Shadowman creative team announced *WITH SPOILERS*

[tchalla8]

Also found this..

SHADOWMAN #1 – ON SALE THIS NOVEMBER!
Written by JUSTIN JORDAN & PATRICK ZIRCHER
Art by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Cover by PATRICK ZIRCHER
“Blackout” Pullbox Exclusive Variant by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Variant Covers by DAVE JOHNSON & BILL SIENKIEWICZ

Blackout Pullbox Variant?.....coooooool....

The blackout pullbox variant appears to be the "preview" image we saw yesterday, think Deathblow #1 (1993)

I concur...

[Donovan]

Awesome!

My only beef was the seemingly computer generated vortex. Otherwise, WOW! Master Darque!

I love the off center logo in the Dorman cover!

And a Sienkiewicz variant?!?!?!?! Hell yeah!

This looks great!

[Donovan]

The blackout pullbox variant appears to be the "preview" image we saw yesterday, think Deathblow #1 (1993)

or Solar #10!

[possumgrease]

The more I read it, the more my heart sank. But no so much as to boycott the book or anything. Jack is now a big bald black guy with a goatee? What an original look. They're keeping elements of the original that worked, but he's not a musician anymore?

VEI has done nothing but amazing work so far and I'm trying to remain open-minded about Shadowman but I am so darn attached to the Bob Hall version that it is really hard to accept this much change. But I'm trying. Hopefully I end up loving it. As long as it's better than the Garth Ennis crap, I guess I'll be happy.

I'm guessing that is Master Darque in the last panel of each of the first two preview pages?

Doesn't seem like the bald thing lasts maybe....the cover images all have hair. Or maybe the bald guy isn't Boniface but a prevous incarnation of Shadowman.

He's with a pregnant chick. Maybe that's Jack's dad.

I assumed that as well.

Comic probably opens 23 years earlier with big scene of invading monsters, Jack's dad (with Shadowman logo centered) fights off bad guys who vow to return, Dad gives mother the emblem is not seen again until issue 9 or so because he has to go into the vortex to keep Darque from coming back. Jack grows up without a father and hating him for abandoning him and mother. Later reconciles (issue 12) when they team up to stop Darque's latest attempt.

or maybe the talisman is handed off before the battle and then Jack's dad dies during the battle, sacrificing himself to stop Darque. Something like that.

[David_Cody]

Loved some of those panels! They left me begging for more.
Definitely going to add this to my pull list.

[bribri]

Moving my comments to Spoilers section. Shouldn't be here.

[grendeljd]

Oh WOW. Justin Jordan's Luther Strode mini is one of the best things Image published this year. Bloody, super dark stuff. Perfect fit. And Zircher is sick!

Btw Luther Strode issues are tough to find. #1 is pricey. But the tpb is available. One of our best sellers

Sounds like Ed is giving his stamp of approval

I thought perhaps he already knew this stuff and was having trouble keeping the secret! Just the other day he spilled his guts a bit, but managed to grab up the intestines & stuff them back into the wound before too many people saw it

My good friend Mike Rooth has a pin-up published in Strode #6, which is the only individual issue I've been able to nab... I had to resort to the tpb to read the whole thing.

[tchalla8]

Oh WOW. Justin Jordan's Luther Strode mini is one of the best things Image published this year. Bloody, super dark stuff. Perfect fit. And Zircher is sick!

Btw Luther Strode issues are tough to find. #1 is pricey. But the tpb is available. One of our best sellers

Sounds like Ed is giving his stamp of approval

I thought perhaps he already knew this stuff and was having trouble keeping the secret! Just the other day he spilled his guts a bit, but managed to grab up the intestines & stuff them back into the wound before too many people saw it

My good friend Mike Rooth has a pin-up published in Strode #6, which is the only individual issue I've been able to nab... I had to resort to the tpb to read the whole thing.

I'm assuming Ed knew that it was Shadowman and when it was coming, but not the creative team maybe.

[caniac]

Those interior pages look bad arse!

I'm lovin' it!

Edit to remove a page...forgot I wasn't in the spoiler section...

[paradise]

Oh WOW. Justin Jordan's Luther Strode mini is one of the best things Image published this year. Bloody, super dark stuff. Perfect fit. And Zircher is sick!

Btw Luther Strode issues are tough to find. #1 is pricey. But the tpb is available. One of our best sellers

Sounds like Ed is giving his stamp of approval

I thought perhaps he already knew this stuff and was having trouble keeping the secret! Just the other day he spilled his guts a bit, but managed to grab up the intestines & stuff them back into the wound before too many people saw it

My good friend Mike Rooth has a pin-up published in Strode #6, which is the only individual issue I've been able to nab... I had to resort to the tpb to read the whole thing.

I'm assuming Ed knew that it was Shadowman and when it was coming, but not the creative team maybe.

You are both kind of right. I did make a mistake revealing Zircher's involvement in the book earlier than Valiant wanted to, but we caught it pretty early, and removed all mentions of the comment. A few people who saw it did not mention it again, hopefully out of respect, if not for me then for Valiant's marketing efforts that I could have messed up.

I did see the art a few months ago, and have been dying to tell someone, which may be the reason that I "spilled the beans" when I saw the preview image, without much forethought. Will never happen again, that's for sure. I did not know the writer was Jordan, but I knew about Zircher's involvement. He happens to be one of the artists I love and follow.

[grendeljd]

Oh WOW. Justin Jordan's Luther Strode mini is one of the best things Image published this year. Bloody, super dark stuff. Perfect fit. And Zircher is sick!

Btw Luther Strode issues are tough to find. #1 is pricey. But the tpb is available. One of our best sellers

Sounds like Ed is giving his stamp of approval

I thought perhaps he already knew this stuff and was having trouble keeping the secret! Just the other day he spilled his guts a bit, but managed to grab up the intestines & stuff them back into the wound before too many people saw it

My good friend Mike Rooth has a pin-up published in Strode #6, which is the only individual issue I've been able to nab... I had to resort to the tpb to read the whole thing.

I'm assuming Ed knew that it was Shadowman and when it was coming, but not the creative team maybe.

You are both kind of right. I did make a mistake revealing Zircher's involvement in the book earlier than Valiant wanted to, but we caught it pretty early, and removed all mentions of the comment. A few people who saw it did not mention it again, hopefully out of respect, if not for me then for Valiant's marketing efforts that I could have messed up.

I did see the art a few months ago, and have been dying to tell someone, which may be the reason that I "spilled the beans" when I saw the preview image, without much forethought. Will never happen again, that's for sure. I did not know the writer was Jordan, but I knew about Zircher's involvement. He happens to be one of the artists I love and follow.

I saw that before you removed it Ed, and definitely kept quiet out of respect [I'm not even a customer of yours >yet<, that's just how I roll!]. Hope you don't mind my little joke-poke just now, no offence intended.

[Blood of Heroes]

Also found this..

SHADOWMAN #1 – ON SALE THIS NOVEMBER!
Written by JUSTIN JORDAN & PATRICK ZIRCHER
Art by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Cover by PATRICK ZIRCHER
“Blackout” Pullbox Exclusive Variant by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Variant Covers by DAVE JOHNSON & BILL SIENKIEWICZ

Blackout Pullbox Variant?.....coooooool....

The blackout pullbox variant appears to be the "preview" image we saw yesterday, think Deathblow #1 (1993)

think Solar 10.

[Elveen]

Also found this..

SHADOWMAN #1 – ON SALE THIS NOVEMBER!
Written by JUSTIN JORDAN & PATRICK ZIRCHER
Art by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Cover by PATRICK ZIRCHER
“Blackout” Pullbox Exclusive Variant by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Variant Covers by DAVE JOHNSON & BILL SIENKIEWICZ

Blackout Pullbox Variant?.....coooooool....

The blackout pullbox variant appears to be the "preview" image we saw yesterday, think Deathblow #1 (1993)

think Solar 10.

Think Solar TPB with the black cover and the Solar sign in mat-esque or a flat black on a glossy black.

[possumgrease]

Also found this..

SHADOWMAN #1 – ON SALE THIS NOVEMBER!
Written by JUSTIN JORDAN & PATRICK ZIRCHER
Art by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Cover by PATRICK ZIRCHER
“Blackout” Pullbox Exclusive Variant by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Variant Covers by DAVE JOHNSON & BILL SIENKIEWICZ

Blackout Pullbox Variant?.....coooooool....

The blackout pullbox variant appears to be the "preview" image we saw yesterday, think Deathblow #1 (1993)

think Solar 10.

Think Solar TPB with the black cover and the Solar sign in mat-esque or a flat black on a glossy black.

Ok. I've thought all these things. Now what?

[Elveen]

Also found this..

SHADOWMAN #1 – ON SALE THIS NOVEMBER!
Written by JUSTIN JORDAN & PATRICK ZIRCHER
Art by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Cover by PATRICK ZIRCHER
“Blackout” Pullbox Exclusive Variant by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Variant Covers by DAVE JOHNSON & BILL SIENKIEWICZ

Blackout Pullbox Variant?.....coooooool....

The blackout pullbox variant appears to be the "preview" image we saw yesterday, think Deathblow #1 (1993)

think Solar 10.

Think Solar TPB with the black cover and the Solar sign in mat-esque or a flat black on a glossy black.

Ok. I've thought all these things. Now what?

that is how the black cover will look.

[possumgrease]

Also found this..

SHADOWMAN #1 – ON SALE THIS NOVEMBER!
Written by JUSTIN JORDAN & PATRICK ZIRCHER
Art by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Cover by PATRICK ZIRCHER
“Blackout” Pullbox Exclusive Variant by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Variant Covers by DAVE JOHNSON & BILL SIENKIEWICZ

Blackout Pullbox Variant?.....coooooool....

The blackout pullbox variant appears to be the "preview" image we saw yesterday, think Deathblow #1 (1993)

think Solar 10.

Think Solar TPB with the black cover and the Solar sign in mat-esque or a flat black on a glossy black.

Ok. I've thought all these things. Now what?

that is how the black cover will look.

Wait. Why are they putting the Solar TPB cover on Shadowman #1? Makes no sense. These variants are getting ridiculous! Can we start a thread about variants?

[caniac]

The blackout pullbox variant appears to be the "preview" image we saw yesterday, think Deathblow #1 (1993)

think Solar 10.

Think Solar TPB with the black cover and the Solar sign in mat-esque or a flat black on a glossy black.

Ok. I've thought all these things. Now what?

that is how the black cover will look.

Wait. Why are they putting the Solar TPB cover on Shadowman #1? Makes no sense. These variants are getting ridiculous! Can we start a thread about variants?

He is just saying that the Shadowman pullbox variant will be blacked out but you will still see Shadowman in a different hue of black that is similar/reminiscent to the Solar TPB

[Big Red]

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page ... e&id=40064



Anyone familiar with Justin Jordan's work? I'm not familiar with "The Strange Talent of Luther Strode"

This is a dream come true!!! Jordan's work on "The Strange Talent of Luther Strode" was OUTSTANDING! Now I'm even more excited about Shadowman!

[Aram]

Reading the article and seeing the first 2 splashes of art i was like "meh".

Then I saw the pages at the bottom...

Holy crap that is some awesomeness.

[caxiotis]

Oh WOW. Justin Jordan's Luther Strode mini is one of the best things Image published this year. Bloody, super dark stuff. Perfect fit. And Zircher is sick!

Btw Luther Strode issues are tough to find. #1 is pricey. But the tpb is available. One of our best sellers

I agree! I really enjoyed Luther strode. Looking forward to seeing what this team does

[sanman]

[lorddunlow]

Wait. Why are they putting the Solar TPB cover on Shadowman #1? Makes no sense. These variants are getting ridiculous! Can we start a thread about variants?

But seriously, this is going to be awesome!

[tchalla8]

Doesn't seem like the bald thing lasts maybe....the cover images all have hair. Or maybe the bald guy isn't Boniface but a prevous incarnation of Shadowman.

Good catch...

I think this article pretty much confirms that Boniface and baldy are not the same guy.

http://geek-news.mtv.com/2012/07/26/shadowman-valiant/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[manga4life]

Wow, the interior art on this book looks absolutely amazing and the character design is freakin' stellar, I can't wait to tear this one open and see how this character fits into the Valiant universe and what kind of cool stories will be told with a character such as this. This book is a complete surprise, most of us were waiting on the Eternal Warrior book that was announced in the FCBD giveaway and to see that Shadowman is coming out of thin air just like this is absolutely awesome!

Can't wait!

[BugsySig]

Wow, the interior art on this book looks absolutely amazing and the character design is freakin' stellar, I can't wait to tear this one open and see how this character fits into the Valiant universe and what kind of cool stories will be told with a character such as this. This book is a complete surprise, most of us were waiting on the Eternal Warrior book that was announced in the FCBD giveaway and to see that Shadowman is coming out of thin air just like this is absolutely awesome!

Can't wait!

The best part is it's NOT out of thin air (well maybe to most of us regular folks). But it is obvious this has been in the works for a while if the first issue's art is basically in the can and JJ and Zirch (that's right, we're cool like that) have scripted out multiple arcs. That is what is setting the new Valiant apart from other recent start-ups: foresight and planning.