Thursday, February 01, 2007

Overkill


From stephenking, "Dark Tower Launches at Midnight, February 7th
Be the first to get Stephen King's The Dark Tower: Gunslinger Born #1 at these participating stores

To celebrate the launch of the ground-breaking new comic book series adapted from Stephen King's magnum opus, The Dark Tower, Marvel Comics will offer a first-ever midnight release of The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #1 the night of Tuesday, February 6, 2007. Nearly 150 retailers across the United States will open at midnight on Tuesday (effectively 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, February 7, 2007) so Stephen King fans can get their hands on the debut issue of this historic comic.

Want to know how close you are to any of the nearly 150 stores who've signed up to participate in the midnight launch of Stephen King's Dark Tower The Gunslinger Born #1? Check out the full list here, organized by state and store name. Also visit Marvel's Dark Tower site for all things related to the Gunslinger!

The English version of The Dark Tower: Gunslinger Born #1 are available to retailers around the world, but the retailer must have already ordered copies. If your local comic book dealer hasn’t ordered it, your best bet may be to search out U.S. retailers that ship internationally.

The foreign translated version deals are being worked through now and when we have more information we will let you know in which languages and territories they will available."

2 comments:

Octopunk said...

What the? S.K. thinks he's J.K. Rowling all of a sudden.

Okay, I know that sounds backwards, but I could probably think of a half-dozen comic books that far more readers would rather have boosted by this goofy stunt. Like the next $@#!$%@! issue of Ultimates 2, for instance.

JPX said...

Yeah I think they' over-estimating the excitement this is going to generate. I mean, I like King and his Dark Tower books but I couldn't care less about this funnybook.

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