Still feeling fence-ish about Dynamite's Dark Shadows comic series. The covers are usually the best part; besides the horrific continuity SNAFUs in issues past (referring to Carolyn as "Julie" is the worst transgression), the art is frequently difficult on the eyes at best (Grayson Hall's Julia Hoffman suffers especially). And the stories ... don't feel very much like Dark Shadows.
But I could say the same thing about the Gold Key series from the 70s, and I'm still shelling out 25-40 smackers for the hardcover volumes collected by Hermes Press. Dark Shadows is Dark Shadows; as I told some of my friends who felt negatively about last year's Johnny Depp film, nothing can take away the magic of the original series. I feel fortunate to have new stories, and I'm excited to see what's to come.
Keeping that in mind, here's some of that "what's to come":
Is the Collins' bloodline is cursed? For those who know the truth about their history, that answer would most likely be a resounding yes. However, could something even more insidious be occurring? Is their bloodline being tainted in an effort to produce the ultimate evil? Collinwood has been home to the supernatural, but has it ever seen true evil like this?
A glimpse of the dark future of the Collins' bloodlines is revealed. What horrors reside in Collinwood in the year 1984? Will Barnabas be able to find out where it all went wrong and stop it? Or has his family's fate already been written in blood?
The future of Collinwood has been glimpsed. Barnabas and his clan are headed towards dark days. What are those who endured it willing to sacrifice to make sure it never happens? Is it too late for some, or is there one last drastic measure one member of the clan can make to make the future unknown again?
Emotionally and physically fractured, the Collins family is on the edge of destruction! With Barnabas at his weakest and facing off against his darkest foe, David and Emma make a mysterious new friend. Can Quentin and Willie bring them all back from the Abyss? Perhaps the better question to be asked is should they?
Willie and Quentin recruit unlikely allies for their battle to save Collinwood. Meanwhile, Barnabas makes a desperate attempt to change his, and his family's, future... but will it be all for naught? A mysterious figure is haunting Collinwood. Could the changes Barnabas is making play right into the hands of one of his oldest foes?
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