Part of the problem is, in a very real sense...

Darkness Risen didn't actually RESOLVE any plots...but, like...any ONE plot-thread is interesting...though following the one someone finds 'sexy' is a bit hard...

That said...this is one of the BETTER "Problematic" comics I've seen...as there is actuallly story to it, that goes in interesting ways, and when it's on target it can be quite sexy. (Though sometimes damaged by animation issues)

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@MitchellTF
It always seems like when artists try world building, instead of focusing on one plot or at the very least finishing it before moving onto the next story, there are seven subplots going on at once with the focus shifting constantly from one character to another.

It would have just been easier to break it up into smaller bite-sized pieces.

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I enjoy the concept of this comic a lot more than it's execution. Like other's have mentioned, there's too much currently unresolved.
I hope that we get to see more crossovers, but historically, we saw next to nothing of the DC universe in Darkness Risen, despite the fact that we're hopping around between dimensions constantly.
This doesn't give me hope that things will ever be resolved, much like Black Pharaoh's Forsaken Souls, where the creator clearly doesn't know where they are going, nor how they are going to get there.

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Honestly, Black Pharaoh knows exactly where he's going. It's just not an interesting place. "OC fraks the entire universe.".

Part of the problem is the sheer number of TFs gets...random.

Ooooh....I do have to say? Cantraps does a good job of KEEPING THINGS HAPPENING...and not just having "Hero turns into a villain, there, we're done, let's eat."

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...Wait. The Marvel/DC universe does a COVER-UP on Symbiote infiltrations?

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When you don't know what do with your story... add a character, then add a character, then add a character and on and on and on... then, when you're tired change the charecter that you already have to something new... god damnit...

I don't want to be harsh, but please, this is a classic trap in this kind of story, adding 10'000 character will not add to the drama, or tension, or else... that do exactly the opposite

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aw man, why did MJ had to lose her demon powers? Would have loved a showdown with her against maw, but instead she loses her powers to..... Purple Man? Is he even a comic book character?

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When people complained about the abundance of characters, the solution isn't to concentrate all the power on a random purple dude and make the entire MJ arc a waste of time.

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agree Borr. And I loved MJ's demon form too

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Welp Im done with this story then. I hate Mr. Purple on principle and now that you took away MJs demon powers I am unhappy. I wish you the best of luck with this story Cantraps, but I will not be finishing it.

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As I mentioned in the past "arc", Cantraps needs to really start focusing on single ideas and single "themes", instead of throwing everything and the kitchensink into these stories. There's great potential here, for the most part the rendering and character design is quite top-notch and there's some good individual ideas... But as a whole it just doesn't hold up. The comic is an unfocused mess that never decides what it wants to be or to tell. The answer to progressing MJ's story arc isn't submitting her to a completely different scenario, it's to single out that demonic idea and play with it some more in a context where there's at best a power struggle between two or three parties and not fifteen. If you want to make her into a symbiote, it's better to just make a new comic around that story instead. You need to split up these ideas, Cantraps, and focus on them individually as their own separate stories instead of stitching them all together into a Frankenstein's monster of an ongoing series.

I only write this because I really think there's great potential. Wouldn't bother to write otherwise.

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A few of the characters in this were gender bent in the prior issues. Male: gender bender should be added as a tag

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Still loving the story cantraps, keep it up!

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Wait...Dazzler can...TG people? Somehow? (And, I forget, wasn't she possessed by Batman?)

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@MitchellTF No, I think it was Catwoman who possessed Jubilee after she had turned Dazzler.

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I'm currently releasing a few shorter corruption comics commercially on Itch.io. More stand alone stories that like together than the complex (and convoluted!) stuff here. https://cantraps.itch.io/

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NOOO! Not evil Kamala Khan!

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@xoxoxo1234 SG has taken out Thanos in the comics, I think her taking down Juggernaut is the least crazy thing that's happened!

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@xoxoxo1234 SG has also taken down Galactus, Doctor Doom, Fin Fang Foom, Ego the Living Planet, Korvac and M.O.D.O.K

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No Susan, the robots are the only thing so far in this story that don't seem to be fucking.

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Great, more new characters...

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I thought my ADHD was bad, but Cantraps' attention span in his stories continues to leave me in awe.

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That's the... 12th? Storyline I counted thus far. Could have made separate comics for pretty much all of them.

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Can someone help me to understand the plot better? At the end of Darkness Arising, Supergirl and her gang (including Harley Quinn) were hypnotized by Lois Lane. Did they ever appear again in the story?

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I don't think the artist remembers that happened manucode, he's just making up the story as it's going along I think.

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Thanks fightbos, I had the same feeling.

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@manucode/fightbos I do remember them! The two stories will start to come together in the next comic (due in October-ish) once the threads in this part have come together. I didn't want to jump between universes in the same comic (yet) as that would have made it even more confusing than it already is :)
Jump on the Discord if you want to chat about it https://discord.gg/xgWmq6wDfn

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too many characters, too many story line. Yes, they are attractive, but more and more new characters coming out. I got a bad headache.

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@Cantraps thanks for the clarification! That makes a lot of senses. I am really looking forward to the new story!
Also, just thinking, maybe a recap of some sort at the beginning of the new book will help to bring all of us fans to the same page?

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@manucode I'll definitely be doing a recap when Darkness Supreme starts. I'll have a little fun with it too, Gwenpool will get us all up to speed.

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That recap will be 20 pages long at least

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Please stop adding new characters.

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@TheRemnant. One more then we're done for new characters till the end.

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Pages 513 to 518 are duplicates of 507 to 512. Love the story though there are way too many characters this time and it's a bit hard to remember every story thread, especially since this is the third chapter of a bigger story and released in smaller chunks.

EDIT: Thanks for fixing it!

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いいよいいよ、

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Superman and supergirl but supergirl is evil and superman is a kid?

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啥时候有汉化，剧情看的一脸懵逼，哈哈哈哈

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But how many pages left to the end

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@fightbos, No, I think Superman died in the first comic of the Darkness series. I think the kid maybe Shazam.

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@chaoslolicon Darkness Ascendant is 911 pages in total. The final batch will be out in September on my Patreon. Then we're on to Darkness Supreme!

@fightbos That's not Superman, just a kid with a Superman t-shirt. Random things are starting to leak through between universes...

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My brain hurts.

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there are 2 Page_660.jpg, I think numbering error.
thank you for the comic :)

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There's a 49 page extra comic on my Patreon this month catching up with the X-Men. A few new characters but mostly filling in on what they have been doing. There's no room for them having a major part of this series as I wanted to focus down a little, so a one-off spin-off seemed the best option.
Patreon.com/cantraps.

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yeahhhhh, this definitely needs a torrent plz

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There is a page on my Patreon with all the comics download links (no need to sign up).
https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-comics-32023839

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Who is BETTY??? Where did she come on???

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...Turning evil in this universe, is like...this:

https://static.sluggy.com/images/comics/031220m.jpg.pagespeed.ce.jarzcGYhhr.jpg

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Thanks bro. @suhucfttrftrfyug

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@cantraps your wondergirl is absolutely gorgeous but each time she appears she is hidden or with really strange lights or in the shadow. What a shame lol.

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Things become more and more weird...

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Awesome work! Thanks
Although there are many characters that I cannot remember who they were before some changes, I still cannot wait to see what will happen next. XD

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Those appearances of corrupted heros are not...very satisfying. Could they be more beautiful of somehow sexy? It's hard to accept this kind of demonic look.

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我记得这个还有1的。可惜没大佬翻译。一脸懵

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Wait, there is ANOTHER sequel? How many of these have there been?

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