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Eclipso: The Darkness Within #2 p.20

Artists: Bart Sears (Penciller) , Mark Pennington (Inker) , Gaspar Saladino (Letterer)

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Title:	Eclipso: The Darkness Within #2 p.20
Artist:	Bart Sears (Penciller)
Artist:	Mark Pennington (Inker)
Artist:	Gaspar Saladino (Letterer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	511
Likes on CAF:	15 16
Comments:	16
Added to Site:	7/7/2025
Comic Art Archive:	Eclipso: The Darkness Within Issue: 2 Page: 20 View

Description

I've been after an Eclipso: The Darkness Within page for a while now. A line-wide
summer crossover event that ran through all the DC Annuals at the time. Basically,
if you were holding onto one of Eclipso's Black Diamonds and managed to get pissed
off while doing do, the villain could possess your body. The storyline was bookended
by two specials. By the second special, Eclipso has an entire army of possessed
super-heroes in his tower on the Moon. Those that remain are determined to launch
a direct attack using a pair of L.E.G.I.O.N. and Thanagarian starships to bring
the remaining non-possessed heroes to the Moon. I poured over this particular issue
over and over again. What a great battle between Superman and a possessed
Mon-El/Valor! The two starships heading out to attack Eclipso reminded me of the
Quintesson Cruiser and Minnow (Junkion ship) heading out to attack Unicron in
Transformers The Movie! Super-Heroes in Space! It's a Peanut Butter and Chocolate
combo to me even to this day!

Panel One:
Wildebeast (aka Baby), Strata, Garv, Nightwing, Phase, Vril Dox, Telepath, and Stealth
are in the foreground of the two crashed starships. And off in the distance, we can
make out Hawkman, Guy Gardner and Starman. Also likely, Professor Haley of the
Challengers of the Unknown and Black Canary, since they show up on the following
panels.

Panel Two:
Vril Dox defers to Starman's experience with Eclipso's Dark Palace on the Moon.

Panel Three:
Unbeknownst to our heroes, Starman is also possessed by Eclipso (unlike the other
heroes who have a visual 'tell' that they've been 'Eclipsed' with the purple
half-moon-face, Starman's ability to modify his facial features have hidden that
particular tell from his clueless allies) and is recommending the direct assault
only to bring them all under his control.

Professor Haley of the Challengers of the Unknown suspects a trap. Black Canary
stands by her spacesuit.

Panels Two and Three have Starman serve as the Transition between the two panels
as he literally breaks the panel border by flying through from Panel Three to
Panel Two. This is a pretty cool effect!

Panel Four:
As they move in on the palace, Eclipso starts to break character, calling
Professor Haley a fool (which is pretty out of character for the
Will Payton Starman).

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Daryl R
Member Since 2015

1 - Posted on 7/7/2025

Beautiful page Derek! I love all those deep inks. I'm also glad to see you finally added a nice Eclipso: The Darkness Within page. The only thing the OA is missing is a plastic black diamond glued to it!

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 7/7/2025

I like the design of these space suits and partial shot of the ship. They are bulked out with curves to feel like Sears' signature style of anatomy. Panel 2-3 split is also pretty cool to slow down the pace.

Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 7/7/2025

Congrats on finally landing a page from this series!

Rick W
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 7/7/2025

Very nice!

Miki Annamanthadoo
Member Since 2003

1 - Posted on 7/7/2025

Conmgrats on the pick up! A great mini series that launched two short lived series.

Michael Weigant
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 7/7/2025

That top panel splash is top notch and in deep space brings it all in balance for me !

Kavi H
Member Since 2018

1 - Posted on 7/7/2025

It's a trap! ;-p - nice looking page, congrats on the addition!

Duke Fleed aka #1 Groo Fan
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 7/7/2025

Beauty! Love the rendering.

Timothy Finney
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 7/8/2025

Sockamagee!

Ben Bressel
Member Since 2003

1 - Posted on 7/8/2025

Such a great page!

Tom McDonald
Member Since 2019

1 - Posted on 7/9/2025

What a fantastic looking page!

<> Shemp
Member Since 2003

1 - Posted on 7/9/2025

Sweet page!

Steve N. Comic/Fantasy Art
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 7/16/2025

Supes films are due for a crazy space battle like this 'un!

Michael McIsaac
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 7/21/2025

The moment any hero says "you fool!", it's a dead giveaway that he's turned bad.

Derek Crabbe
Member Since 2020

Posted on 7/21/2025

Michael McIsaac wrote:

The moment any hero says "you fool!", it's a dead giveaway that he's turned bad.

Except when it's Namor. 😂

Michael McIsaac
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 7/21/2025

Derek Crabbe wrote:

Except when it's Namor. 😂

Well, Namor was one of the stars of a series entitled Super-Villain Team-Up.

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