Shadowman Vol 5 4

Alyssa told me music's at the heart of the voodoo ritual. Max is a natural. At first, the notes come in a jumbled cascade. Freeform, syncopated, no clear rhythm or structure... But amid the chaos, hidden melody. A familiar chord here, a repeated phrase there... And the Loa responds. Settling inside of me. Inside of us. It finds... not order in the chaos, but freedom. Purpose. There's something here. Something I need to understand. Like a half-remembered dream, just out of reach... and just as I'm about to grasp it-- the music stops.

-- Jack Boniface

Solicitation[]

ALL-NEW ARC! ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT! “DEAD AND GONE” – PART ONE!

For years, Jack Boniface believed that he knew the true story of the Shadowman loa – the true story of the curse inside him. He was wrong.

For the first time, Jack Boniface is about to discover the long-hidden history of the supernatural power that became his birthright… Unmoored in time and space, the loa is about to reveal its untold dimensions…and now, the last defender of the wall between our realm and the Deadside is falling backwards through the astral void, finding himself face to face with his forebears across the centuries – from the paranoia-addled alleyways of 1940s New York to the fire-scorched plantations of the Civil War…all the way back to the primeval height of the African savannah in 40,000 B.C.!

In the shock-inducing aftermath of “FEAR OF THE DARK,” master storyteller Andy Diggle (Green Arrow: Year One) leads a rotating cast of superstar artists – including Shawn Martinbrough (Thief of Thieves), Doug Braithwaite (Justice), and Renato Guedes (Wolverine) – to reveal the full scope and power of the Shadowman mythos…and how three of its forgotten champions stoked its earliest embers…with a legend-fueled odyssey into eons past as “DEAD AND GONE” tells all!

Dead and Gone, Part One[]

Appearances[]

Featured Characters:

Jack Boniface / Shadowman
Maxim "Max" Boniface / Shadowman (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

Abettors
- Franklin (First appearance)
Helena LeBreton (Jack's mom) (Flashback only)
Senator John Curran (some white Senator) (Single appearance)

Villains:

Nazis
- Adler (Only appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

Alyssa Myles (Mentioned only)
Charlie "Bird" Parker (Mentioned only)
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (Mentioned only)
Minton's Players (house band)
Mr. Minton (Single appearance)
New York Police Department (NYPD)

Locations:

1940s
- American Reich (Mentioned only)
- England
  - London (Mentioned only)
- Europe (Mentioned only)
- Maine (Mentioned only)
- New York
  - New York City
    - Brooklyn Bridge
    - Manhattan
      - Empire State Building
      - Harlem
        Minton's Playhouse (Jazz Club)
- Washington, D.C. (Mentioned only)
- World War II (Mentioned only)

Items:

Maxim's saxophone
Neural Resonator
Shadowman's amulet (Flashback only)
Shadow Loa (Behind the scenes)
Shadow Scythe

Vehicles:

Old-time car

Credits[]

Writers: Andy Diggle
Pencilers: Shawn Martinbrough and Stephen Segovia
Inkers: Shawn Martinbrough and Stephen Segovia
Colorists: Jose Villarrubia
Letterers: Simon Bowland
Cover Artists: Tonci Zonjic (A), David Mack (B), Hannah Templer (Pre-Order), David Lafuente & German Garcia (1:20), Dave Johnson (1:50), Bob Layton (Larry's)
Editors: Benjamin Peterson (assistant), Warren Simons (assistant) and Karl Bollers
Executive Editor: Joseph Illidge

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Quotes[]

Alyssa told me music's at the heart of the voodoo ritual. Max is a natural. At first, the notes come in a jumbled cascade. Freeform, syncopated, no clear rhythm or structure... But amid the chaos, hidden melody. A familiar chord here, a repeated phrase there... And the Loa responds. Settling inside of me. Inside of us. It finds... not order in the chaos, but freedom. Purpose. There's something here. Something I need to understand. Like a half-remembered dream, just out of reach... and just as I'm about to grasp it-- the music stops.

-- Jack Boniface

"You people"---? Trying to save your ass here, Senator. Don't make it harder than it has to be.