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Issue: The Darkness #17
Publication Date: December 2004
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Issues: #17 of 24 Issues (36 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagImage
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Image Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 70985307603201711
Price: $4.60 CAD
$2.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 8 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Jim McLauchlin (Editor in Chief); Scott Tucker (Editor)
Disclose Notes: The issue features the first of the four-part "Hell House" storyline written by "Stray Bullets" creator David Lapham. The Darkness created by Marc Silvestri, Garth Ennis and David Wohl.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: colorido
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Hell House

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Dale Keown
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, horror
Feature(s): Jackie Estacado
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Pages: 1
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Title page

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Disclose Notes: Creator credits and indicia information. Contains a brief synopsis of Jackie Estacado's becoming the bearer of The Darkness. Background image of a spiked symbol bathed in ink smudges with the title of the story/masthead upper left.
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Hell House, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David Lapham
Penciller(s): Brian Denham; David Lapham (Layouts)
Inker(s): Brian Denham
Colorist(s): Matt Milla
Letterer(s): Robin Spehar; Dennis Heisler
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, horror
Feature(s): The Darkness
Character(s): Darkness [Jackie Estacado]; Mickey Vern; Lori Pappalardo; Alex Petrovich
Synopsis: While in Atlantic City on business, Jackie finds himself depending on the hospitality of Mickey Vern, an underling of Ivan Petrovich. When Mickey starts slapping around a working girl, named Lori Jackie intervenes, causing Mickey to lose face. Later Lori brings Alex Petrovich, daughter of Ivan Petrovich, to Jackie’s room so she can thank Jackie for what he did earlier. In the morning, Jackie and Lori wake up to find that Alex has been killed by the Darkness. Before they can leave the room, Mickey and his men stop them, only this time the Darkness refuses to help Jackie.
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Pages: 22
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Hunter-Killer Preview

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mark Waid
Penciller(s): Marc Silvestri
Inker(s): Joe B. Weems V; Matt Banning
Colorist(s): Steve Firchow
Letterer(s): Robin Spehar
Editor(s): Jim McLauchlin (Editor in Chief)
Subject Matter
Genres: supernatural
Feature(s): Hunter-Killer
Synopsis: When tracking a rogue assassin, Cathy, to get information on the location of other rogues, Samantha Argent and her strike team are disappointed. They arrive at the suspect's location only to discover that they have been beaten to the punch by another assassin known as Wolf. Wolf has killed Cathy to ensure that the remaining rogures' locations stay secret, and is now gone. Smantha is left with only a dead body that once held the answers she needs.
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Disclose Notes: Preview for the new title from Top Cow/Image.
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Letters to the Editor

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Fan letters page that includes a brief remembrance to Bill Liebowitz who passed on in 2004. Page shows a photograph of Mr. Liebowitz at age five holding his first-ever comic book.
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World Moos

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Disclose Notes: Comic news from Top Cow, comic books on sale, newest covers and a brief staff profile of Mark Waid.
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Advertisements

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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Stray Bullets (promo for comic series, El Capitán/David Lapham); Countdown to Wednesday (DVD, Countdown to Wednesday); Hellboy Director's Cut (DVD, Columbia TriStar)
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Promotional Advertisements

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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Witchblade #80 Holiday Edition (promo, Top Cow/eBay); The Darkness/Superman (comic book series, Top Cow/DC Comics); Hunter Killer Preview (new comic series, Top Cow/Image)

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