| Vol. 3 Issue 78 | |
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| Writer(s): |
Phil Hester |
| Penciller(s): |
Nelson Blake II |
| Inker(s): |
Ryan Winn |
| Colorist(s): |
Arif Prianto |
| Letterer(s): |
Troy Peteri |
| Editor(s): |
Rob Levin |
| Cover by: |
Whilce Portacio |
| Published: |
July 2009 |
Vol. 3 Issue 78 is the fourteenth issue of the third The Darkness comic series volume and 78th issue overall. The issue is titled Crooked Conclusion: Brought To Light.
Synopsis[]
For months Jackie Estacado, bearer of The Darkness, has been separated from his power and manipulated by the mysterious Sovereign. But every man has his breaking point and a team of The Sovereign’s mercenaries are about to find out what happens when Jackie reaches his limit.
Characters[]
- Jackie Estacado
- Sovereign
- Leonard Kim
- Lockhart
- Kovacelic
- Bissinger
- Dominguez
- Kida
- Lane
- McClane Darkling
- Darklings
Plot Summary[]
A personal mercenary team of the Sovereign are training in a compound in order to learn ways to defeat Jackie. The group trains on cardboard targets that are made to look like Jackie in the Darkness armour. After testing out their phosphorous rounds, Dominguez is ordered to clean up the targets. As he takes one of the targets, he realises that it's Jackie himself. Jackie then proceeds to kill Dominguez and attacks the rest of the group.
Jackie has purposely waited until the group uses up their phosphorous rounds. He then kills another two mercenaries. The groups leader, Lockhart calls the Sovereign so he could activate the sunburst protocol. The Sovereign does this, causing ultra violet light to turn on in the room. This disable Jackie's powers and leaves him powerless. The Sovereign himself then appears and mocks him. Jackie asks him why did he lied to him to which Sovereign answers that he enjoys tormenting his kind. Long ago, The Darkness took everything from him and the Sovereign was bound to the idols made in his image. The Sovereign then claims that Jackie will live the remainder of his harsh live under these lights. Jackie then proceeds to shatter the Sovereign from inside, take the gun from Kim and shoot out the lights. He then unleashes his Darklings on the remaining mercenaries.
Kim manages to run away and throws a flashbang at the Darklings chasing him. Meanwhile, Jackie finds a room filled with Sovereign statues. The statues attack him and Sovereign activates the ultra violet lights in the room, weakening Jackie. Elsewhere, the Darklings find and disable electricity in the compound. Seeing that he's at a disadvantage, the Sovereign leaves. Meanwhile, Kim escapes from the Darklings and hides in a vent. He then leaves a message for his daughter, expressing that he's sorry that he won't see her any more and wants her to think about him. Before he can finish, Jackie finds him. Jackie is impressed in Kim's resourcefulness and his focus during the fight. He offers him a position in an organization meant to track down and destroy all the Sovereign bodies. Kim agrees and sends another message to his daughter, saying that he's okay and she should forget the last message. To be continued...