The Darkness Volume 1 Compendium [Hardcover]

Chris Claremont (Author), Brian Holguin (Author), Marc Silvestri (Author, Artist), and more! (Author, Artist), David Finch (Author), Michael Turner (Author), Joe Benitez (Author), Billy Tan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 30, 2008

There's nothing like going back to the beginning and reading it all over again! The Darkness Compendium Volume 1 collects the first 40 issues of one of Top Cow Productions' flagship books, 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. Plus, get the first appearances of The Magdalena and more!

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1280 pages
• Publisher: Top Cow Productions/Image Comics (December 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582408920
• ISBN-13: 978-1582408927
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 6.9 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,121,127 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Even Better Than I'd Hoped, September 17, 2009

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Keith White (CT, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Darkness Volume 1 Compendium (Hardcover)

After recently purchasing and reading through both Witchblade Compendiums (Volumes 1 and 2), I ordered The Darkness Compendium, never having read this series before, my interest peaked from reading through Witchblade. I am glad to say now, after recently having read it, that it is certainly on-par with Witchblade, which is my favorite graphic novel/comic book series of all time. The rivalry between the Darkness and the Angelus, with the malevolent Sonatine in the mix, is a pleasure to read through, having beautiful artwork depicting these epic battles between "good" and "evil" and dialogue that is highly engrossing, though it does falter from time to time with spelling/grammar errors and inconsistencies. Add in the fact that my version of the book is hardcover--which is *really* sweet--and what you have (or what you could have) is a book that will likely be among the most coveted in your collection.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Strong Art Poor Story, March 12, 2010

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Citan (Washington, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Darkness Volume 1 Compendium (Hardcover)

Eh, rather mediocre and disjointed. I was really disappointed upon reading the Darkness after seeing other people's reviews. It sounded like it would be a good read but I was personally never engrossed. The stories are extremely disjointed and as other people have mentioned there's chunks of the story simply missing which ruins the already weak story telling. Couple that with the fact that Jackie never seems to do anything and everything is done to him the story flows more like, "Ok, who else can we throw at Jackie that might possibly challenge him". There is no personal development and you don't care for the characters until the very very end when things start to pick up, but then the compendium switches to stand alone tales. It's hard to care for characters as shallowly presented as those in the Darkness. Seriously, for most of The Darkness Jackie's only two thoughts are "Who can I kill next who hasn't tried to kill me" and "Why can't i have sex?" with the occasional "I miss my childhood friend Jenny but alas we can never be together because she doensn't like me killing people". Those thoughts over and over again. The art is good though and if a decently interesting story is of no importance to you then I would recommend this compendium. The hardcover binding is solid and the book does indeed have a nice heft to it.