Blood Runners, people uncontrollably breaking down and bleeding as they run through the streets, are becoming a frequent issue in New Orleans. Shadowman, aka Jack Boniface, is on the trail of the people in charge of the drug trade in the city, and uses his connections and contacts to get closer to the hidden figure at the top. Can they be connected to the Blood Runners? And what other dark, supernatural activity are they involved with?

Eight issues in and I can finally see why Shadowman was such a big deal back in the early 90s, and how it was able to set the stage for the character to endure and survive, through numerous reboots in the subsequent decades.

This is a strong issue that is able to stand alone while continuing the dangling plot threads left hanging in issue #7, as well as allowing a few characters to develop too.

It’s a great read, and my disappointment with the early, tonally inconsistent issues seem to have dissipated. Let’s see if that continues when we look at Shadowman’s ninth issue.

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