- "Normal life essence does not keep me young and vital. Immortal blood, like yours, on the other hand, will provide me with more time to convince Barnabas that our love is eternal. Let us see if I steal enough, that even the heat of an immortal man can be extinguished."
- ―Angelique
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| Dark Shadows | |
| Title: | "Dark Shadows" |
| Volume: | 5 |
| Number: | 4 |
| Cover price: | $3.99 |
| Cover date: | March, 2012 |
| Publisher: | Dynamite Entertainment |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Nick Barrucci |
| Ex. Ed: | Joseph Rybandt |
| Writers: | Stuart Manning |
| Pencilers: | Aaron Campbell |
| Inkers: | Aaron Campbell |
| Cover artists: | Francesco Francavilla; Aaron Campbell |
| Cover inker: | Francesco Francavilla; Aaron Campbell |
| Cover colorist: | Francesco Francavilla; Aaron Campbell |
| Colorists: | Carlos Lopez |
| Letterers: | Troy Peteri |
| Editors: | Joseph Rybandt |
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| Previous: | Dark Shadows #3 |
| Next: | Dark Shadows #5 |
Dark Shadows is an American comic book series of the occult thriller and supernatural horror subgenres published by Dynamite Entertainment. It is the fifth comic book series to carry the name Dark Shadows and is the second ongoing series based on the original 1960s daytime Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. The untitled story from issue #4 of Dark Shadows was written by Stuart Manning with interior artwork by Aaron Campbell who also provided the inks for this issue. The coloring was provided by Carlos Lopez with lettering by Troy Peteri of Comicraft. The cover art illustration was composed by Francesco Francavilla. The story was edited by Joseph Rybandt. This issue shipped with a March, 2012 cover date and carries a cover price of $3.99 per copy (US).
"Dark Shadows"[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
- Angelique Bouchard (Apparent death)
Minor characters
- Angelique's victim (Final appearance; dies)
- Jack Harkins (As a corpse only)
Organizations
Races & Animals
Locations
Items
Vehicles
- Julia Hoffman's car (Referenced only)
Powers
Miscellaneous
Notes & Trivia[]
- Dark Shadows was created by executive producer and showrunner Dan Curtis. Major storylines were developed by writers Art Wallace and Sam Hall. The original daytime Gothic soap opera, Dark Shadows aired on ABC from June of 1966 to April of 1971 spanning a total of 1,245 episodes. Two spin-off films House of Dark Shadows and Night of Dark Shadows were released in theaters in 1970 and 1971. A remake series of Dark Shadows was produced in 1991 and ran for thirteen episodes on NBC. In 2012, director Tim Burton crafted a comical reboot of Dark Shadows as a high-budget feature film.
- This series is rated T+ for Teen.
- This issue is UPC barcode number 725130183989 00411.
- This issue shipped to retailers on March 14th, 2012.
- This issue is reprinted in the Dark Shadows trade paperback by Dynamite Entertainment, which was released later this same month.
- This issue shipped with an alternate cover by Aaron Campbell. Both covers shipped with a 50/50 print run.
- This issue gives special thanks to Jim Pierson.
- This is the final chapter in "The Return of Angelique" storyline.
- Barnabas Collins calls Quentin Collins a bastard in this issue. This is the closest that anyone has ever come to using profane language as it relates to the original series.
- Quentin Collins shifted from human to werewolf form in between events from last issue and this issue.
- This is the first time that Quentin Collins has ever demonstrated the ability to speak while in werewolf form.