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Heart of Darkness (The Darkness, Volume 2) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Garth Ennis, David Wohl, Marc Silvestri, Joe Benitez
Publisher: Top Cow Productions/Image Comics
Category: Book
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 647329
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 6.6 x 0.4
ISBN: 1582402051
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781582402055
ASIN: 1582402051
Publication Date: June 1, 2001
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Product Description
I am powerful. I am immortal. I can do anything. I am cursed. I am ... The Darkness. Fan favorite artist, Marc Silvestri, teams up with award winning writer, Garth Ennis, to tell the tale of a dark legacy fulfilled. On his 21st birthday, mafia hitman, Jackie Estacado inherits a weapon of vast power-The Darkness. An other-worldly suit of armor that manifests demons to do his bidding. Volume II - Sibling rivalry is taken to new level when the sister Jackie has always hated is granted the power to destroy The Darkness.
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 Oh Jackie O July 30, 2008
A character with a curse on him. Part of his curse means bad things will happen if he begets a child.
Jackie's mob boss's daughter comes home to Daddy with the ambition to help out with the family business.
Meanwhile, a groupie explains to Jackie a way for him to have sex that absolutely won't result in pregnancy. You have to read the book to find out Jack's reaction.
Darkness is available in other languages. I found one in a little comic book shop in Geneva.
 Great story, great artwork, hilarious dialogue... December 13, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
What more could you ask for? I love this series, and Ennis and Silvestri do a great job with it.
Love this! June 29, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Yes it is violent, yes it is a bit obvious, yes it does have sexual gratuity in it. And???
Its interesting, its funny and the character is an anti-hero interested in neither good nor evil but really just in his own self interests and the people he cares about. Some people will love it, some people will think it stupid. I think its great fun.
GREAT LOOKING BUT NEEDS MORE DEPTH May 5, 2005
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Jackie Estacado is a mob hitman for his uncle, a powerful mob boss Frankie Franchetti. Jackie picks up a woman in a bar and takes her back to his place for what he describes as his favorite past time. But at midnight, Jackie's life is about to change forever. He finds himself under attack by some winged, angelic-like creatures when suddenly his body is gripped by a tremendous power...the power of "The Darkness". Jackie uses it to destroy the creatures and finds he can use it to create armor, razor-sharp tendril, and even demonic creatures with this new power. He finds himself drawn to the Statue of Liberty where he comes in contact with the Brotherhood of Darkness and their leader Lord Sonatine.
Sonatine explains that The Darkness is an ancient power much like the Witchblade and the Rapture and Sonatine has been waiting for the power to manifest itself in Jackie for years. We later find out that the Darkness is passed from father to son at the moment of conception, and that the father dies on the spot. To his horror Jackie learns that this essentially means no sex...at least NO unprotected sex. He also learns of The Darkness' ancient enemy, The Magdalene who will stop at nothing to destroy what is essentially her complete opposite. Jackie learns that it was Sonatine who convinced Frankie Francetti to adopt Jackie when he was just seven years old, knowing that the mobsters influence would be beneficial to Jackie. Jackie wants nothing to do with Sonatine or his Brotherhood. To force his hand, Sonatine has kidnapped Jackie's long-time friend Jenny, and now he finds himself caught between Sonatine, and the forces of the Magdalene.
This trade collects the first six issues of the on-going series. The Darkness was written by Garth Ennis who received such critical acclaim for his long run on DC Comics' Vertigo series The Preacher as well as his run on Marvel's The Punisher. Ennis' hallmark had been a style that was gritty, violent and infused with subtle, black humor. You do get that in "The Darkness" but the humor isn't so subtle as much as it seems forced. It is violent, as Jackie uses his powers for some very clever and gruesome ways to dispatch his enemies. Unfortunately there isn't quite the development, at least so far, of character and background that we've come to expect from Ennis. As such the first volume of "The Darkness" seems to clearly go for more style than substance. On that level it certainly succeeds with gorgeous art by Marc Silvestri and Batt, but I want to see the kind of character-driven stories that Ennis does so well.
 Has Potential September 27, 2001
6 out of 16 found this review helpful
I tried to get into the Darkness for some odd reason. Some of the stories have potential and the art is good. But then it gets to wrapped up in being sexually gratitous. I mean c'mon a character who will die if he sleeps with a woman? I enjoy comic books, like Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and I adored the X-men in the eighties and Batman. But a lot of comics have gone down the drain, they rely more on drawing pinup girls then working on a solid, fun, entertaining story. Damn shame... Top Cow is guilty of this, and it's a shame.
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