This book contains 40 issues of the darkness series, and a series of mini series, one-shots and the first issue, if the second series. The story is excellent. One of the more adult oriented titles that do not "kiddify" story lines or underestimate the intelligence of the audience. It is, however, more suited to adult readers, as it is a bit of violence and a lot of sexual innuendo in the book. The book is one of the worst paperbacks around, weighing a total of three pounds, so it's not a book to read in bed before going to sleep unless a weight lifter. It contains the original illustrations in full color on all sides, but without the ads or columns. It is best if you buy this along with the Witchblade compendium, as the two often intersect series so you get a fuller story. The only compendium more reading these compendiums compendiums Marvel images are 40 years on the computer and these compendiums of the image are the most complete compendiums of paper I've seen. (If it comes to printing disc compilations Marvel "books" would be about 15,000 pages each).
