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Jul 21, 2018

The 40 Years of Comics Project - Day 1242: The Darkness #2, January 1997

https://www.comics.org/issue/59810/

I'll admit, I kind of started to come around to Jackie (The Darkness) Estacado in today's issue. He sort of reads like Han Solo, but magical.

The thing that really stood out for me in today's issue is the way that Estacado rejects the cult that has spent their entire existence waiting for his coming of age. It's a nice touch, in that Jackie could well have accepted them and had at his disposal whatever means the cult has. But with his rejection, there's an almost comedic aspect to the reaction of the cult's leader. He's flabbergasted that Jackie doesn't want anything to do with him.

Or course, then the Darkness is unleashed, and the cultists are cut down to a more manageable number.

More to come...

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