 Stephen King serves as Creative and Executive Director of the project.The first chapter run of the series, originally entitled simply "The Dark Tower", launched February 7, 2007, and consisted of 30 issues that made up five volumes illustrated primarily by Jae Lee and Richard Isanove.The first volume, "The Gunslinger Born", was based mostly on flashbacks from "" and ""; the remaining volumes ("The Long Road Home", "Treachery", "Fall of Gilead", and "Battle of Jericho Hill") contained mostly new/original content which expanded upon details and events more briefly referenced throughout the novels.