The Darkness #22
In *The Darkness #22* (1999), Jackie Estacado confronts a chilling revelation: a long-dead ancestor of his helped forge Wyrmwood, a town that exists beyond reality. As its current inhabitants beg him to free them into the world to spread chaos, Jackie makes a desperate choice—swallowing the entire town back into himself with the power of the Darkness to protect Jenny. Written by Malachy Coney and illustrated by Clarence Lansang, with inks by Jonathan Sibal, Ken Lashley, Victor Llamas, John Livesay, Marco Galli, and colors by Matt Nelson, Jimmy Yu, and John Starr, this issue deepens the series’ mythos with a haunting, self-contained threat. The cover by Joe Benitez and Joe Weems V captures the story’s grim intensity.
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Jackie learns that another Estacado in a much earlier time had helped create the mysterious town called Wyrmwood that seems to exist outside the real world. Now the current inhabitants want Jackie to release them into real world so they can spread chaos. Instead, Jackie swallows the whole town back inside himself using the Darkness to end the threat and save Jenny.
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