On his 21st birthday, the awesome and terrible powers of the Darkness awaken within Jackie Estacado, a mafia hitman for the Franchetti crime family. There's nothing like going back to the beginning and reading it all over again. See how the Darkness first appeared and threw Jackie into the chaotic world of the supernatural. Get the first appearance of The Magdalena and more!
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Garth Ennis is the award-winning writer of Hellblazer, Hitman, Punisher, Preacher, Pride and Joy and War Stories. He is much in demand for his hard-edged, wickedly humorous style.
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42 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Mother of all Graphic Novels, at a Fraction of the Retail Price,
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This review is from: The Darkness Compendium Edition (Vol. 1) (Paperback)
This beauty is thicker than a dictionary!
Thicker than the "yellow pages" Thicker than the Bible even! You'll almost certainly be reading this one at a desk. And what a price! You save more than $20 if you buy it here as opposed to your local retailer. Who will charge you around $60. Questions to ask yourself? Do you like Garth Ennis? Do you like Marc Silvestri? Do you like scantily clad hotties? Do you like the mafia all suited up with guns blazin'? Do you like demons ripping pretty much everyone apart? You haven't bought this yet? Even after you've read it, you could still use it for stuff like: - Weight-lifting - Beating off would-be assailants - An overly excessive paper-weight - Filling up a ridiculous portion of your bookshelf - Or a Booster seat for hobbits, midgets, & dwarves An excellent, dare-I-say necessary addition to any noteworthy graphic library. Yes you might need Withchblade #18 & #19 to complete the story in the "Family Ties" arc. But you're better off just getting the "Wichblade Compendium". That way, you can also see the first appearance of "The Darkness". MORAL OF THE STORY: When you consider the savings, it's unethical not to buy this.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic,
By Isolde and Ziggy "Anita" (Raleigh) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Darkness Compendium Edition (Vol. 1) (Paperback)
This was the best $37 I've ever spent. On any book in my entire life. For over 1200 pages, it was well worth the money. I was thoroughly delighted with it. It delivered.
My only complaint is that it ended at Darkness #40, with no similiar compendium for subsequent issues. There were some large plot holes that require going to another Non Darkness comics/graphic novel (eg,, witchblade, batman) to find the darkness storyline conclusion. This forces you to go hunt for those issues to find out what happened as they are not contained in the compendium. All in all, its the best $37 I have ever spent on any book EVER. Totally thrilled.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: The Darkness Compendium Edition (Vol. 1) (Paperback)
This is a great collection and my criticism must not be allowed to distract from this. I had not read The Darkness before, having returned to comics after a ten year absence and ordered the compendium on reputation and reveiws alone. The service was great, I was delivered in South Africa on time in pristine condition.
It's hard to comment on this publication without referring to its size. It is huge. While this is a good thing, it is not without its drawbacks. The compendium cannot be read as I would a standard graphic novel in that a degree of discipline is needed. I found myself racing through it missing the artwork and the natural pace a comic has by nature of its original monthly format. While the standard comic can be frustratingly short, nine or ten bound together is a great afternoon's read, taking time to savour each panel. Over 1200 pages is a bit indigestable and I would have perhaps preffered to buy a series of smaller collections to make up the whole. Text close to the spine is difficult to get to without risking the spine and it's not something that would be easily shared with a friend, being a bit unweildy to lend out or have someone help themselves to over a coffee (unless they are a comic enthusiast). Having said all of this there is still something nice about it being ridiculously huge. While I am particularly "non-religious", I do find myself questioning the content at times (as enjoyable as it might be). There is a point or two where I was struck than a line was being pushed, such as the offhand killing of an inocent person because its all our hero could come up with on short notice to save himself or the ham-fisted religious references in the Magdelina editions. This is obviously a discomfort I have with the genre itself. Violent dark action/humour would perhaps be less enjoyable if it didn't push the boundry of moral offensiveness. Potential purchasers should know that this one does so more than most and is certainly not for kids. I am however splitting hairs on what is an excellent collection; the artwork is fantastic, and the humour dark. In my opinion it is the best of the genre.
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