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Jackie Estacado, the current bearer of The Darkness, was blackmailed and lied to by a devil who calls himself The Sovereign. Now free from The Sovereign's grip, Jackie has assembled a motley crew of criminals with one goal - destroy every last one of The Sovereign's reliquaries! His quest will pit him against a former Russian mob boss turned art collector, a mute mystic, countless of The Sovereign's statues, and even traitors within his midst! Collecting The Darkness #85-89, this volume concludes the second year of writer Phil Hester's (Firebreather, Wonder Woman) epic run with Estacado confronting The Sovereign. Featuring art by Sheldon Mitchell (Pilot Season: Stealth) and Romano Molenaar, and a special stand-alone "Tale of The Darkness" issue set in the Wild West by Joshua Hale Fialkov (Tumor, Echoes) and Matt Timson (Impaler, Popgun).
About the author
Phil Hester has been writing and drawing comics since the dawn of time.
He has drawn Kevin Smith's
Green Arrow, Mark Millar's
Swamp Thing, Robert Kirkman's
Ant-Man, and Jeff Lemire's
Family Tree, as well as notable runs on
Nightwing,
The Flash,
Batman Beyond,
Justice League, and Kevin Smith's
Tales from the Quick Stop. His recent assignments include
Gotham City: Year One with Tom King, CREEPSHOW, and a return to
Green Arrow. Phil has written
Wonder Woman, THE DARKNESS,
Deathstroke, MYTHIC,
Titans Giant, Swamp Thing Giant, INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE, and his co-creations
The Coffin with artist Mike Huddleston, and FIREBREATHER with artist Andy Kuhn, which became an Emmy-winning feature on Cartoon Network.
He wrote and drew
The Wretch, which was nominated for an Eisner Award. He lives in the sticks.
Summary
- Jackie Estacado, the current bearer of The Darkness, was blackmailed and
lied to by a devil who calls himself The Sovereign. Now free from The
Sovereign's grip, Jackie has assembled a motley crew of criminals with one goal
— destroy every last one of The Sovereign's reliquaries! His quest will
pit him against a former Russian mob boss turned art collector, a mute mystic,
countless of The Sovereign's statues, and even traitors within his midst!
- Collecting The Darkness #85-89, this volume concludes the second year
of writer Phil Hester's (Firebreather, Wonder Woman) epic run with
Estacado confronting The Sovereign. Featuring art by Sheldon Mitchell (Pilot
Season: Stealth) and Romano Molenaar, and a special stand-alone "Tale of The
Darkness" issue set in the Wild West by Joshua Hale Fialkov (Tumor,
Echoes) and Matt Timson (Impaler, Popgun).
