Art by Miguel Sepulveda & Brian
Reber
Valiant Comics
FLIPPING THROUGH:
Valiant Comics
FLIPPING THROUGH:
It’s
Halloween in the Big Easy as a group of men get ridiculously drunk and,
eventually, get possessed by some evil spirits. Jack’s personal life continues
to suffer as he jumps into action against these possessed men. But it turns
worse when the possessed men end up in New Orleans’ Halloween Parade , which is
being hosted by Dr. Mirage.
ART:
The
book is nothing short of gorgeous. Sepulveda’s clean and detailed style really works well as we
get very detailed backgrounds, people of different sizes and colors and beings
have expression. There is a great amount
of fluid motion that is captured with Sepulveda’s art that just makes the book
a real treat to behold. Reber’s colors only add to the amazing pencils and inks
that Sepulveda put in to this issue as it fit the very holiday that it is
celebrating; dark, wicked yet festive. The oranges and blacks are well used
this issue to give a great atmosphere. Overall, this art team did a solid job.
WRITING:
This
is Zub’s first (and possibly only) issue of Shadowman. Yet, Zub does a great job of capturing our
main hero’s current struggle with his destiny and his real life. We got more
layers of Jack as he went to face off against the spirits … only to have a bit
more of a problem than he bargained for. And I love that fact. Jack is STILL
very new to all this and Zub points that out well; making sure that Jack has an
air of experience around him while still playing the inexperience Jack is
coping with.
The
addition of Dr. Mirage was very well used and Zub, seemingly, got more into the
character than the previous writer did in this one issue. Definitely get a very
good look at Dr. Mirage this issue and it was refreshing. The demons themselves
mirrored their hosts; which made the possession a good fit. The book has good
pacing and it used the knowledge of Halloween compared to Voodoo as a good way
to establish a little background. Zub writes a strong issue here.
OVERALL IMPRESSION:
Zub writes a good Shadowman but an even better Dr. Mirage. The story was good. The art was fantastic. I liked this issue and wish we were getting more from this creative team.
Zub writes a good Shadowman but an even better Dr. Mirage. The story was good. The art was fantastic. I liked this issue and wish we were getting more from this creative team.
RATING:
I
give SHADOWMAN # 11 a 9 out of 10. Pick
it up when it hits stores tomorrow.
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