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Shadowman (1992) Valiant

Shadowman is a fictional superhero who appears in comic books published by Valiant Comics. The character debuted in Shadowman #1 (May 1992), and was created by writers Jim Shooter and Steve Englehart, artist David Lapham and inker Bob Layton. Jack Boniface is playing saxophone for a packed jazz bar deep in the heart of New Orleans one night. A successful musician and hopeless romantic, Jack dreams of a record deal, but until then is happy to realize that a beautiful woman named Lydia has been coming to the bar every night to watch him play. That night they leave the bar together. They go to her residence, where Jack consumes a drugged drink and falls unconscious, believing this is his last moment on Earth. In the morning he wakes to find Lydia gone, and a strange mark on his neck. Later that night, Jack stalks the streets, compelled by an urge to hunt Lydia down and take revenge. He finds a discarded carnival mask on the street and, inexplicably drawn to it, picks it up. Jack hears the cries of a woman being assaulted in a back alley. He confronts the attacker, and finds that he has superhuman strength and speed, with which he is able to frighten the attacker into fleeing. Jack’s housekeeper Nettie, a voodoo practitioner, senses the change in Jack. She explains that something evil in the night ripped open the doorway to his soul. Now, whenever shadows fall, his soul comes out, takes over, and goes hunting. She tells him, "In voodoo talk, ‘shadow’ means soul. You the Shadowman." Nettie feels the presence of a loa, or spirit, named Bosou Koblamin in Jack. Bosou has become Jack’s maît-tête, the loa who stands for him. Nettie tells him that although ignorant people think Bosou is evil, in truth Bousou embodies a rage against evil, and is not possessing Jack, but helping him. Nettie, feeling that Jack's newborn nighttime identity of Shadowman is part of his destiny, makes Jack an outfit for this new identity, which bears the image of his soul stepping out and three spikes of light piercing the darkness—just like Bosou’s three horns. Putting on the mask, Jack roams the streets and confronts violent criminals. Dead bodies start piling up in New Orleans but these dead bodies have been reanimated and are found running, ranting, and raving with blood pouring from their orifices before they collapse and die. The public dubs them "Bloodrunners". Jack looks into the deaths with his friend Marty, who double crosses him and takes Jack to a fearsome albino necromancer named Master Darque, the man behind the Bloodrunners. Darque turns the Bloodrunners on Jack, but Shadowman takes over and he escapes, though not before Darque is able to take some of Jack's hair. Darque uses it to resurrect one of the fallen men as a zombie and send him after Jack. As Jack's newfound supernatural abilities grow with each passing night, he begins to wonder where he ends and Shadowman begins. Although a confident fighter by night, during the day, he is filed with doubt. Master Darque is able to bring Jack under his control, but with the help of the loa, Jack overcomes Darque’s power. Although Darque still claims the lives and energy of hundreds of people, giving him enough power to last for years, he now has found a nemesis in Shadowman.

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Shadowman # 16 1993 A Bite Of The Apple pg 10 by Bob Hall & John Dixon

Art Details

Artist:	Bob Hall (Penciller) Bob Hall (Writer) John Dixon (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
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Added to Site:	12/22/2018

About the Owner

Michael Molinario
Member Since:	November 2011

Shadowman # 16 1993 A Bite Of The Apple pg 10 by Bob Hall & John Dixon
Artist: Bob Hall (Penciller)
Bob Hall (Writer)
John Dixon (Inker)
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Shadowman # 41 1995 Under Arrest pg 6 by Bob Hall & Thomas Ryder

Art Details

Artist:	Bob Hall (Penciller) Thomas Ryder (Inker) Bob Hall (Writer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views	559
Comments:	0
Added to Site:	2/2/2012

About the Owner

Michael Molinario
Member Since:	November 2011

Shadowman # 41 1995 Under Arrest pg 6 by Bob Hall & Thomas Ryder
Artist: Bob Hall (Penciller)
Thomas Ryder (Inker)
Bob Hall (Writer)
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Shadowman # 18 1993 Exorcism pg 18 by Bob Hall & John Dixon

Art Details

Artist:	Bob Hall (Penciller) John Dixon (Inker) Bob Hall (Writer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views	816
Comments:	0
Added to Site:	2/2/2012

About the Owner

Michael Molinario
Member Since:	November 2011

Shadowman # 18 1993 Exorcism pg 18 by Bob Hall & John Dixon
Artist: Bob Hall (Penciller)
John Dixon (Inker)
Bob Hall (Writer)
816 Views

There are 3 Pieces of Art In This Gallery.    

About the Owner Michael Molinario ( 2 ) Joined: November 2011 Last Login: September 2025 Country: UNITED STATES On CAF: Artworks Commented On Liked Art Site Activity on CAF

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