Most Popular Books by 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.

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!

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.

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!

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].

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.

On his 21st birthday, mafia hitman, Jackie Estacado inherits a weapon of vast power-The Darkness. An other-worldly suit of armor that manifests demons to do his bidding.

"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"--

The fourth collection of THE COMPLETE WITCHBLADE has arrived in deluxe hardcover! 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.

THE END OF THE NEW BEGINNING! The Chairwoman of the massive CDI corporation will stop at nothing to get back her runaway daughter, Velocity. In her rampage, she has ordered the execution of every member of the rogue Cyber Force faction who stands in her way. But Velocity has turned and, faced to confront her mother, she doesn''t know what''s worse - being annihilated alongside her compatriots, or having her memory wiped clean with a brain box implant. If you haven''t already joined the party, don''t miss the fifth issue of Top Cow''s 20th Anniversary relaunch of CYBER FORCE to be distributed for FREE!

Jackie conceals a shocking secret from Jenny, as heÕs forced to confront the full depths of the BrotherhoodÕs depravity. But who else could he turn to, with traitors and enemies surrounding him on all sides? What chance would he stand against the AngelusÕ full wrathÑand her fearsome ÒWolves of WarÓÑwithout SonatineÕs protection?

Visionary writer-artist Marc Silvestri’s Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo has already gone down in DC Black Label history as an instant classic-now you can appreciate the spectacular linework of a modern master in this unlettered black-and-white edition of the first two issues of the megahit series! It’s a must-have for students of fine comics art!