Shadowman gets a new creative team. Peter Milligan (Hellblazer, X-Statix) and artist Roberto De La Torre (Daredevil, Age of Apocalypse) are taking on Valiant’s dark hero with Shadowman #13.
As revealed today in USA Today, Milligan and De La Torre kick off their run all-new story arc “exposing the malignant roots of Shadowman’s superhuman abilities…roots that began in Jack Boniface’s own tortured past…and now extend through the bloodied back-alleys of 21st century New Orleans.
When a troubled young man with a history of violence and a penchant for blackouts meets an overwhelming source of power with a mystical scythe, the results are doomed to be destructive. A voodoo loa has possessed Jack Boniface – or so he believes. But after Jack awakens in an alleyway covered in blood, he embarks on a journey across lands of shadows and death to discover if he can expel the dark force that’s seized control of his life…and which may be responsible for a violent rampage through the city he swore to protect.”
“My first arc will be an attempt to dig up some dirt, dislodge a few skeletons, and find out what the Hell is really going on with Jack. I’m not throwing everything out with the bath water, I’m just making the bath water a bit more grimy and, hopefully, unpleasant,” Milligan told USA Today. “Something is wrong with Jack and to find out what it is he’ll need to face some terrible truths about himself and make some big changes in his life.”
Shadowman #13 is the first title in the new MUST READ VALIANT initiative – a new series of self-contained stories and easy jumping-on points starring Valiant’s top characters.
Shadowman #13 arrives in December with covers by De La Torre, Miguel Sepulveda, Ben Templesmith and Shane Davis.
By Editor