Peter David: The Gunslinger : The battle of Tull

 

Alkuteos: The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - The Battle of Tull (2013)

Kuvittaja: Michael Lark

Teksti: Peter David

Ilmestymisaika: 2013 (ko.painos)

Sivumäärä: 136

Kustantaja: Marvel

ISBN: 9780785149347

Muoto: Nid.

Sarjamerkintä: Dark Tower #8

Peukku: q^^

*Following the road through the Mohaine Desert, Roland Deschain - the last of the gunslingers - continues his epic search for the Man in Black. Instead, he finds Tull, the last stop of civilization. A town of devil grass, desert sand and despair. A town full of nothing, especially mercy.

A town where Roland encounters such lost souls as Old Nort, aimlessly wandering the streets when he’s not busy chewing mind-numbing weeds and drinking whiskey - the better to forget every ounce of what he used to be. Then there’s Kennerly, the stableman who takes better care of Roland’s mule than he does his own daughters. Of most interest to Roland, though, is Allie, the once-pretty barmaid who spent her life in an endless procession of one bad day rolling into a worse one - until the Man in Black passed through, leaving behind him a town in turmoil and Allie saddled with a fearsome, cursed secret. It may seem Tull is on the very edge of the world, with nothing past the horizon but a steep fall to oblivion. But Roland believes otherwise: that beyond the limits on/of Tull lies a hidden truth that means everything to the fate of Mid-World. The Man in Black holds the key to that mystery, and Roland is going to keep following him - even through a trap set in Tull - to unlock it.

Series originators Robin Furth (The Dark Tower: A Concordance), Peter David (X-Factor) and Richard Isanove (Neil Gaiman’s 1602) unite with artist Michael Lark (Daredevil) as the gunslinger continues his pursuit of the Man in Black.*

Viimeinkin itse asiaan. Tämä albumi on sarjakuvasovitus Rolandin ajasta Tullin kaupungissa ja löytyy siis sarjan kirjoista. Sovitus toimii hyvin. Uskon, että se aukeaa vaikka kirjat eivät olisi lukijalle tuttuja. Kuvitus on totuttua jälkeä. Tummaa ja paikoitellen raakaa. Onneksi kaikkein suurimmista ja tummimmista ääriviivoista on luovuttu.