On Tuesday night/Wednesay morning at Midnight, comic book stores around the country had a midnight sale (the first ever for comics?) to launch Marvel's new seven book series, "The Dark Tower: Gunslinger Born".
The series is based on the seven Dark Tower novels Stephen King published between 1982 and 2004. Starting last Summer, I began reading said novels and I'm currently just past the half way point of Book #6 "Song of Susannah".
Since the novels are good and Marvel had been hyping the series as the second coming of X-Men, I decided to swing into the local comic shop yesterday for a pickup. As is typical with comics, the debut issue arrived with a standard cover, plus a few variant versions (two in this case). I was planning on picking up all three since you can usually score variant art early on for cover price or maybe just a $5-$10 increase. Variant art is also what tends to increase in value the most, so it can be highly sought after by collectors.
Then I got to the counter at the comic shop. Sure the standard cover was cover price, but the two variants ranged from $20-$75! Give me a break. I know there are a lot of people out there who hate the big comic shops like Marvel and DC, but since I only read a handful of books from each, I never really cared one way or the other. After this stunt, I'm about ready to join the anti-Marvel camp.
2/14/07 UPDATE: J.J. Abrams in talks to bring The Dark Tower novels to life?
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