Children are being kidnapped in New Orleans, and Shadowman discovers that the soul-eating Sosa is back and up to his old tricks. With Jack aware that Shadowman is destined to die on a specific date in the future, he pushes through impossible odds to get to the evil villain in his mansion.

This issue of Shadowman is back to crossing the line of bad taste in order to give Jack/Shadowman a motive for soldiering on, and it’s pretty gross. The inappropriate subject matter (which could well be triggering l, so I won’t go into details) is something that was fairly common in 90s comics, which plumbed the depths of taste to seem edgy and mature.

It also exposes how much of a mess this issue is; that motivational factor disappears after the opening scenes, and the kids are simply forgotten about.

It’s such a shame, because the last few issues of Shadowman had been particularly strong; reintroducing an earlier element and villain which were poorly handled originally was not the wisest move.

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