Shadowman

Shadowman (1992) #1-3, 6

by Steve Englehart (Writer), Bob Hall (Writer/Introduction), Faye Perozich (Writer)

Bagged with Darque Passages #1
Tradepaperback/reprint info: Reprints Shadowman #1 - #3 and #6. (#4 and #5 are part of the Unity storyline.)

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics

96 pages, Trade Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

See also John Harkness.

Steve Englehart went to Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. After a stint in the Army, he moved to New York and began to write for Marvel Comics. That led to long runs on Captain America, The Hulk, The Avengers, Dr. Strange, and a dozen other titles. Midway through that period he moved to California (where he remains), and met and married his wife Terry.

He was finally hired away from Marvel by DC Comics, to be their lead writer and revamp their core characters (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, and Green Lantern). He did, but he also wrote a solo Batman series (immediately dubbed the "definitive" version) that later became Warner Brothers' first Batman film (the good one).

After that he left comics for a time, traveled in Europe for a year, wrote a novel (The Point Man™), and came back to design video games for Atari (E.T., Garfield). But he still liked comics, so he created Coyote™, which within its first year was rated one of America's ten best series. Other projects he owned (Scorpio Rose™, The Djinn™) were mixed with company series (Green Lantern [with Joe Staton], Silver Surfer, Fantastic Four). Meanwhile, he continued his game design for Activision, Electronic Arts, Sega, and Brøderbund.

And once he and Terry had their two sons, Alex and Eric, he naturally told them stories. Rustle's Christmas Adventure was first devised for them. He went on to add a run of mid-grade books to his bibliography, including the DNAgers™ adventure series, and Countdown to Flight, a biography of the Wright brothers selected by NASA as the basis for their school curriculum on the invention of the airplane.

In 1992 Steve was asked to co-create a comics pantheon called the Ultraverse. One of his contributions, The Night Man, became not only a successful comics series, but also a television show. That led to more Hollywood work, including animated series such as Street Fighter, GI Joe, and Team Atlantis for Disney.

Reviews

[Newt cox]

This would be the first time I have read the early issues of volume one of Shadowman. And I loved it. Set in New Orleans. Shadowman is a jazz musician ,who goes out at night and fights crime. This trade paperback reprints the first 5 issues of the series. And in them we learn some of the origin of Shadowman. Plus it sets up stuff that unfolds through out the rest of volume 1. This TPB has some great artwork. With the highlight being the issue draw by the comic book legend Steve Ditko. If you are a fan of Batman or any of the other "dark" vigilantes pick this up.

[G. Edweird Cheese]

even though it may not be the best drawn comic, or have the greatest dialog ever written, Shadowman is still a fun and gnarly ride. With vampires, serial killers, some voodoo who-doo, and a bunch of inbred, backwater, bayou swamp people this graphic novel has something for everyone. Collecting issues 1,2,3 and 6, this awesome read definitely leaves you wanting more. It hints about the missing issues with talk about another world and our hero being gone for 6 months, when in reality it was only seconds. I will definitely be on the look out for more in this series.

[Barry Hammock]

A collection of adventures involving a man who turns into a completely different person after dark. For some reason, not specified in this volume, he has been possessed by Voodoo Loa, who imbue him with strength enough to fight the evils that haunt the night. Well written, though some internal continuity errors. A fine example of early 90s, post Marvel exodus, comic book writing.

[Susan]

Jack's cool

[Jeremy]

Jazz.