Stephen King Comic On Sale at Midnight,Just Like Harry Potter Novels

In the latest iteration of the hype over the Dark Tower comic book, which builds off the characters and stories from Stephen King‘s seven-volume epic, Marvel has convinced nearly 150 comic book shops to open at midnight on February 7 to start selling the first issue. NYT comic book expert George Gene Gustines (who I’m hoping I get to meet at Comic-Con next month, hint hint) reports that Manhattan’s Midtown Comics will also have the writer-artist team of Peter David and Jae Lee on hand to meet with fans. (True story: David was the very first industry pro I ever met, back when I was 16 and managed to finesse my dad into taking me to a comic book convention, and I assume he’s still as nice a guy then as he was then.)

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