ICV2: Top Cow's Artifacts Event

Top Cow’s scribe-in-chief Ron Marz, who’s been shaping the direction of Top Cow’s top titles, has written a 13-issue series, Artifacts, which will shake the very foundations of the Top Cow Universe. Marz’ saga involves the thirteen artifacts (including the Witchblade and the Darkness) that guide the fate of the Top Cow Universe, and which if they fall into the hands of a single entity, would herald the destruction of mankind. In Artifacts #1, which ships in July, the kidnapping of Hope, the daughter of Sara Pezzini and Jackie Estacado, initiates a plot that could create Armageddon and which lays bare the underpinnings of the Top Cow world in ways that make it easy for new readers to understand and jump in.

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ComicAttack.net Reviews Darkness #79

”Regicide“: If you don’t know who Jackie Estacado is then you definitely need to jump into this issue of The Darkness! It’s the starting point for a new direction in his life as he embarks on a mission of revenge. He was duped by a guy named Sovereign who is cursed to only live through statues that were made in his image. Jackie finally discovered he was the Sovereign’s patsy and attacked one of his safe houses. He ended up taking out the mercs who were trained to kill him leaving all but one and actually hired him to help take out the Sovereign permanently. They take over the safe house which also has info on the location of other secretly stored host bodies and provides them a base of operations.

Again I say if you haven’t started this series and want to check it out this is a good time to do so.

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Controlling the Darkness - Talking About Top Cow's The Darkness Writer Phil Hester

Welcome to another edition of Controlling the Darkness where Phil Hester and I discuss all things Darkness related. Issue #79 had Jackie's new crew forming, a game plan set up and the story gaining new ground. So let's jump right in!

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Comic Box reviews The Darkness #79 (in French)

Si les épisodes récents nous avaient fait craindre un retour vers le Darkness conventionnel, classique et pré-Hester, le scénariste nous montre au contraire qu’il sait naviguer et éviter les clichés. Monsieur Estacado amorce ici une nouvelle partie de sa vie, désormais entièrement consacrée à combattre Sovereign. Et si on pouvait penser que le combat serait monomaniaquee, Phil Hester trouve ici le ressort pour donner enfin à la série une supporting cast. Reste à savoir combien de temps ces nouveaux alliés de Darkness pourront survivre…


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The Darkness #79 Preview

Jorge Lucas returns for a special issue of The Darkness. Jackie Estacado, bearer of The Darkness, is through with being someone else’s bag man and assembles a special team of thieves, smugglers, and murderers for one purpose – to take down The Sovereign.

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