—The DarknessYou're all worked up about it, like it's a bad thing. It's never a bad thing if you know how to take advantage of it.
Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- The Darkness (Jackie Estacado) (First appearance)
- ⏴ Hulk (Bruce Banner) ⏵
Supporting Characters:
- Darklings (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Chechnyan terrorists
Other Characters:
- New York Jets (Mentioned)
- Brent Smith (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- FBI (Mentioned)
- CIA (Mentioned)
- Jesus Christ (Invoked)
- Franchetti Mafia (Mentioned)
- Saint Peter (Invoked)
- God / Lord (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Danny Estacado (Mentioned)
- NYPD
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Abstract Entities
- Zombies (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Darklings
- Fairies (Mentioned)
- Cows (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Earth-7642
- Earth
- United States of America
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- 14th Street (First appearance)
- Pink Pony, Brooklyn (Referenced)
- Bronx (Named only)
- Queens (Named only)
- Manhattan
- New York City
- New York
- Chechnya (Mentioned)
- United States of America
- Hell (Invoked)
- Earth
Synopsis for 1st story
Two alumni of both The Darkness and The Hulk come together to tell this explosive story. The Darkness is a violent killer and the Hulk is a violent pacifist. When those two worlds collide who will remain standing? Can the Darkness stand in the face of the Hulk's brute strength?