Shadowman Vol 6 3

Solicitation[]

Masters of terror Cullen Bunn and Jon Davis-Hunt continue terrifying tour by bringing the supernatural defender to Barcelona.

What is your darkest secret worth? Shadowman must face demons from his past and demons of the present as he encounters the sinister Undertaker. Will Jack be dragged into a Hell of his making?

Shadowman[]

Appearances[]

Featured Characters:

Shadowman (Flashback and main story)
- Shadow Loa (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

Baron Samedi (Flashback and main story)
Houngan Josef (Flashback only)

Villains:

The Blight (Mentioned only)
The Pallbearer (Only appearance; dies)
- Loa-Killers (First appearance)

Other Characters:

Mama Cecile (Deceased) (Flashback only)
- Unnamed Loa of Secrets (aka the "Secrecy Loa") (Severly wounded; dies) (Flashback and main story)
Mysterious female ghost (in a vision)
Punk Mambo (Variant Cover only)
Unnamed dead people
- Dead people in the streets
- Dead spiritualist guy on the coach (supposed to be some low life drug addict)
- Dead couple in doorway

Locations:

Caribbean Sea (Flashback only)
- Haiti
  - Port-au-Prince
Deadside (Flashback and main story)
- Europe
  - Spain
    - Barcelona
Deadside (also visualized as a giant Loa riding the world)

Items:

"CROSS ROAD BLUES" shirt
Jack's saxophone (Variant cover only)
Pallbearer's rune-inscribed coffin (SMASHed)
Shadow Scythe
Thin Spots (Holes in the Veil) (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), Tyler Kirkham (B), Erica Henderson (C), Robbi Rodriguez (Pre-Order), Jenny Frison (Kowabunga), Marco Mastrazzo (Unknown)
Editors: Audrey Meeker (intern), 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 #3 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, (hilarious) layout (especially panels 1 & 3), line art, and final for page 2
Voodoo Offerings - script excerpts and line art (2 pages)
- The Priestess
- Secrets to the Grave
- A Final Resting Place
- Kill or Be Killed
- Rest in Pieces
- Restoration
The Blights of Barcelona (2 pages)
- About the neighborhood El Raval and Enriqueta Martí, "the Vampire of the Raval".
Designing the Dead (1 page)
- Character designs and commentary about Jack Boniface's clothing and the effects when transitioning into Shadowman
  - Mentioning the CROSS ROAD BLUES shirt is a reference to Robert Johnson

Notes[]

Erica Henderson's cover is a homage to the movie poster of the 1981 horror film The Howling.
The Pallbearer saying he is "the reckoning" is a direct hint to the final issue of Andy Diggle's run, in which Samedi is warning Jack that the Voodoo Pantheon is upset about humans "binding" with Loa and there would soon be some reckoning. However, the Pallbearer and his Loa-Killers do not look like they would be part of a Voodoo Pantheon.
The final panel features a giant Loa looking like a Cthulhu creature. This is the third time this "theme" is used by Valiant Entertainment, following Stephanie Hans' map of the nether realms in the Valiant Universe Handbook 2016 and the Widowers from the most recent Psi-Lords series.
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[]

I couldn't spend time with a less dramatic skeleton?

-- Shadowman

I've come to put a stop to the chaos the Loa spread. I'm the whirlwind. I'm the big nasty. I'm the reckoning. But you can call me--the Pallbearer.

-- Pallbearer

I work in shadows, not secrets.

-- Bosou Koblamin