ground

Publication dates

  • Issue #1: January 9, 2013
  • Issue #2: February 13, 2013

Collected editions

The two-issue run of Sheemie's Tale was included, along with the two-issue run of The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - Evil Ground and the single-issue release of The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - So Fell Lord Perth, in a collected paperback edition entitled The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - Last Shots and released by Marvel on October 8, 2013 (ISBN 0785149414). The series was also included in the hardcover release of The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Omnibus on September 3, 2014 (ISBN 0785188703).

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - Sheemie's Tale". stephenking.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  2. ^ "Marvel Comics' January 2013 Solicitations NOW!". newsarama.com. May 2015. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  3. ^ "Marvel Comics: The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - Sheemie's Tale (2013)". marvel.com. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
  4. ^ "Marvel Comics Solicitations for November, 2010". cbr.com. Archived from the original on 2019-08-18. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  5. ^ "News from the Dead Zone #137". cemeterydance.com. 27 January 2011. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  6. ^ "Marvel Comics January 2013 Solicitations". ign.com. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  7. ^ "Dark Tower Gunslinger Sheemies Tale #1 (of 2)". tfaw.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2018-10-22.


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