The Darkness

Top Cow Productions.

Volume 1
1 Coming of Age (1-6, The Darkness Preview; w Garth Ennis; a Richard Bennett, Marc Silvestri, Batt, Aaron Sowd, Danny Miki, Marlo Alquiza, John Livesay, Victor Llamas, Billy Tan, Joe Weems V, Jeff de los Santos, Marcia Chen, Jose Guillen, Marco Galli, Crumpler). [From Top Cow: Top Cow proudly presents a collection of the first six critically-acclaimed issues of Darkness by Garth Ennis & Mark Silvestri. This book also contains the extremely rare Darkness Preview pages by Ennis and Silvestri. All that plus an all-new cover by Marc Silvestri! Jackie is a bad guy. He's a Mafia hitman and what he hits stays down. Now, at age 21, he's come into his inheritance: The Darkness. With this power he can do just about everything... and what he doesn't isn't very nice.]
2 Heart of Darkness (7-8, 11-14; w Garth Ennis, Malachy Coney, David Wohl, Christina Z.; a Richard Bennett, Jason Gorder, Marc Silvestri, Batt, Danny Miki, Edwin Rosell, Kevin Conrad, John Livesay, Victor Llamas, Billy Tan, Joe Weems V, Jonathan Sibal, Brian Ching, Jeff de los Santos, Marcia Chen, Jose Guillen, Andy Kim, Viet Truong, Clarence Lansang, Cedric Nocon, Marco Galli, Joe Benitez, Steve Firchow, Steven Platt, Dave Finch, Aaron Ashcroft, Marc Prudeaux). [From Top Cow: He is Jackie Estacado. Through his veins runs the legacy of his father and his father's fathers, a mystic power of unimaginable magnitude - The Darkness. A curse would would be a more fitting description - for the instant Jackie fathers a son he dies. For this Mafia hitman who prizes his virile reputation and habits it's a particularly painful curse. But he has more to worry about than the death of his sexlife, The Darkness' ancient enemy—The Angelus—is looking for a new host, and the perfect candidate is one that is quite close to home.]
Witchblade/Darkness: Family Ties (Witchblade 18-19, The Darkness 9-10; w David Wohl, Christina Z.; a Michael Turner, D-Tron). Replaced by Witchblade 2: Revelations.

3 Spear of Destiny (15-17; w Malachy Coney; a Marlo Alquiza, Victor Llamas, Joe Weems V, Jonathan Sibal, Jon Benitez). [From Top Cow: Jackie Estacado: A Mob hitman blessed and cursed with the ancient power of his fathers—chaos and creation—The Darkness. The Warring Sister, Protector of the Faith, Avenger of the Holy See. By blood and honor the bearer of the Spear of Destiny—The Magdalena.] Replaced by Darkness 3: Original Sins.

Magdalena 1 (15-18). [For full contents, see under Magdalena.]
3 Original Sin (15-25; a Marlo Alquiza, Victor Llamas, Joe Weems V, Jonathan Sibal, Jon Benitez, Clarence Lansang). Replaces Spear of Destiny.
3.5 Flesh and Blood (26-39, Darkness/Witchblade, Witchblade/Darkness; w Scott Lobdell, Christina Z; a David Finch, Clarence Lansang, Clayton Crain, Joe Benitez, Keu Cha). [From Image Comics: Featuring art from the industry's top artists and creators, The Darkness: Flesh and Blood is packed with action and the mysterious connection between The Darkness and The Witchblade. Collecting The Darkness #26-39 as well as the crossover books Witchblade/Darkness and Darkness/Witchblade, this trade paperback edition fills in the blanks on Jackie' past, and his place in the world.]
Volume 2
4 Resurrection (Volume 1, 40; Volume 2, 1-6; w Paul Jenkins; a Dale Keown). [From Top Cow: Jackie Estacado, mafia hitman and Darkness weilder, died in a blaze of revenge. The Darkness, however, was not about to let him go so easily. It pieced him back together and wrenched him back from the depths of hell. Now, he must find a new place in a family that had moved on without him‹and Jackie wants the top spot.]
5 Demon Inside (7-16; w Ron Marz, Paul Jenkins, Frank Tieri; a Martin Montiel, Matt Banning, Eric Balsaldua). [From Top Cow: 10th Anniversary of The Darkness! Collecting The Darkness volume 2 issues #7-#16 plus the one shot The Darkness: Wanted Dead this trade paperback collection delivers new tales of The Darkness from some of the industries biggest names! Following the events from The Darkness: Resurrection Jackie has to reestablish his control over the mafia and does a final face off with his Uncle Paulie. With stories by Paul Jenkins (Wolverine: Origins, Civil War) and superstar Ron Marz (Green Lantern, Witchblade) this is a must have for any collection!]
6 Depths of Hell (17-24 + Black Sails 1-shot; w David Lapham, David Wohl; a Brian Denham). [From Top Cow: This latest volume collects the first foray from STRAY BULLETS mastermind David Lapham (DETECTIVE COMICS) as Jackie travels to Sin City for "Hell House" joined by Brian Denham (IRON MAN: HYPERVELOCITY). Then, THE DARKNESS co-creator David Wohl takes the reigns to tell a tale of the age old battle between light and dark, as the Angelus comes to town! Did we mention the Magdalena wants in on that action as well?]
Compendia, etc.
The Darkness Compendium Edition (1-40, Vol. 2 1, Tales of the Darkness ½, 1-4, Wanted Dead, Darkness/Witchblade ½; w Garth Ennis, Christina Z, David Wohl, Malachy Coney, Marcia Chen, Scott Lobdell, Paul Jenkins, Marc Silvestri, Frank Tieri, Brian Haberlin; a Marc Silvestri, Joe Benitez, Clarence Lansang, Keu Cha, Billy Tan, Brian Ching, Clayton Crain, Mark Pajarillo, Brett Booth, David Finch, Dale Keown, Mark Texeira, Randy Queen, Cedric Nocon, Dan Fraga, Whilce Portacio). [From Image Comics: There's nothing like going back to the beginning and reading it all over again-- issue #1-40, plus the complete run of the Tales of the Darkness series collected into one trade paperback. See how the Darkness first appeared and threw Jackie into the chaotic world of the supernatural. Get the first appearances of The Magdalena and more!]
Ultimate Collection 1 (Apparently contains Volumes 1 & 4 above). [From Top Cow: The Darkness Ultimate Collection collects the two essential storylines which inspired The Darkness Video Game -- "Coming of Age" and "Resurrection." "Coming of Age" tells the classic origin story that introduced Jackie Estacado and The Darkness to the Top Cow Universe, written by Garth Ennis and drawn by Marc Silvestri. "Resurrection" is the pivotal tale which served as the primary storyline for the video game, written by Paul Jenkins and drawn by superstar Dale Keown. Plus, a foreword by lead game designer Jens Andersson of Starbreeze and other exclusive bonus material for the video game!]
Misc.
Aliens/Predator/Witchblade/Darkness: Mindhunter (Dark Horse Comics; 3-issue mini; w David Quinn; a Mel Rubi & Mike Perkins). [From Dark Horse Comics: Jackie Estacado, a mob hitman possessing a mysterious, malevolent force known as the Darkness, and New York Police Detective Sara Pezzini, wielding an equally mysterious weapon, the Witchblade, are abducted and trapped in a realm of illusory violence and bottomless time. Forming an unsteady alliance, they rip through layers of false realities to discover that they're imprisoned on a huge, living spacecraft high in Earth's orbit -- an ever-changing prison ship controlled by the mind of a madman. Their fellow inmates? Swarms of Aliens and a female Predator with a jones for the Witchblade's power! How could things be worse? Throw a Darkling/Alien hybrid in the mix! Collecting the three-issue series.]
Levels (6-issue mini; w Paul Jenkins, David Wohl; a Mattias Snygg, Stjepan Sejic, Tyler Kirkham, Eric Basaldua, Patrick Blaine, Mike Choi). [From Image Comics: Based on The Darkness video game from 2K Games and Starbreeze, this trade paperback captures the intensity and horror of the game while expanding The Darkness Universe for both players of the game and readers of the comic! All six self-contained, unique stories from The Darkness Level 0-5 is collected here!]