#Master Darque

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Revenge

(Archer and Armstrong #9)

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Barry Windsor-Smith - Eternal Warrior #6 Master Darque (1992) Source, source

Colors by Jorge González

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Unity 2000 #2 - December 1999, cover by Jim Starlin + Joe Rubinstein.

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Hi, hope you are doing well.

Can you suggest me resources on working with Goetic spirits in ways other than the solomonic way? I have found some ways in Jason Miller's books, but was wondering if there are any more ways.

TIA for your time and response.

There are certainly no shortcuts, or at least, you cannot expect the same results by using shortcuts. These spirits should also not be worshipped and so we can disregard most of the Luciferian and Demonolatory approaches as Darque-fluff.

There is a method in Paul Huson's 'Mastering Witchcraft', in Devin Hunter's work on the matter, Jason Miller offers methods in his courses. And of course Franz Bardon has a method as well. I believe Jason Miller's methods in Consorting with Spirits are the best modern adaptations I have seen. Jake Stratton-Kent also had different methods for example utilising Crowley's Liber Pyramidos, and also the techniques in his Goetic Liturgy.

In truth, any method of evocation can be adapted to work with the goetia if you know what you are doing. In fact I believe we should strive to find our own method of evocation that works for us and stick to that one. Otherwise we become jacks of all trades and masters of none.

What truly matters is you have the skills to perceive spirits, you know how to communicate with them, and you have the authority to summon them and for them to obey you. This authority can come from yourself through gained initiations and spiritual experiences, from the Holy Guardian Angel which is your connection to the Godhead itself, or from a deity you are close with whose authority you borrow. This being said the deity should be widely considered to be a deity spirits feared such as Hekate who is related to Goetic work.

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Preview: The Darques: Soulside #2 (of 2)

The Darques: Soulside #2 preview. Prepare for an intense showdown as Master Darque confronts his most formidable adversary yet - his sister! #comics #comicbooks

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DARQUE RELREASES NEW SMASH More Life

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Master Darque (September 8, 1992) This Day In Comics https://www.comicbookaddicts.com/2023/09/master-darque-september-8-1992-this-day-in-comics/

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the cover to The Second Life of Doctor Mirage (1993) #2 by Bernard Chang, Ken Branch and Maurice Fontenot

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Eternal Warrior #6

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Ninjak #25 (Valiant Entertainment)

Okay, take the best parts of Batman and James Bond and combine them, through in some nihilistic Buddhism, throw them in a blender, and the end result is Ninjak.

Ninjak is Colin King, a wealthy Brit who works as a spy after his parents died and he was left in the care of his abusive butler, a person so loving the Colin spent most of his childhood haunting the grounds of his estate rather than deal with the man.

He lends himself out to British Intelligence, combining all sorts of skills, gadgets, and wealth to take on the most dangerous assignments anyone can think to give him: in the past he's been tasked with stopping alien invasions, assassinating X-O Manowar, and regularly hangs out with the Eternal Warrior. He's a Badass Normal in the Valiant-verse, and so writer Matt Kindt gets to play with the full weight of this sort of character.

The end result is a comic that started slow and got progressively better, to where it's now one of Valiant's best but weirdest. There's a lot of strange philosophy here, centered around a character who is effectively an adrenaline junkie with a death wish and enough skill to keep from dying. It's blockbuster material.

At the start, Colin was investigating the Shadow Seven, a group of high-tech weapons dealers who dealt with cutting edge technology and weapons of mass destruction. Since then, he's started working with them to fight off a larger threat: Master Darque, the Shadowman villain who beat his hero by recruiting him and is the background bad guy of the whole Valiant Universe, a literal god-made-flesh.

Shadowman was the weakest of the opening salvo of Valiant comics, a meandering tale that couldn't come to terms with its hero or concept but who did have an immediately engaging villain. The protagonist faded and Darque has since plagued the Valiant Universe, causing massive destruction on a handful of occasions, and he's one of those villains that wins even when he loses.

Back in the strongest issue of the old Shadowman series, we were given an origin story for Darque and that story has entered and currently haunts Ninjak in the form of Sandria Darque, a relative and another mysterious god-made-flesh who is clearly up to something, helping Ninjak for reasons of her own, reasons that have never been revealed, reasons that we just might learn this issue.

Artist Stephen Segovia is doing some interesting things in this book with panel layout that give an interesting illusion of movement while also making infodumps interesting. Writer Matt Kindt is Matt Kindt, so you know the story is going to be good and head in directions you might not expect – which is perfect for this title. If you like Batman and want to try something different you really should give this a look.

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Razor

-Real name: Nicole Symone Mitchell

-A.k.a.: Darque Razor, Nicole Mitchell

-Publisher: London Night Studios

-Type: Human

-Afilliations: -

-Powers: Agility, stamina, stealth, swordsmanship, weapon master.

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Ninjak #23 (Comics) Review

Valiant’s Ninjak kicks off a new arc, and brings together the character’s deadliest foes. The Seven Blades of Master Darque For some reason, I had the totally wrong idea of what Seven Blades was about. That’s the name of the latest story arc to hit Ninjak with issue #23, by the...

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Preview: The Darques: Soulside #1 (of 2)

The Darques: Soulside #1 preview. Master Darque and his enigmatic sister, Sandria, find themselves imprisoned in the chilling depths of Soulside within the ominous Ring of Solomon #comics #comicbooks

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“AND WE FOUND THE REST OF OUR TEAM...”

NINJAK #26

Written by Matt Kindt Art by Stephen Segovia

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I’ve unleashed chaos!

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Deathmate Prologue (September 1993)

The '90s was the era for independent comic book publishers to make it big, and there were no bigger names than Image and Valiant. Both companies were comprised mainly of creators who had already been in the industry, with Image being founded by hot young artists and Valiant being the brainchild of comic book stalwarts like Jim Shooter.

Despite their near-simultaneous rises to prominence, they had very different approaches to publishing. Founded on the idea of letting creators own their work, Image didn't own the creators' over-the-top characters, and the Image Universe was built more on loose connections that tight continuity. On the other hand, Valiant completely owned its original characters and teamed them up with licensed heroes like Solar, Man of the Atom and Turok the Dinosaur Hunter in more down-to-Earth stories that followed a more tightly knit continuity. In 1993 and 1994, these two worlds collided in Deathmate, an infamous event that heralded the end of the collecting boom of the early '90s.

Deathmate occurred due to the chance interdimensional encounter between Valiant's Solar, Man of the Atom and Void of the WildC.A.T.s from Image Comics. From this, the two would fall in love, but their being together threatened to destroy the fabric of space and time in both of comic book universes. The chaotic collision of properties would include several other characters and series' from both publishers, such as Turok, Cyberforce, Bloodshot, Harbinger and Youngblood.

Instead of being published as a traditional linear narrative, the issues of Deathmate were coded by colors, and they could theoretically be read in any order and still be understood as long as readers read the Prologue and Epilogue issues before and after.

Featuring work from an all-star roster of creators including Jim Lee, Barry Windsor-Smith, Rob Liefeld, Bob Layton, Marc Silvestri and many more, the storyline meshed the universes together as if they had always been one, with Bloodshot fittingly being a member of Youngblood. Likewise, Valiant's H.A.R.D. Corps and Image's WildC.A.T.s were combined into H.A.R.D.C.A.T.s. The issues themselves constantly focus on this admittedly interesting element, with more of a focus on the novelty of these combinations than a central narrative,

The main connective tissue throughout all of this miasma of action is Geoff, the young Geomancer from Valiant, being found by Image's Prophet. Prophet remembers the universes being separate, and he works with the Geomancer to find Solar and restore things to the way that they were. The ultimate catalyst behind this is revealed to Valiant's Master Darque, who wanted the universes to merge to turn himself into a supremely powerful being. When the future Solar realizes this, he quickly undoes it all in a rather rushed wrap-up.

Despite having the hype of two popular comic book companies behind it, Deathmate was not a resounding success, to say the least. As was common in that era of Image Comics, some individual issues of the series were released long after they were originally solicited. and Deathmate Red wasn't released until months after Deathmate: Epilogue. With fan and consumer interest quickly dwindling, stores were left with large amounts of unsold copies at a time when casual collectors were drifting away from comics.

Production delays weren't the only thing that the title had in common with Image's books at the time. Despite essentially being the Image/Valiant equivalent to DC vs. Marvel, the differences between Image's flashy action and Valiant's tight continuity became abundantly clear as characters were cast in roles they weren't usually cast in. The crossover also lacked some of Image's most famous heroes, including Spawn and Savage Dragon.

Though both publishers are clearly seeing better days, perhaps neither will ever live down one of the most infamous events of the '90s. Eventually, Image would largely abandon its attempt at a shared superhero universe, and it's currently much more of a haven for indie books of all genres. After being purchased by the video game publisher Acclaim, Valiant ceased publication around the turn of the millennium, but the new Valiant Entertainment gave the Valiant heroes a second life in 2012 with a well-received reboot of its classic characters.

Source: Comic Book Resources

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