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The Affiliation Has Fallen, His Ka’Tet Might Be Dead, But Marvel And Roland Deschain March On This May!
It’s no secret that “THE DARK TOWER” is one of the single best sci-fi series to ever grace the hands of its readers no matter what form it is in. And even though the movie rights have come and gone through producer after producer’s fingertips, leaving fans both disappointed and annoyed, the titular ongoing Marvel series has been something of a band-aid for those wounds. Many had speculated however that with the latest arc “BATTLE OF JERICHO HILL” that the series might be saying its farewell. But fear not Dark Tower faithful, because today Marvel revealed the cover and story for the yet another arc in the journey of Roland Deschain as he continues the fight against Farson and his followers! But this time he’s alone. Read on for the skinny. 
WRITTEN BY: ROBIN FURTH & PETER DAVID
ILLUSTRATIONS AND COVERS BY: SEAN PHILLIPS & RICHARD ISANOVE
VARIANT COVERS BY: JAE LEE & RICHARD ISANOVE
“A BOLD NEW CHAPTER IN STEPHEN KING’S THE DARK TOWER SAGA BEGINS HERE! Twelve years have passed since the fateful Battle of Jericho Hill and the fall of the gunslingers. Since the Affiliation’s resistance against John Farson became little more than a faint memory. Since the friends that stood by young Roland Deschain burned to ash in the Good Man’s razing of Gilead. But Roland survived…and now he stalks the desert, hunting the spectral Man in Black in his quest for the Dark Tower. Join Robin Furth, Peter David and Richard Isanove as they welcome superstar artist Sean Phillips (INCOGNITO) into the ka-tet of creators entrusted by Stephen King himself to bring the adult adventures of his most personal creation to life!”
‘THE DARK TOWER’ Issue #1 Hits Stores This May! (MSRP-$3.99)
IDW Dark and Paramount recently joined forces to launch limited comic book tales set in the worlds of Smile and A Quiet Place, and we’ve learned today that they’ll continue hanging around in those franchise universes with two brand new limited series tales.
Entertainment Weekly has exclusively revealed this afternoon that IDW Dark’s Any Given Smile debuts in September, while A Quiet Place: Rising Tides arrives in November.
First up, from writer Stephanie Williams and artist Pablo Collar, Any Given Smile puts a football-themed twist on Parker Finn’s successful Smile movie franchise.
The five-part limited series is “set in January 1995, during the American Arena League football championship game in St. Augustine, Florida. The rising superstar of the Sharks, backup quarterback Dupree, is feeling the pressure from his teammates, the fans, and also the city’s gambling underworld, to whom he owes a considerable debt. Meanwhile, a sports journalist investigates a string of suicides that may be connected to the big game. At the very least, they are connected to a sinister entity that preys on the minds of its victims.”
From writer Declan Shalvey and artist Luke Sparrow, A Quiet Place: Rising Tides will also be a five-issue limited story. The comic book tale “brings the creatures to the Florida Keys, where a father-daughter duo attempt to survive on water in a houseboat.”
EW further details, “This tense family reunion coincides with the arrival of the vicious creatures that hunt through sound. Grace and her dad find safety on the open ocean, but she’ll have to make landfall sooner or later; the father’s oxygen tank and their supplies are running low, while a hurricane swiftly approaches.”
Learn more about both comic books over on Entertainment Weekly.
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