The Darkness, Volume 4: Resurrection

The Darkness Collected #6

by Paul Jenkins, Dale Keown

Jackie Estacado, mafia hitman and Darkness wielder, died in a blaze of revenge. The Darkness, however, was not about to let him go so easily. It pieced him back together and wrenched him back from the depths of hell. Now, he must find a new place in a family that had moved on without him - and Jackie wants the top spot.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

176 pages, Paperback

First published March 31, 2004

About the author

Paul Jenkins is a British comic book writer. He has had much success crossing over into the American comic book market. Primarily working for Marvel Comics, he has had a big part shaping the characters of the company over the past decade.

Reviews

[Dimi Tsioubris · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the vol where the Darkness gets back on track, Jackie has to deal with the other crime families while nobody suspects what he is really capable of when the lights go out, really gruesome things happen when they do, awesome stuff on that one!

[47Time · Rating 5 out of 5]

The way the Darkness attacks is far improved this time around. It's less about jokes and more about eviscerations. Jackie himself is afraid of what can happen when the lights go out. The whole atmosphere of the comic is darker which is more fitting for the challenges Jackie faces.

Jackie is back from the dead, resurrected after the explosion he set off in the last issue. Paulie, Frankie's cousin from Chicago, is brought to take control of the Franchetti family and Jackie is high on his to-do list. To convince him to rejoin the family, Paulie blows up an orphanage right in front of Jackie. This triggers Jackie into killing several members of the family. Then he faces The Triplets, a trio of homicidal maniacs.

Jackie brings together several lieutenants from the Franchetti family to explain why he talked to the FBI. He wants to lead the family, but Paulie has an ace up his sleeve: Jenny's sister. Jackie needs to find out where she is, so he becomes Paulie's main hitman for a while. Jackie enlists the help of Butcher Joyce and he finds Jenny's sister, Megan. He turns to Paulie next and makes him suffer before killing him.