The criminal underworld of New York City is a dark andbrutal place, but it's never seen horror likethis... In the opening salvo of this best-sellingseries created by industry legends MARC SILVESTRI and GARTH ENNIS, up-and-comingmobster Jackie Estacado discovers a nightmarish new inheritance - thesupernatural power known only as the Darkness! Weighing his conscience againstthe ability to mould the shadows to his will, Jackie finds himself dealing withworse than the usual wiseguys: an ancient cult, an angelic archenemy, and thecorrupting consequences of the demonic entity empoweringhim. All this and more, gorgeously rendered andpainstakingly assembled in the first of a series of absolute collectededitions Collects DARKNESS #1-18, TALESOF THE DARKNESS #1-4 & 1/2, WITCHBLADE #18 & 19