Tales of the Darkness #4
In Tales of the Darkness #4 (1998), writer Malachy Coney and artist Clarence Lansang deliver a haunting chapter as the gypsy Michaelangelo Estacado recounts his mother’s tragic death at the hands of the Inquisition. As the flames of persecution rise around him, Estacado’s past erupts into violence when he unleashes the Darkness to confront the dark priest Sonatine and his men. Cover by Clarence Lansang and Victor Llamas captures the grim intensity of a moment that will define his fate.
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The gypsy, Michaelangelo Estacado, tells Cervantes and Sancho Pansa his sad history and how his mother was burned to death by the Inquisition. Once the young man takes his leave of the barn, the Inquisition comes looking for him, and Cervantes is confronted by the dark priest Sonatine. When Estacado witnesses the Inquisition burning more heretics on crosses, he manifests the Darkness and attacks Sonatine and his men. Falling unconscious after his efforts, Estacado is once again taken in by the gypsies.
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