Justin hawkins
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The Darkness (character)
American comic book superhero
For the CW character, see The Darkness (Supernatural). For other characters, see Darkness (disambiguation).
Comics character
| The Darkness | |
|---|---|
The Darkness issue #1. Art by Marc Silvestri | |
| Publisher | Top Cow Productions (Image Comics) |
| First appearance | Witchblade #10 (Nov. 1996) |
| Created by | David Wohl Marc Silvestri Garth Ennis |
| Alter ego | Jackie Estacado |
| Team affiliations | Franchetti crime family Darklings Sierra Muñoz |
| Abilities | Access to an otherworldly dimension and control over the demons that dwell there. Can teleport through the shadows and manifest armor to increase his strength and enable shapeshifting. His body heals supernaturally. A skilled marksman and physical combatant Trained in chemistry |
The Darkness (Jackie Estacado) is a superhero created by Marc Silvestri, Garth Ennis, and David Wohl, who first appeared in Witchblade #10 (Nov. 1996), published by Top Cow Productions (an imprint of Image Comics). Jackie Estacado is a New York mafioso who, after turning 21, inherits th
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Beyond the Darkness: A Biography of Bede Griffiths
The great religious orders of Christianity - the Benedictines, the Dominicans, the Franciscans and the Jesuits - are well known for their monasteries, their learning, and their missions arouind the world. But in the Middle Ages, to some extent surviving to this day, there was another kind of religious order, one whose members' profession was to bear arms in defence of Christendom. From humble beginnings in the early 12th century, caring for the sick in the Holy Land and protecting pilgrims, the military religious orders spread out across Europe. Not only did they fight for the Holy Places, they helped push back Islam in Spain and what is now Portugal, and spread Christianity to the lands across the Baltic, then still pagan. The Knights of St John, the Knights Templar, the Knights of Santiago and of Calatrava, the Teutonic Knights and others played a fearsome, sometimes brutal and often neglected role in the history of Christianity. The wars, which they fought in the name of Christ, helped shape the world as we know it
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Early beginnings...
Justin Hawkins grew up in the Suffolk town of Lowestoft. At a young age he locked himself away and learnt guitar.
He was pretty good, but his kid brother Dan was even better ("I'm white hot," says Justin,
"but he's s**t hot").
Spotting their own potential they started a covers band with Dan on lead vocals.
In 1997, Justin departed to University in Huddersfield. Dan, meanwhile, moved to London in search of a band to join. That's when he met Frankie Poullain, an exiled Scot who came from a family of adventurers (he claims his dad was a pirate in the West Indies, his brother a soldier of fortune).
| We know we've got a long struggle... but once we get unleashed, we could change everything." |
| Dan Hawkins |
They shared a flat in Shepherd's Bush, where itinerant musos would pass through and jam.
Justin, and Dan's schoolfriend Ed Graham, a drummer, would visit on weekends. The two brothers and Frankie formed an ill-fated progressive rock band called Empire.
Under Justin's guidance, they increased the
heaviness of the sound, and threw out the le
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