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Dark Tower: The Battle of Jericho Hill |  | Authors: Peter David, Robin Furth
Creator: Jae Lee
Publisher: Marvel
Category: Book
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 1136
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 10.5 x 6.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 0785129537
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9780785129530
ASIN: 0785129537
Publication Date: August 18, 2010 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Product Description
A bold new story featuring Roland Deschain and his beleaguered ka-tet on the run following the complete destruction of their beloved city of Gilead! And when such as gilead falls, the pillars of reality itself - the six beams holding all of existance together - begins to crumble. The satanic plan of the Crimson King to return all of existance to the primal state of chaos is nigh. Plus, just in time for the fun, it's the return of master storyteller Jae Lee to the role of penciler! Don't miss it! Collects Dark Tower: The Battle of Jericho Hill #1-5.
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 When Gilead falls so do parts of one of the Beams August 17, 2010
E. A Solinas (MD USA)
In the comic books adapted from Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series, Gilead has been crumbling away for a long time now... but it's still a wrench when it's gone. And in "Dark Tower: The Battle of Jericho Hill," we see what is left after it falls -- a wrenching bloody battle, a bleak rotted world, and the strength of a young man who loses everything.
Gilead is gone forever, Midworld is "dying," and the only remnants of it are Roland Deschain and his ragtag ka-tet. Roland's plan: to reach the legendary Dark Tower and use its power "to set things aright," by following the Beam. And nine years later, Roland and the ka-tet reunite on Gilead's ruins, and form a half-hidden rebellion bent on bringing down Farson.
But he is not the only danger to them -- slow mutants, crazy cults, bandits. Worst of all, one of Roland's men has been blackmailed into a treacherous pact with Walter O'Dim, and for the sake of his child he has turned against his own friends. And at long last, the battle comes to the ka-tet at Jericho Hill...
There's a line in the fourth chapter that sums up this entire comic book -- "Sometimes you think you see the light, and you think the dawn is coming... and so you don't realize that, in fact, the darkness is laughing at you because it knows it's closing it." At first it seems like the worst is behind Roland and Co., and there might even be a small sliver of hope.
But of course, anyone who knows what's ahead for Roland knows what will happen in this story. Using King's book as source material, Robin Furth produces four chapters of Robin-Hoodesque fighting and training in secret, and a fifth chapter that is the stuff of Shakespearean tragedy -- murky, blood-spattered battles in which Roland loses even more people that he loves. Yet nothing will break the gunslinger's spirit.
Along the way, we see some grotesque glimpses of the ruined Midworld (a religious sacrifice upon a gas pump), countered with some devastatingly beautiful moments, such as Roland's final moments with Bert ("Then blow that damnable horn"). Most of the gritty, realistic artwork is cloaked in shadows and silhouetted by red mist -- perhaps meant to show the Crimson King's power growing.
Problem? The first fifth of the graphic novel is a rather fragmented, talky part, mostly used for exposition rather than storytelling.
Just when it seems that things are getting better for Roland and his ka-tet, the events of "Dark Tower: The Battle of Jericho Hill" slowly grind them into the dust. A powerful, bittersweet piece of work.
Another great episode of the Dark Tower story! August 29, 2010
Michael Carl Debenedictis (Cuyahoga Falls, OH)
I pre-ordered this 5 months before it was available for sale. As soon as I received it I opened my Amazon package and read the whole thing. I thought this was another great chapter of the Dark Tower saga. As the entire DT story goes it's not the typical western, sci-fi, adventure, action, drama, so on type of story and it's best attributes are it's flawed characters, deep seeded story line, the underlying community feeling, gritty reality, and fearless dives into the tumultuous world of Mid-World. This chapter did not disappoint in the least. I immediately pre-ordered the next hardcover bound edition to come out in January 2011 and can't wait to see it's interpretation and continuation of the story. I'm just waiting for the DT graphic novel that ends with the words "the man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed" to truly cap off a great adventure!
 Sort of anti-climatic August 29, 2010
Derrick O'Rourke (Dublin, Ireland)
This volume felt a little anti-climatic. The previous volume was brilliant and a real sense of significance and urgency came across well. This one is a little bit of a let down. The plot is practically the same as the others in terms of a hero is blackmailed into helping the villains. Also, I'm not so sure how Roland survives at the end. The art is very good & approporiate though. I'm still looking forward to the next volume but I hope it picks up again.
Ok August 18, 2010
Gregory C Utz (Richmond, VA United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I thought the others were fantastic and a real tribute to story telling. - Spoiler - However one really annoying piece of this is ... The Red King will wait until the fall of Gilead to steal the guns because that is what he needs to destroy the multiverse. But when Roland is shot and laying on the ground no one takes them?
Art is great as always but with the exiting of Jae Lee as pencils I worry. The story telling that was solid in the others is not consistent here. At best - it is ok.
 Should have been much better August 27, 2010
GorillaPaws (Virginia)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is supposed to be the culmination of an epic backstory for one of the greatest stories in our lifetime. The story was disappointingly thin, and at times the dialogue was trying to get too "cute" for its own good. I felt like I did when I walked out of Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
The biggest redeeming quality to this work is the art, which is truly worthy of such a beloved license.
Marvel should seriously consider pretending this was an accident, hiring a writer with talent to redo the story, make it epic, and then have Jae Lee re-draw "Dark Tower: The Battle of Jericho Hill: The REAL EDITION."
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