when did the first dark tower book come out
1982
title: Stephen King text: between J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth and the American Wild West as depicted by Clint Eastwood and Sergio Leone in their spaghetti Westerns. The first of these stories, "", was initially published in five installments by "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction" under the editorship of Edward L. Ferman, from 1977 to 1981. "The Gunslinger" was continued as an eight-book epic series called "The Dark Tower", whose books King wrote and published infrequently over four decades. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, King published a handful of short novels—"Rage" (1977), "The Long Walk" (1979), "Roadwork" (1981), "The Running title: The Dark Tower (series) text: King noted that this novel would likely be set between the fourth and the fifth books of the series. The book, titled "", was announced on Stephen King's official site on March 10, 2011, and was published on April 24, 2012. In July 2016, director Nikolaj Arcel confirmed that the "Dark Tower" film would be a sequel to the novels as well as a direct adaptation, with Roland in the next cycle of his journey to the Tower. Each book in the series was originally published in hardcover format with a number of full-color illustrations spread throughout. Each book contained title: The Dark Tower (series) text: It is adapted from a section of King's previous novel "The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands". It was illustrated by Ned Dameron. Several "Dark Tower" series arcs were published by Marvel Comics. A prequel, "" is plotted by Robin Furth, scripted by Peter David, and illustrated by Jae Lee and Richard Isanove, and is set around the time of the flashbacks in "The Gunslinger" and "Wizard and Glass". The first issue of this first arc was released on February 7, 2007. A hardcover volume containing all seven issues was released on November 7, 2007. The second arc in the title: The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower text: The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower The Dark Tower is a fantasy novel by American writer Stephen King, the seventh book and final book in his "Dark Tower" series. It was published by Grant on September 21, 2004 (King's birthday), and illustrated by Michael Whelan. It has four subtitles: REPRODUCTION, REVELATION, REDEMPTION, and RESUMPTION – all but the second of these having been used as subtitles for previous novels in the series. Beginning where book six left off, Jake Chambers and Father Callahan battle the evil infestation within the Dixie Pig, a vampire lounge in New York City featuring title: The Dark Tower (comics) text: The Dark Tower (comics) The Dark Tower, first published in 2007, is a series of comic books (originally published by Marvel Comics and later republished by Gallery 13) based on Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series of novels. Overall, it is plotted by Robin Furth and scripted by Peter David. Stephen King serves as Creative and Executive Director of the project. The first chapter run of the series, originally entitled simply "The Dark Tower", launched February 7, 2007, and consisted of thirty issues that made up five volumes illustrated primarily by Jae Lee and Richard Isanove. The first volume, "The