(November 1997)

Top Cow Productions, 1997 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Volume
1
Price
[None]
Pages
28
On-sale Date
1997-11
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Top Cow Productions Inc.
Brand
Top Cow Productions
Editing
David Wohl (credited) (editor); Peter Steigerwald (credited) (graphic design); Raul Arroyo (credited) (production); John Nguyen (credited) (production)
Color
Color
Dimensions
Standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock
Semi-gloss paper
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
One-Shot

Issue Notes

American Entertainment exclusive comic reprinting The Darkness (Top Cow/Wizard, 1996 series) #1/2.

Printed in Canada.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Darkness / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Marc Silvestri (credited)
Inks
Matt Banning (credited as Batt)
Colors
Steve Firchow (credited)
Letters
typeset
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Characters
Angelus
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for American Entertainment: The Darkness Prelude Special (Top Cow Productions, 1997 series) #1 Cover Thumbnail for American Entertainment: The Darkness Prelude Special (1997 series) #1 [Gold Foil logo]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Darkness / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Marc Silvestri (credited) (plot); David Wohl (credited) (plot); Michael Manczarek (credited as Mike Manczarek) (script)
Pencils
Billy Tan (credited) (pp. 1-10); Marc Silvestri (credited) (pp. 11-16)
Inks
D-Tron (credited) (pp. 1-3); Billy Tan (credited) (pp. 4-10); Matt Banning (credited as Batt) (pp. 11-16); Jose Guillen (credited) (assists); Victor Llamas (credited) (assists)
Colors
Steve Firchow (credited)
Letters
Dennis Heisler (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
New York, Chrysler Building. Twilight.
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Characters
Jackie Estacado (featured); Angelus (villain); Brutus (villain); Kurt (darkling); Zack (darkling); Claudia (sister of Angelus)
Synopsis
Jackie has his first encounter with the Angelus who shows up and tries to kill him.
Reprints

Sketchbook (Table of Contents: 2)

The Darkness / illustration / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Billy Tan (credited)
Pencils
Billy Tan (credited)
Inks
Billy Tan (credited)
Letters
typeset
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Characters
Jackie Estacado (featured); Angelus
Reprints
Keywords
behind-the-scenes; making comics; sketches

Indexer Notes

Presents 1 page of plot, 2 pages of pencil sketches from The Darkness (Top Cow, 1996 series) #1/2, and a preliminary sketch of the X-Mas variant cover.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Darkness
  2. 1. ["New York, Chrysler Building. Twilight."]
    The Darkness
  3. 2. Sketchbook
    The Darkness
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