CinemaBlend Copy to clipboard While Stephen King has worked in a wide variety of mediums over the course of his stunning and storied career, whatâs pretty remarkable is that he has spent shockingly little time in the world of comics. He has penned an adaptation of Creepshow (which was a film directly inspired by the EC Comics he loved growing up); contributed to a special Marvel comic in 1985 called âHeroes for Hope: Starring The X-Menâ (which was made to raise awareness of hunger in Africa); co-wrote the first five issues of Vertigoâs âAmerican Vampireâ series; and has seen both âThe Standâ and âThe Dark Towerâ adaptations published⦠but thatâs the full extent of the history. Exactly why this is the case isnât clear, but fans can always hold out hope that things could change.