![]() Here the fundamental themes of King’s novels are introduced as Roland meets the Crimson King, master of chaos, whose intention is to see the world to destruction. The introduction to Mid-World where these stories take place was primarily a Western, to slap a single genre upon it, with the other-worldly intrusions limited. It’s the process that will be followed by the following three Dark Tower graphic novels. King provided only the briefest of comment as to events, so Furth wraps her graphic novel around them, with Peter David continuing to script her plots. King never revealed how Roland at fourteen and his two friends Alain and Bert returned home after winning a victory and a prize, but at considerable personal cost. The Long Road Home is all about filling a large gap. ![]() That wasn’t quite an adaptation, although drew heavily on Stephen King’s novels, as Robin Furth pulled sections about Roland Descahin from King’s stories and created enough of her own to fill some gaps. Marvel’s second helping of The Dark Tower alters the pattern established by The Gunslinger Born. ![]()
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