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Issue: The Darkness #17

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Publication Date: December 2004

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- The Darkness
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- The Darkness

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Issues: #17 of 24 Issues (39 Printings)

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Variant: unnamed

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Publisher: Flag

Image

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Indicia Publisher: Image Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 2

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: 70985307603201711

Price: $4.60 CAD
$2.99 USD

Indicia Frequency: none

Content Items: 8 (1 story, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: The issue features the first of the four-part "Hell House" storyline written by "Stray Bullets" creator David Lapham. The Darkness created by Marc Silvestri, Garth Ennis and David Wohl.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: colorido

Dimensions: standard Modern Age U. S.

Paper Stock: glossy

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Content Items (8 total)

Hell House Part 1 of 4

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Subject Matter

Genres: crime, horror

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Notes: Creator credits and indicia information. Contains a brief synopsis of Jackie Estacado's becoming the bearer of The Darkness. Background image of a spiked symbol bathed in ink smudges with the title of the story/masthead upper left.

Hell House, Part 1

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: crime, horror

Character(s): Darkness [Jackie Estacado]; Mickey Vern; Lori Pappalardo; Alex Petrovich

Synopsis: While in Atlantic City on business, Jackie finds himself depending on the hospitality of Mickey Vern, an underling of Ivan Petrovich. When Mickey starts slapping around a working girl, named Lori Jackie intervenes, causing Mickey to lose face. Later Lori brings Alex Petrovich, daughter of Ivan Petrovich, to Jackie’s room so she can thank Jackie for what he did earlier. In the morning, Jackie and Lori wake up to find that Alex has been killed by the Darkness. Before they can leave the room, Mickey and his men stop them, only this time the Darkness refuses to help Jackie.

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Pages: 22

Hunter-Killer Preview

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero, supernatural

Synopsis: When tracking a rogue assassin, Cathy, to get information on the location of other rogues, Samantha Argent and her strike team are disappointed. They arrive at the suspect's location only to discover that they have been beaten to the punch by another assassin known as Wolf. Wolf has killed Cathy to ensure that the remaining rogures' locations stay secret, and is now gone. Smantha is left with only a dead body that once held the answers she needs.

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Pages: 4

Notes: Preview for the new title from Top Cow/Image.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Fan letters page that includes a brief remembrance to Bill Liebowitz who passed on in 2004. Page shows a photograph of Mr. Liebowitz at age five holding his first-ever comic book.

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Notes: Comic news from Top Cow, comic books on sale, newest covers and a brief staff profile of Mark Waid.

Advertisements

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Pages: 3

Notes: Stray Bullets (promo for comic series, El Capitán/David Lapham); Countdown to Wednesday (DVD, Countdown to Wednesday); Hellboy Director's Cut (DVD, Columbia TriStar)

Promotional Advertisements

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Pages: 3

Notes: Witchblade #80 Holiday Edition (promo, Top Cow/eBay); The Darkness/Superman (comic book series, Top Cow/DC Comics); Hunter Killer Preview (new comic series, Top Cow/Image)