The Dark Tower: Treachery
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Artist(s) | Jae Lee Richard Isanove |
The Dark Tower: Treachery is a six-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics.[1][2][3] It is the third comic book miniseries based on Stephen King's The Dark Tower series of novels. It is plotted by Robin Furth, scripted by Peter David, and illustrated by Jae Lee and Richard Isanove. Stephen King serves as Creative and Executive Director of the project. The first issue was published on September 10, 2008.
Whereas The Gunslinger Born was largely based on the events of The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass, Treachery, like The Long Road Home, consists mostly of new material not found in any of the novels.[2]
The story depicts the
Publication dates
- Issue #1: September 10, 2008
- Issue #2: October 8, 2008
- Issue #3: November 12, 2008
- Issue #4: December 24, 2008
- Issue #5: January 28, 2009
- Issue #6: February 25, 2009
Plot
A momentous celebration is held in Gilead following the return of
A posse that includes the trio's fathers heads out on a mission to thwart John Farson. They come across a group of Farson's men whose loyalty to Farson is wavering. They are ambushed by the posse, and although most are killed, one is able to detonate a
In Gilead, Aileen Ritter, the niece of the gunslinger trainer Cort, laments how she is excluded from becoming a gunslinger because she is female. Cort wants to betroth her to Roland Deschain, but she would rather die than marry. She steals revolvers from Cort's armory to practice with them. When she joins the boys, Cuthbert dismisses her, but she gets the best of him by putting a bullet through his gun belt as he holds it in his hand.[5] Cort is upset with Aileen for stealing from the armory, and for eschewing the traditional role of females with her gunslinger aspirations, but observes that she is just like her late mother, and resolves that she will choose her own path.[6]
At a
Within the Grapefruit, Roland sees a vision of
Alain and Cuthbert, observing that new gunslingers typically are seated next to the prospective brides selected by their fathers, ponder whether Roland will be seated next to Aileen at the upcoming banquet, but Roland, who is still mourning Susan Delgado, has no interest in the issue. Meanwhile, Gabrielle meets with Justus and Kingson, Farson's nephew, who works as a musician. They give her a dagger coated with a deadly poison with which she is to kill Steven, and instruct her to procure the key to the safe in which Steven placed the Grapefruit.[8]
In Gilead, Abel Vannay the Wise, the gunslingers' philosophy teacher, crafts riddles for a competition at the upcoming banquet. Cort looks forward to the challenge, but both are interrupted by Kingson, who seeks to participate in the competition himself. Kingson later switches out Vannay's bag of riddles for his own, but his treachery is secretly witnessed by Cort.[8]
At the banquet, Steven presents the three new gunslingers, and presents to his son the guns of Eld, which previously served Steven himself.
Promotion
As with the previous two miniseries, writer Peter David appeared at a midnight signing at Midtown Comics in Times Square, Manhattan to promote the book. Artist Mike Perkins was also present to promote The Stand: Captain Trips, Marvel's comic book adaptation of Stephen King's novel, The Stand.[10] Midtown, along with 80 other U.S. stores participating in the midnight launch, were given an exclusive Midnight Opening Variant of the first issue, which features a gatefold cover.[11]
Reception
The
Collected editions
The entire six-issue run of Treachery was collected into a hardcover edition, released by Marvel on April 21, 2009 (
On September 11, 2018,
See also
References
- ^ "The Dark Tower: Treachery". stephenking.com. Retrieved 2018-10-19.
- ^ a b c "Marvel's Full September 2008 Solicitations". newsarama.com. Retrieved 2018-10-19.
- ^ "Marvel Comics: The Dark Tower: Treachery (2008)". marvel.com. Retrieved 2018-10-19.
- ^ Robin Furth and Peter David. The Dark Tower: Treachery #1 (November 2008)
- ^ a b Robin Furth and Peter David. The Dark Tower: Treachery #2 (December 2008)
- ^ a b c d Robin Furth and Peter David. The Dark Tower: Treachery #3 (January 2009)
- ^ a b Robin Furth and Peter David. The Dark Tower: Treachery #4 (February 2009)
- ^ a b c Robin Furth and Peter David. The Dark Tower: Treachery #5 (March 2009)
- ^ Robin Furth and Peter David. The Dark Tower: Treachery #6 (April 2009)
- ^ Kistler, Alan. "Interviews: Peter David and Mike Perkins" comicmix.com. September 10, 2008
- ^ "The Dark Tower Midnight Launch Details" marvel.com. September 9, 2008
- ^ Gustines, George Gene. "Graphic Books Best Seller List: May 16". The New York Times. May 22, 2009
External links
- Dark Tower: Treachery at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Dark Tower Official Site
- Robin Furth Interview at Newsarama
- Robin Furth and Ralph Macchio Interview at Comic Book Resources
Preceded by | Followed by |
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The Dark Tower: The Long Road Home | The Dark Tower: The Sorcerer |