The Darkness, Volume 5: Demon Inside

The Darkness Collected #7

by Paul Jenkins, Ron Marz, Eric Basaldua

This collection delivers new tales of The Darkness from some of the industries biggest names Following the events from The Darkness: Ressurection, Jackie finds himself faced against a whole new set of enemies and new ways to deal with them. With stories by Paul Jenkins (Wolverine: Origins) and superstar Ron Marz (Green Lantern, Witchblade), this is a must have for any collection

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 31, 2007

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

[Oren Nero · Rating 1 out of 5]

Boring, lack of inspiration, art sucks, inconsistent, banal, predictable most times and when there's a twist it makes the whole story childish and stupid. Worst volume i read out of the Darkness. Not worth your time, just meaningless repeated stories of jackie whacking the entire mafia world, each chapter is the same, just endless action with no real story and message. The Wanted Dead story is also boring and adds nothing important to the story of the volume. Skip if you're not a completionist.

[47Time · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jackie is establishing himself as not only the head of the Franchetti family, but also a feared mobster. The artwork isn't very consistent because of the different artists, but the blood is still there in all its glory. Let's face it: if you're reading this comic, it's not for the deep story or realism. You want gritty violence, mobsters stomping on one another, one-liners. And the comic delivers. The covers on the final arc stand out as photorealistic and scary at the same time.

The Darkness will gladly sacrifice its minions to save Jackie's life. It doesn't care if a few dozen people get in the way. It beautiful to see how little control Jackie has over the Darkness when his life is at stake. Jackie also has a funny side when he takes care of an incompetent mobster and during the 'negotiations' with the Chinese mob. He learns to use the Darkness in new ways that enable him to create funtional weapons.

A former mobster takes a well organized hit at Jackie, but the Darkness saves him. The scene unfolds in Penn station where Jake Nightly first attacks Jackie himself, then runs away, leaving a bomb behind him. The Darkness causes the underground to crash and create a chasm that Jackie falls through to safety as the bomb explodes. Nightly still has a bone to pick with Jackie, but he is no match for Jackie when he unleashes the Darkness on him.

The Chinese mob have their own super-powered enforcer who has the upper hand when Jackie faces him in the daylight. He jumps from a high-rise to get away and later gets his revenge. The event quickly makes him probably the most feared mobster in the world.

Dominic Alberto, a mobster Jackie shot by creating a gun from the Darkness, is back. His son, who was supposed to replace him after his death, asks for Jackie to kill Alberto in exchange for removing the bull's eye on his back. Alberto brings a few more guys back from the dead that Jackie killed with the Darkness. They all got infested with a part of the Darkness power that makes them a challenge even for Jackie. For a while, anyway.