Dark Tower: The Long Road Home is a Marvel Comics adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower.  In order to celebrate this huge comic event, Marvel Comics is offering a midnight release of Dark Tower: The Long Road Home #1 on the night of Wednesday, March 5, 2008. 

Retailers participating in this even will open at 12:01 AM on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 to allow Stephen King fans to buy the first issue.  A list of participating retailers can be found at: http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.2663.

In Dark Tower: The Long Road Home, Roland Deschain and his ka-tet fight for their survival.  After the death of Susan, Roland and his companions try to make their way home.  However, the Big Coffin Hunters are on their trail and visions of Susan’s death haunt Roland.  Roland falls into a coma, and the people who burned Susan try to make him their next victim.

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Stan Lee, creator of Spider-Man, the X-Men and the Incredible Hulk is the featured guest in this week’s Marvel Podcast.  Stan takes listeners on a fascinating journey of the history of the Skrulls, which first appeared in Fantastic Four #2.  “I wanted the FF to have face the biggest menace I could find, that I could think of”, said Lee.  The Skrulls have lasted over 40 years, and Lee provides insight into why they have been such a powerful presence over the last four-plus decades.

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