Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - The Battle of Tull

A stark, essential prequel to the larger Dark Tower saga, this 2019 one-shot from Simon and Schuster drills down into a single, brutal episode from Roland Deschain's past. Artist Michael Lark brings a gritty, shadowed realism to the gunslinger's fateful confrontation in the plague-ridden town of Tull, a key moment that haunts the entire series. It's a compact, atmospheric horror-western that distills the grim tone of Stephen King's world into a single, unforgettable issue.