'The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three - House of Cards' #1: Roland Deschain Returns In Stephen King Tale!

Marvel Comics has teamed-up with best-selling author Stephen King to announce the new chapter of the Dark Tower series. Known as The Gunslinger, Roland Deschain is back in the Mid-World in writer Peter David, Robin Furth and artist Piotr Kowalski's The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three - House of Cards #1. 

In King's magnum opus, the Gunslinger, also known Roland Deschain, has been obsessed with searching for the hidden Dark Tower. The journey has lead the western anti-hero from the dusty plains of Mid-World to the mean streets of New York. We previously presented a variant cover by Skottie Young (Rocket Raccoon) in The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three - The Prisoner #1.

In the narrative, the troubled streets of New York City has become the pulse of desolation and crime. Among the dissidents of the city, Eddie Dean is a troubled young man gifted with the ability to open doors to other worlds.  After smuggling narcotics from Nassau to New York City, Eddie has to escape a packed airplane guarded by armed Custom Agents!, How will Eddie avoid prison and yet also fulfill his contract with the dangerous mobster Balazar? The answer lies in Mid-World, with a dying gunslinger named Roland.

Editor Mark Paniccia states in his release, "In the latest chapter of King's epic tale there are some fascinating connections being made within the Dark Tower mythos, expanding on the histories of the characters and revealing their twisted 'family tree.' Fans will get a real thrill as we discover what kind of role Eddie Dean plays in Roland Deschain's plans to bring the tower down."

The new year is looking pretty good for Marvel. The crossover event Secret Wars looks promising, especially with the Battleworld events, X-Men '92 and Ultron vs. Marvel Zombies. CM Punk, Jason Aaron, Noelle Stevenson, and Rob Guillory are lining up to bring reading three stories featuring Thor and Female Thor in Thor Annual #1. 

The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three - House of Cards #1 arrives in March 2015.  Readers, are you excited to read this new Stephen King story?