The Darkness Origins Vol 2

Collects The Darkness #7-10 as well as Witchblade #18-19. Go back to the beginning and see 21-year-old mob hitman Jackie Estacado struggle with the power and the burden of The Darkness. Also collected in this edition is the first crossover between The Darkness and Witchblade in the fan favorite 'Family Ties' storyline. Featuring art by Top Cow founder Marc Silvestri and superstar Joe Benitez (Soulfire, Titans).

Includes The Darkness Volume 1 Special Preview Edition and The Darkness #1-6. Mafia hitman Jackie Estacado was both blessed and cursed on his 21st birthday when he inherited the power of The Darkness, an elemental force that allows those who wield it access to an otherworldly dimension and control over the demons who dwell there. Forces for good in the world rise up to oppose Jackie and what his gift represents, but in this story, they are the bad guys. The sold out origin story by Garth Ennis (Punisher, Preacher) and Marc Silvestri (X-Men: Messiah Complex) is presented here.

"Originally published in single magazine form as The Darkness issues #7-10 and Witchblade issues #18-19"--Indicia.

Collects THE DARKNESS #106-111 Jackie Estacado never feared much of anything, except the Darkness itself. Then the rules changed. Rival Bulgarian gangs are starting to encroach upon his turf. Jackie's wife, Jenny, is losing her mind. Jackie is no longer the host to the Darkness and with everything cracking at the seams he has neglected to notice that his daughter, Hope, has something terribly, terribly wrong with her. Jackie thought he was invincible, but he will soon learn that there are things in this world that even the Darkness should fear.

From the pages of Green Hornet: Year One comes the solo adventures of Kato! Kato travels to New York, and the infamous Hellfire Club, to sniff out a story for the Sentinel, Kato goes undercover as Siamese prince to unearth an illegal business collusion from some of the East Coast's richest families, but when a prominent businessman is murdered in a closed room, everyone becomes a suspect. This looks like a job for a ninja crime fighter!

Cyber Data has created a killing machine that not even they can control. Killjoy has been let loose on the world and nothing will stand in her way as she seeks revenge against her old adversary Ripclaw. Cyber Data has been exposed and Stryker, Velocity, and the others have one last shot at survival. As it turns out, CDI isn't the only power out to destroy the world. Collects CYBER FORCE #6-12.

Collects APHRODITE IX # 6-10 and APHRODITE IX: HIDDEN FILES #1 Determined to never be controlled by outside forces again, Aphrodite IX seeks revenge against those who manipulated her. Plus the secrets behind the generational models revealed by Aphrodite XV and Artemis IX.