Sunday, December 4, 2005

The Darkness | Comics

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The Darkness | Comics
Being the adopted son of mafia don Frankie Franchetti, Jackie Estacado was recruited to mob when he was only six. As a mafia member, he quickly made a name for himself and his increasing reputation in the underworld made Franchetti a very powerful person. Actually it was Sonatine, who told Franchetti that in the upcoming future Jackie will be the reason behind Franchetti's rise in power. He started killing at sixteen, while also lose his virginity at fourteen during an interrogation to a female officer. He became a very violent person as he grew and sexually aggressive but he does have his own set of strict moral codes.

When he was twenty one, he came to know of his secret dark potentials, a very powerful evil heritage that is passed by father to son. Jackie opposed Franchetti and Frankie took revenge on Jackie by sending him footage containing the kidnapping and killing scene of one of Jackie's old friend. He later decides to quit the life of being a mere hitman and become the next host for The Darkness. Often assisting Witchblade in her adventures and makes advancement  with it's current user Sara Pezzini, Jackie also becomes the primary target of the Angelus. As Darkness, Jackie not only is aided by his Darklings but also possesses powers at an unimaginable level with a mystical body armor that not only enhances his superhuman strength, but also protects him from enemy attacks.

For more information on The Darkness, you can check out these links below.

The Darkness (Comics) Wikipedia

The Darkness (Comics) Wikia
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The Bearer of Wicked
Here is your links for "The Darkness" comics from Image Comics.

The Darkness – Coming of Age

The Darkness – Origins Vol 01

The Darkness Ultimate Collection

The Darkness – Heart of Darkness

The Darkness – Origins Vol 02

The Darkness – Spear of Destiny

The Magdalena/Angelus

The Darkness – Origins Vol 03

The Darkness – Original Sin

The Darkness – Origins Vol 04

Witchblade/The Darkness – Family Ties

The Darkness/Batman

Tomb Raider/The Darkness

The Darkness – Flesh and Blood

The Darkness Compendium Vol 01

The Darkness – Resurrection

The Darkness – Demon Inside

The Darkness – Depths of Hell

The Darkness/EVA – Daughter of Dracula

The Darkness/Hulk

The Darkness/Vampirella

The Darkness/Wolverine

Top Cow/Marvel – The Crossover Collection

DC/Top Cow Crossovers

Unholy Union

First Born

Broken Trinity

The Darkness – Accursed Vol 01

The Darkness – Accursed Vol 02

The Darkness – Accursed Vol 03

The Darkness – Accursed Vol 04

The Darkness – Accursed Vol 05

The Darkness – Accursed Vol 06

The Darkness – Accursed Vol 07

The Darkness – Rebirth Vol 01

The Darkness – Rebirth Vol 02
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The Darkness and The Darklings

Progeny

The Darkness – Rebirth Vol 03

The Darkness is a popular fictional character from the banner of Image Comics, created by artist Marc Silvertsi along with writer Garth Ennis and David Wohl. Though the Darkness portrays the character of an anti-hero and a bit similar to Todd McFarlance's Spawn but still it is one of the most popular comic character and one of the fan favourite comic titles ever released by Image Comics till date. Despite having regular appearances to his own monthly series, the character also involved in a few crossover stories with Batman, Superman and JLA from DC Comics, Doctor Strange, Ghost RiderHulk and Wolverine from Marvel Comics and often with Witchblade from their own production as well as other renowned comics characters.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Angela | Comics

To keep the darkness of existence in check, Angela is a warrior of Heaven assigned to eliminate the hosts of Hellspawn over the centuries. She is perhaps the best among her kind and also the most experienced as she has killed 30 of them. However, when she faced Al Simmons in combat, she experienced defeat for the first time. She was tested on a trial on her 100,000th birthday for treason and her greatest rival comes to testify for her but things went wrong and they are forced to flee.

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Angela | Comics

In the final battle between Spawn and Malebolgia, she came in aid for the latter and gutted the demon with her Dimensional Lance. When she was leaving Hell, she is impaled by Malebolgia with her own weapon. Spawn carried her away and a group of angels comes to take Angela's body.

When Wolverine unintentionally damages the time-stream of the Omniverse during Age of Ultron, Angela is dragged from Heven and found her way into Midgard. Looking for revenge on the one responsible for bringing her here, she engages in a fight with Gamora but then is assisted by Guardians of the Galaxy on her quest.

Later, Uatu, the Watcher's eye reveals that she is the daughter of Odin and the long-lost sister of Thor and Loki, an Asgardian named Aldrif Odinsdottir. She was apparently killed in the Queen of Angels as a child and Odin then severs the link to other Nine Realms from Heven. This revelation and afterward a trip to Heven to exorcize Surtur's spirit from her younger sister Laussa Odinsdottir revoked her entrance in Tenth Realm permanently.

For more information on Angela comics series, you can check out these links below.

Angela (Comics) Wikipedia

Angela (Comics) Image Wikia

Angela (Comics) Marvel Wikia

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Asgard's Prodigal Daughter

Here is your links for "Angela" comics from Image Comics and Marvel Comics.

Image Comics Continuity:

Spawn – Dark Discoveries

Spawn – Pathway to Judgement

Angela's Hunt

Curse of the Spawn, Book 3 – Shades of Grey

Angela/Glory – Rage of Angels

Spawn 100

Marvel Comics Continuity:

Age of Ultron

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 02 – Angela

Original Sin

Angela – Asgard's Assassin Vol 01 – Priceless

Angela – Queen of Hel – Journey to the Funderworld

Introduced in Todd McFarlane (Image United, The Incredible Hulk)’s creator owned ongoing series Spawn from Image Comics as a recurring nemesis for the titular character, Angela was created by writer Neil Gaiman (Death – The High Cost of Living, Death – The Time of Your Life) and McFarlane. The initial concept was conceived by Gaiman and McFarlane drew the lines to flesh it out. Years after debuting in “Dark Discoveries” storyline, the character start appearing in the series more often as well as making appearances in Curse of the Spawn storyline “Shades of Grey”, her own limited series Angela's Hunt by Gaiman and Greg Capullo (Haunt, Quasar) and in Youngblood.

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Heven's Bounty Hunter

After resolving the legal disputes between Gaiman and McFarlane over the right of the character, the latter owned the rights and he then sells it to Marvel Comics. With the Age of Ultron crossover mini-event, Angela is launched in the mainstream Marvel Universe and since then she played important part in Asgard's Assassin, Original Sin and Queen of Hel.
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Spawn – Dark Discoveries | Comics

An unscheduled demolition by the Mafia leveled up an entire building that belonged to a multinational firm who refused to cooperate with them. The flattening was performed by a cyborg assassin called Overtkill who also trashed the army troops on his way home. Spawn goes against Overtkill, hired by the local mob that is clearly disturbed by his interference in their work lately.

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Spawn – Dark Discoveries | Comics

As he keeps perishing the goons and they are fade up on keep losing their men to him. After a good fight, Overtkill outmatches Spawn, causes him to run away only to come back when fully prepared. He soon demands a re-match against the cyborg killer. They met in the alleyways and fights again but this time Spawn’s heavy array of weaponaries proved more than his new cybernetic foe could handle.

Also, Spawn meets Cogliostro, another Hellspawn but he is an opposite to the clown Violator, he acts more like an advocate of him. A centuries old powerful arch nemesis from the side of Haven named Angela makes her appearance in the game. Angela used to prey upon the hosts of Hellspawn from the Medieval era to modern time by disguising herself as a helpless woman desperately seeking for protection.

Upon the arrival of her prey, she slowly lured them all into her trap before hunting them down. Though she was proven very effective for centuries to track down and hunt the Hellspawns, she faced the current Spawn only to be defeated by him for the first time ever in the history of her entire kind.

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Opposed by Cyborg Assilant

Here is your links to buy “Spawn – Dark Discoveries" from Image Comics in issues on Amazon.

Spawn 06


Spawn 07


Spawn 08


Spawn 09


Spawn 11

Here is your links to buy “Spawn – Dark Discoveries" from Image Comics in issues on Amazon.

Spawn – Dark Discoveries

Dark Discoveries” is the second story arc of the Spawn monthly ongoing series from Image Comics preceded by the “Beginnings” storyline of the same series. The arc collects issue #06-09 and issue #11 from the first volume of the Spawn series, written by series creator Todd McFarlane (Amazing Spider-Man, Image United) with writer Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta) and Neil Gaiman (Death, The Sandman).

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A Fight To Standstill

Apart from writing the plots for the series, McFarlane drawn the masterful story pages all by himself. This story arc is next succeeded by "Spawn - Revelation" and like the previous line, issues regarding the tale was a tribute to comic book legend Stan Lee (Doctor Strange, Fantastic Four), Rob Liefeld (X-Force, Youngblood), Harvey Kurtzman and Gil Kane.
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