New Releases by Marc Silvestri

In a world consumed by shadows...one man becomes The Darkness. Jackie Estacado is back! Thrust into a supernatural war between the dark and the light in a no-holds-barred adventure where the edge of our reality grinds against supernatural forces grappling for control over each other and the waking world. Mafia Hitman Jackie Estacado was both blessed and cursed on his 21st birthday when he became the bearer of The Darkness, an elemental force that allows those who wield it access to an otherworldly dimension and control over the demons who dwell there. Forces in the world rise up to face Jackie and the evil his gift represents. There is one small problem in this story…evil is good. From co-creator Marc Silvestri (The Darkness, Cyber Force, Batman and the Joker: The Deadly Duo) with the universe-shattering first issue art by Ed Benes (Birds of Prey, Superman, Justice League of America), followed in issue #2-6 with ongoing series artist Raymond Gay (Gunsligner Spawn, Bloodletter, TMNT, Medieval Spawn), comes an explosive new era of The Darkness! Collects The Darkness [2025] #1-6 plus The Darkness 1/2 from 2001.

ADVANCE SOLICIT BACK FOR MORE HORRIFIC TALES? THE CREEP IS HERE TO DELIVER. A buffet of stomach-churning tales is served up on a platter in the fourth volume of the Eisner Award-nominated anthology based on the hit Shudder TV series. The most acclaimed talents across comics, film, and television—including Jeremy Adams (Green Lantern), Eduardo Risso (Moonshine), Joshua Williamson (G.I. JOE, Nailbiter), Gabriel H. Walta (Phantom Road), Tradd Moore (Silver Surfer: Black), Sina Grace, Thomas Krajewski & Ted Raimi, and more—don’t hold back as they unleash their horrific creations on the world. Collects Creepshow Vol. 4 #1-5.

Now that he understands the nature and power of the Darkness, Jackie Estacado only has one thing on his mind: revenge. And while there''s little the Russian mob can do to stop the blood and destruction that''s coming, there are other powers in the world, and Jackie may have overstepped his bounds. Plus, meet Jenny''s new bodyguardsÑthe Brotherhood of the Darkness!

Ian Nottingham takes center stage in this thrilling anthology, which includes three 12-page stories set before, during, and after Ian''s time with Sara Pezzini. Explore not only Ian''s training and adventures in service to Kenneth Irons, but also the tragedy that defined his life - and how far he''s willing to go to reclaim his lost love. Learn why Ian betrayed Sara...and what lies in store for their future. Plus: the secrets of the Sickle Key!

In a world consumed by shadows...one man becomes The Darkness. Jackie Estacado is back! Thrust into a supernatural war between the dark and the light in a no-holds-barred adventure where the edge of our reality grinds against supernatural forces grappling for control over each other and the waking world. Mafia Hitman Jackie Estacado was both blessed and cursed on his 21st birthday when he became the bearer of The Darkness, an elemental force that allows those who wield it access to an otherworldly dimension and control over the demons who dwell there. Forces in the world rise up to face Jackie and the evil his gift represents. There is one small problem in this story…evil is good. From co-creator Marc Silvestri (The Darkness, Cyber Force, Batman and the Joker: The Deadly Duo) with the universe-shattering first issue art by Ed Benes (Birds of Prey, Superman, Justice League of America), followed in issue #2 with ongoing series artist Raymond Gay (Gunsligner Spawn, Bloodletter, TMNT, Medieval Spawn), comes an explosive new era of The Darkness!

The fourth collection of THE COMPLETE WITCHBLADE has arrived! In this fourth complete electrifying collection of the supernatural powerhouse WITCHBLADE, Sara Pezzini fights against her most nefarious enemy yet…the U.S. government organization Level 42. Ian Nottingham makes a deadly return, and Sara teams up with the Magdalena to hunt down an occult killer. This volume also features the beginning of Ron Marz’ groundbreaking run on Witchblade. Collects Witchblade #58-85.

ALL’INDOMANI DI CIVIL WAR NASCE UN NUOVO GRUPPO DI EROI! Una delle più celebri storie dei T-Bolts torna disponibile in una nuova edizione! Nel post-Civil War, una squadra di folli criminali governativi diretta da Norman “Goblin” Osborn inizia a dare la caccia ai super umani che non vogliono registrarsi. Quando la fiducia negli eroi si affievolisce, la nazione si rivolge ai mostri, ed è qui che arrivano i Thunderbolts. Un capolavoro moderno di due maestri dei comics! Una storia importante sul super eroismo e i media! Storia di Warren Ellis (Wolverine: In punto di morte, La tomba di Batman), disegni di Mike Deodato Jr. (Dark Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man) e Marc Silvestri (Cyberforce, Uncanny X-Men). [CONTIENE: THUNDERBOLTS (1997)110-121, CIVIL WAR: THE INITIATIVE (2007) 1]

Snuggle up by the fire, but stay out of the shadows, and join us for THE TOP COW HOLIDAY SPECIAL (2024), featuring three eight-page tales based on classic holiday stories with a Top Cow twist! MARGUERITE BENNETT and GIUSEPPE CAFARO bring you a tale from WITCHBLADE, where Sara flashes back to her grandmother and the story of ÒThe Befana,Ó the Italian Christmas Witch!ÊMARC SILVESTRI and TINA VALENTINO team up to bring a heartwarming Christmas tale from THE DARKNESS, featuring Santa Claus, a family of Darklings, and an old friend who joins the fun based on ÒThe Night Before Christmas.Ó MATT HAWKINS and ATILIO ROJO put APHRODITE IX through her paces as she navigates a deadly series of mazes based on ÒThe Twelve Days of Christmas.ÓÊ

Una historia que sacude los cimientos del Universo Marvel. Después de que los disturbios antimutantes amenacen la paz de San Francisco, Norman Osborn declara la ley marcial y envía a los Vengadores Oscuros para sofocar la revuelta y derrotar a La Patrulla-X... ¡Y esto no es más que la punta del iceberg! El primer cruce entre Vengadores y mutantes en más de quince años se salda con un cambio de importancia en el statu quo de La Patrulla-X y los suyos.

HOCHZEIT DER TOTEN! Um die grausigen Joker-Monster aufzuhalten, die in Gotham City Terror und Tod verbreiten, und seinen Freund James Gordon zu retten, der sich in der Gewalt eines unbekannten, sadistischen Feindes befindet, ist Batman zu einem Pakt mit seinem Erzfeind Joker gezwungen. Die Spur, die der Mitternachtsdetektiv verfolgt, führt ihn zu dem Industriellen und Genforscher Donald Simms – und schließlich zusammen mit dem Joker und Harley Quinn in ein aufgegebenes U-Bahn-System tief unter der Stadt. Hier trifft er auf seinen wahren Gegner – eine aus dem dunklen Grab wiederauferstandene Gestalt, die eine Hochzeit der Toten feiert! Das extra dicke, extrem düstere Finale der spektakulären Batman/Joker-Saga von Superstar Marc Silvestri (Witchblade, Uncanny X-Men). Ein Batman-Horror-Fest für jeden Comic-Fan! ENTHÄLT: BATMAN & THE JOKER: THE DEADLY DUO 5-7

Batman and the Joker have fought across streets, rooftops, railways and caverns, against horrors beyond of their wildest nightmares. Deep underground, witnesses to an undead wedding from Hell, they finally go up against their bitterest enemies: each other! Can the Dark Knight and the Clown Prince of Crime save Commissioner Gordon and Harley Quinn, or will the flames of their reignited rivalry consume all? Find out, detail by bloody detail, in the epic conclusion to Marc Silvestri’s dark and brutal Gotham opus. This oversized finale clocks in at 31 beautiful and horrifying story pages.

After a bloody, brutal, and harrowing adventure across and underneath Gotham, Batman and The Joker have unearthed the true culprit behind the dark scheme against them. Now the Deadly Duo find themselves unwilling participants in a bone-chilling wedding ceremony in the catacombs beneath Gotham City. Get ready for unholy matrimony in this horrific penultimate chapter that needs to be seen to be believed.

Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo: Enemy of my Enemy Edition collects Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo #1-3! The Joker will go to any lengths to get Harley Quinn back after she is abducted by a strange culprit. But who? Mysterious, Joker-like monsters are stalking the streets of Gotham, collecting severed heads. But why? Jim Gordon is missing, and after receiving a package containing a bloody piece of Gotham’s commissioner, Batman knows he must be willing to do anything to save him. But how? When The Joker proposes an uneasy alliance with Batman, the answers to those questions begin to become clear-and they will shake Gotham City and the Bat-Family to their core.

Batman has joined forces with his archnemesis, and things are already off to a rocky start. But time is of the essence as another piece of Commissioner Gordon is delivered to the Gotham City PD. Will Batman be able to work fast enough to save his dear friend, or whatever is left of him?

“Bienvenidos al mañana” trae la conclusión de un clásico moderno de la historia de los cómics. Jean Grey ha muerto… ¡De nuevo! Y Cíclope está dispuesto a clausurar para siempre el Instituto Xavier. ¿Conseguirá Emma Frost convencerle de lo contrario? La respuesta se encuentra en un futuro desolador y en el que sin embargo podría nacer la esperanza. Grant Morrison cierra su revolucionario ciclo como guionista de los hombres-X en una obra que guarda ecos de “Días del Futuro Pasado” y en la que se ha hecho acompañar del mítico Marc Silvestri.

Al Simmons decise di ritirarsi dal proprio lavoro di killer per i servizi segreti, stanco della violenza e afflitto dai sensi di colpa. Temendo che potesse rivelare i segreti di cui era a conoscenza, il suo diretto superiore Jason Wynn ordinò l''assassino di Simmons. Il sicario fu Bruce “Chapel” Stintson amico di Simmons e per questo facilitato nel compito di avvicinarlo in missione senza destare sospetti. Trucidato in Botswana, Simmons si ritrovò all''Inferno, dove in cambio del suo ritorno sulla Terra, e la possibilità di rivedere la moglie Wanda, il demone Malebolgia gli offrì dei poteri a tempo limitato: questo a patto che li usasse per uccidere dei criminali con cui infoltire il suo esercito e prevalere sul Paradiso. Fu così che nacque Spawn! Questo volume da 296 pagine raccoglie i numeri 14-25 di Spawn scritti e disegnati da Todd McFarlane con il contributo alle sceneggiature di Grant Morrison e ai disegni di Greg Capullo e Marc Silvestri.

The spotlight shines on Top Cow founder Marc Silvestri in this very special art collection. Silvestri''s career blossomed during runs on Uncanny X-Men and Wolverine and in the early 1990s, he revolutionized the comics industry when he co-founded Image Comics and created such hit properties as Cyberforce, Witchblade, and The Darkness. This oversized art book, offered now in softcover, showcases some of Silvestri''s favorite, most popular, and most iconic images from his illustrious career.

Preparatevi alle fiamme! Due demoni del Limbo, S’ym e N’astirh, hanno corrotto Illyana Rasputin, meglio nota come Magik dei Nuovi Mutanti, e Madelyne Pryor, la moglie di Ciclope dal misterioso passato. Grazie a loro e a dei terrificanti sacrifici, hanno scatenato tra le vie di Manhattan diavoli e creature infernali! Per impedire la fine del mondo e ostacolare gli oscuri piani di Sinistro, X-Men, X-Factor e Nuovi Mutanti dovranno unire le forze… in una saga epica passata alla storia dei comics, firmata da grandi autori come Chris Claremont, Walter Simonson e Marc Silvestri! [Contiene: Uncanny X-Men #239-243, New Mutants #71-73, X-Factor #36-39].

Bruce Banner a enfin réussi à se séparer de Hulk. À présent, chacun est à la recherche de l''autre. Bruce pour fusionner de nouveau avec son alter ego, le Colosse de Jade pour tuer le docteur ! Préparez-vous à un face-à-face mortel.

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Image Comics and the 20th anniversary of THE DARKNESS, this special volume collects THE DARKNESS ORIGINS (Issues one through six and Preview), THE DARKNESS/BATMAN, and THE DARKNESS/SUPERMAN! This is a one-time printing in honor of the anniversaries, so donêt miss out!

SERIES FINALE! An era comes to a close with the double-sized final issue of Sara Pezzini''s twenty-year run. Several previous Witchblade artists return to the title to send her off in style. The story resolves Sara''s return to New York and her relationship with Gleason and her attempt to find a suitable bearer to give the Artifact to.

The first arc comes to a conclusion and Asa Stone''s future is in question! While fighting for his life, Asa learns the terrible lesson that when pitted against the overpowering strength of chaos, order has little or no chance of victory.

Asa Stonethrow''s uneasy alliance of magic wielding criminals is beginning to unravel and trust becomes harder and harder to come by as the line between reality and illusion blurs. Asa is determined to fight the good fight, but is he really fighting the war he sees? Back in his home world of Rune, magic has laws and codes of honor; on Earth no such guides exist. While fighting for his life, Asa learns the terrible lesson that when pitted against the overpowering strength of chaos, order has little or no chance of victory.

The wall between the world of man and the world of magic has cracked. Two realities never meant to coexist are bleeding into each other with terrifying results. Unimaginable horrors that belong there have come here. But as Asa and his gang of thieves and murderers have discovered, horrors from the world of men have entered the realm of magic. And that may prove to be far, far worse.

A small black sphere contains all the magic that exists past, present, and future. Without it, two worlds would not survive. The sphere has been protected for centuries by a spell that was believed unbreakable. Asa Stonethrow, a common man in the world of magic, discovers the spell has been breached and a small chip of the black sphere has been stolen!

''KILLJOY RETURNS!'' Part Two Killjoy has been released. But who should fear her most? The newly reformed Cyber Force, or her creators?

COLLECTING THE RETURN TOP COW''S TOP-SELLING SERIES Carin Taylor, codenamed Velocity, has escaped from the CDI controlled Millennium City and is desperately trying to find the one man she believes can help her prevent the end of the world. When she runs a group of other CDI escapees, will they help her... or turn their backs? Top Cow founder MARC SILVESTRI (THE DARKNESS, Incredible Hulk) returns to his first Image series to bring you a contemporary re-imagining rooted in cutting-edge, real world technology! Collects CYBERFORCE #1-5.

CYBER FORCE CONTINUES IN ITS GROUND-BREAKING RELAUNCH! The massive corporation CDI continues to engineer technologically enhanced humans. Opposing CDI is a lone group of rebels. Will the public perceive the newly formed Cyber Force as resistance fighters battling for public good-- or terrorists who must be stopped? Not content in pushing the envelope just in terms of story and art, Top Cow will be the first major US comic publisher to launch one of their biggest properties with top tier creators concurrently for the traditional print market and exploding worldwide digital market for FREE. That''s right, thanks to the support of fans through Kickstarter and participating comic shops, you can get the first FIVE issues of CYBER FORCE at no cost.