Solicitation[]
The bone-chilling team of Cullen Bunn and Jon Davis-Hunt bring forth a terrifying tale in this can’t miss new chapter of Valiant’s hit horror series.
The hellscape known as the Deadside has pried open a doorway to Earth in Enoch, Arizona! And our only chance at survival against the awoken desert beasts is SHADOWMAN.
Shadowman[]
Appearances[]
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Baron Samedi (Loa of the Dead)
Villains:
- The Blight
- Triple-Headed Monster (Carrion Fly / Hyena / Vulture) (Only appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Elsbeth Martinique (Mentioned only)
- Ghosts / Souls / Spirits
- Mysterious female ghost
- Unnamed family (Only appearance; dies)
- Unnamed hitchhiker (Only appearance; dies)
Locations:
- Deadside
- Deadside version of Enoch
- North America
- United States of America
- Arizona
- Enoch
- Cooper's Saloon
- Enoch
- Arizona
- United States of America
Items:
- Shadow Scythe
- Thin Spots (Mentioned only)
Vehicles:
Credits[]
- Writers: Cullen Bunn
- Pencilers: Jon Davis-Hunt
- Inkers: Jon Davis-Hunt
- Colorists: Jordie Bellaire
- Letterers: Clayton Cowles
- Cover Artists: Jon Davis-Hunt (A), Caspar Wijngaard (B), Francesco Francavilla (C), Annie Wu (Pre-Order), Jenny Frison (Kowabunga), Marco Mastrazzo (Unknown)
- Editors: David Menchel (associate), Heather Antos (senior)
Synopsis[]
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Pre-Order Edition[]
The "Pre-Order Edition" of this issue contains the following exclusive material:
- Shadowman #2 Cover Gallery (1 page)
- Textless Cover A
- Textless Cover B
- Textless Monster Movie Variant
- Textless Pre-Order Edition Cover
- Page in Process (2 pages)
- Script, layout, line art, and final for page 8
- Voodoo Offerings - script excerpts and line art (2 pages)
- Babysitting Gone Wrong
- Ghost Town
- Graveyard
- Deadside (used as alias/name (?) for the ghostly woman)
- Corvus Corax
- Cerberus
- The Blights of Arizona (2 pages)
- Using Vulture City as an example for a real world ghost town in Arizona
- Designing the Dead (1 page)
- Character designs and commentary of Baron Samedi
Notes[]
- This comic book was initially solicited for release on June 24, 2020, but had to be delayed due to the lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
- Francesco Francavilla's cover is a homage to an early teaser image for the 2018 horror film Halloween.
- Jon Davis-Hunt's B/W Cover and David Nakayama's 1:100 Retailer Incentive Cover were not re-solicited again.
- The index page mistakenly credits the artists of the variant covers of the debut issue; Rod Reis, Dave Johnson and Tony Moore.
- In the real workd, there is no Enoch in Arizona.
- The Unknown Comics exclusive covers were made available on August 11, alongside the other exclusives (#1-4) and a convention special for Megacon, Orlando. See Shadowman (Volume 6) #4 for the complete artwork.
Quotes[]
You still haven't answered the important question, Samedi.
- -- Shadowman
Tsk. There are no important questions, Jack...not in the face of death's inevitability.
- -- Baron Samedi
Don't make me punch you.
- -- Shadowman
Gallery[]
Cover Art[]
Canceled Cover Art[]
Related[]
References[]
This section is for footnotes and citations.
- ↑ Valiant Entertainment suspend their work due to COVID-19 (March 20, 2020)