Hello Darkness #21: Leading the Witness; I Can't Take You Anywhere; Sweet Couple, Sick Society; A Case of Chianti, Heavily Discounted; Fresh Meat

Release Date

May 13, 2026

Series

Hello Darkness

Issue

#21

Creators

Andrea Mutti, Damian Couceiro, Dee Cunniffe, Duane Swierczynski, Ed Brisson, Ed Dukeshire

Hello Darkness plummets into the blackest depths of the human heart in this special mystery/thriller-themed anthology issue!In “Leading the Witness” by Ed Brisson and Damian Couceiro, a chance encounter with a stranger sends an innocent man down a never-ending spiral of self-fulling murder.And in “A Chase of Chianti, Heavily Discounted,” New York Times–bestselling crime writer Duane Swierczynski and George Romero Foundation’s artist-in-residence Ryan Carr get gruesome when a tough-as-nails mobster’s affair with his boss’s wife winds him up in a spot even his legendary pain threshold won’t withstand.All this and more for a bountiful bouquet of blood and bullets from BOOM!’s smash-hit horror series.