It is plotted by Robin Furth, scripted by Peter David, and illustrated by Jae Lee and Richard Isanove.

[7] Creators Peter David and Jae Lee, and Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada appeared at a midnight signing at a Times Square, New York City comic book store to promote it.

[3] The entire seven-issue run of The Gunslinger Born was collected into a hardcover edition, released by Marvel on November 7, 2007 (ISBN 0785121447), though it does not include the prose work that ran in the individual issues.

On August 28, 2018, Gallery 13 republished the original hardcover collection as Stephen King's The Dark Tower: Beginnings - The Gunslinger Born (Book 1) (ISBN 1982108207).

On October 23, 2018, this edition (along with Books 2-5) was included in the boxed set Stephen King's The Dark Tower: Beginnings - The Complete Graphic Novel Series (ISBN 1982110201).