The Darkness No 38
date: label: date made
content: 2001
notes: label: Description
content: Comic book, The Darkness, No. 38, April 2001. The issue was written by Scott Lobdell and pencilled by Brett Booth. The cover features the character Jackie Estacado, aka The Darkness and Robert Bearclaw aka Ripclaw along with a monsterous Army of Darklings.
label: Description
content: The Darkness was introduced in Top Cow's comic, Witchblade no. 10 (1996). Created by Marc Silvestri, Garth Ennis and David Wohl, the character is a cursed gangster named Jackie Estacado. The Darkness is an ancient force that allows its human carriers to visit other dimensions, control demons, and shapeshift their bodies for strength and protection. The Darkness first headlined his own title from 1996-2001.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Comics
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Nicholas Soultanankis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.3081.08
label: nonaccession number
content: 2014.3081
label: catalog number
content: 2014.3081.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comic book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/4 in x 6 3/4 in; 26.035 cm x 17.145 cm