Top Cow comics have decided to end their popular series The Darkness. Current writer of the series, David Hine, told Comic Book Resources that the time has come to put cult favourite Jackie Estacado to rest.
Since the crossover series Artifacts began 18 months ago, the Top Cow universe has been going through some changes. The biggest being the total reshaping of the world so that the daughter of the Darkness and the Witchblade was never born and instead Jackie’s childhood sweetheart, Jenny, was brought back to life and the child was actually born of Jackie and Jenny’s union. Since then, Artifacts character Tom Judge has been battling the forces of evil and attempting to bring the 13 artifacts back together in order to right the universe.
Hine told Comic Book Resources that after The Darkness #116, there will be a three-issue special entitled Darkness Falls and that will end the story of Jackie Estacado for good.
"Immediately following “Darkness†#116, we are going into the three-part “Darkness Falls.†Basically, Jackie dies. I think that’s all you need to know about the plot. Jackie has walked a long and hazardous road and he has come to the end. His death has become inevitable. The more compelling question is how and why he dies."
Fans of the series will be left reeling after this revelation, especially with Hine being so blunt about it. There has been no attempt to turn Jackie’s death into a shocking twist but rather the comic book publisher has decided that it is an inevitable truth.
Since the crossover series Artifacts began 18 months ago, the Top Cow universe has been going through some changes. The biggest being the total reshaping of the world so that the daughter of the Darkness and the Witchblade was never born and instead Jackie’s childhood sweetheart, Jenny, was brought back to life and the child was actually born of Jackie and Jenny’s union. Since then, Artifacts character Tom Judge has been battling the forces of evil and attempting to bring the 13 artifacts back together in order to right the universe.
Hine told Comic Book Resources that after The Darkness #116, there will be a three-issue special entitled Darkness Falls and that will end the story of Jackie Estacado for good.
"Immediately following “Darkness†#116, we are going into the three-part “Darkness Falls.†Basically, Jackie dies. I think that’s all you need to know about the plot. Jackie has walked a long and hazardous road and he has come to the end. His death has become inevitable. The more compelling question is how and why he dies."
Fans of the series will be left reeling after this revelation, especially with Hine being so blunt about it. There has been no attempt to turn Jackie’s death into a shocking twist but rather the comic book publisher has decided that it is an inevitable truth.