The Gunslinger Born (The Dark Tower Graphic Novels, Book 1)

For fans of the Dark Tower series, and/or graphic novels, The Gunslinger Born in an excellent re-telling. The book mainly focuses on the flashback events from "The Gunslinger" and "Wizard and Glass." It was a fun, quick read, and well worth the price. Note: My first copy of this book had defective binding, but amazon was incredibly responsive with a replacement. If giving as a gift, you may want to ensure that the binding is intact.

My biggest complaint about this omnibus edition is that they omitted the best parts: the stories Robin Furth wrote that expand on the mythos of Mid-World. These were my favorite parts of the original Marvel graphic novels.

That said, Jae Lee's illustrations, and the work by Peter David and Richard Isanove to create a lavish, stunning visual rendition of this part of Stephen King's magnum opus is a delight, and I can't wait to start reading the next set of adaptations.

PS: I am the author of The Road to the Dark Tower, the authorized companion to King's Dark Tower series.

I loved the Dark Tower series and I love this graphic novel. I was a comic book fan as a kid and now there are comic books for adults. The graphics are great and the characters look almost like I imagined them while I was reading the stories.

I can hardly wait for the next volumne.

This is a graphic novel that pretty closely follows book IV of the Dark Tower series from King.

If you haven't read Wizard and Glass, I would suggest doing so before picking this up. The Gunslinger Born is missing some very important plot points that, when taken out, doesn't make story stand up so well. The characters don't have much of a personality without the rest of the story, and overall, if I had read this first, would not be impressed.

If you have read book IV however, this is an incredible experience. The artwork has a very dark tone and is well executed. It gives a vision of the book that is unexpectedly thrilling. Some of the panels in the book are simply breathtaking.

I have never purchased a graphic novel before.... I love the Gunslinger novels and bought this purely because of my love of the novels...The graphics were brilliant!!! Each character was exactly as I had pictured them and the story fit perfectly with the Gunslinger novels making me want to read them yet again.