Image Firsts The Darkness #1

New York City’s criminal underworld is dark and brutal — but it has never seen anything like this. In the kickoff to this bestselling series, created by industry legends Marc Silvestri and Garth Ennis, up-and-coming mobster Jackie Estacado discovers a nightmarish inheritance: the supernatural power known only as The Darkness. Torn between his conscience and the ability to shape shadows to his will, Jackie ends up dealing with far more than ordinary gangsters — including an ancient cult, an angelic archenemy, and the corrupting consequences of the demonic entity that drives him.

This issue reprints the premiere issue of THE DARKNESS and is released at the introductory price as part of the IMAGE FIRSTS program.

• Urban horror, crime, and antihero drama
• By Marc Silvestri and Garth Ennis
• Ideal jumping-on point: reprint of issue #1