Issue #4 of Shadowman’s 1992 series starts off in a fairly typical way, with the eponymous character dispensing his brand of justice on a wife beating asshole.

But then it rapidly goes south, because the majority of this comic is part of a Valiant Comics-universe crossover, and it’s the sixth part.

So if you haven’t read the other five parts, you’re bound to be lost at several points here. Crossovers that take over an issue of a comic’s run for a month or two are an absolute nightmare years after the fact, and this one sticks out like a sore thumb, just as Shadowman does on his superhero and sci-fi diversion, which he is completely unsuited to.

It’s jarring and bizarre to see the voodoo hero take on dinosaurs in a futuristic setting, as well as interacting with superhero characters such as Solar, Man of the Atom.

It seems to wrap up in a way that doesn’t quite bring us back to Jack Boniface’s status quo, but hopefully this strange adventure is quickly swept under the rug in the next issue of Shadowman.

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