Schedule: | "Monthly" |
Limited: | y |
Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
Date: | Jan. - Feb., 2013 |
Issues: | 2 |
Writers: | Robin Furth (adaptation and script) |
Artists: | Richard Isanove |
Creators: | Stephen King |
Altcat: | The Dark Tower (comics) |
Sort: | Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - Sheemie's Tale, The |
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 and .[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]
The two-issue run of Sheemie's Tale was included, along with the two-issue run of and the single-issue release of , in a collected paperback edition entitled The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - Last Shots and released by Marvel on October 8, 2013 . The series was also included in the hardcover release of The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Omnibus on September 3, 2014 .