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  ==Comic book series==
  The first issue of the comic book adaptation of the first novel, ''A Game of Thrones'', by fantasy author Daniel Abraham and artist Tommy Patterson, was published by Dynamite Entertainment in September 2011. The series is set to run for 24 issues and is intended to follow the story of the novel closely.
  The first six issues were published as a trade paperback in March 2012: