Missing cards 93 and 109
This unique comic book tells the story through trading cards. When set into the binder, it tells the story of Dark Dominion #0.
(W) Jim Shooter (A) Steve Ditko
Welcome to Manhattan. You'll notice that people stare at the sidewalk in front of them as they walk, avoiding even fleeting eye contact. Late at night, on a lonely block, they may cross the street to avoid passing close by you, though it's a well-lit block, though you're well-dressed and unthreatening, though probably hundreds of people are within shouting distance.
Don't get in trouble here. No one will help you. No one wants to get involved, because then they may wind up in trouble too, and who's going to help them? They turn their backs, they cross the street, they ignore you.\They're afraid. A palpable fear pervades this town. If you live here, you know it intimately. Anyone who spends much time here soon becomes aware of it. People from other big cities less afflicted sense it instantly. Small-town Midwesterners often have to get mugged first. It's not entirely paranoia after all.
I've been thinking about this for a long time. And I've come to realize thgat it's not the crime and violence in the city that cause the fear - it's the other way around.
It's the unspoken "or else" that lets you understand the way fear drives evil. Gotta steal it or else I'll never get it. Gotta get them or else they'll get me. Gotta eat it, have it, do it now, or else my one chance will be gone. Gotta look down on everybody or else they'll look down on me.
Fear is the root of all evil. Works of evil create the climate for more fear. It's not entirely paranoia.
Somewhere along the line, a balance was tipped and Manhattan began a long, slow slide into the abyss. I said the fear was palpable. It's getting worse.
Dark Dominion is about Manhattan. It's about fear and evil and the one man who isn't afraid. It's powerful, super-action filled, chilling, intense stuff.
Don't be afraid.