Shadowman #5 review: This direction just isn’t for me

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Shadowman started out so good in the first 3 issues of this series but I’ve come to the end of the line on this one. I want a Shadowman comic that delves into the horror, the macabre, and the supernatural. Not a comic that takes a new quantum leap, time jump, every month to work in social issues and political discourse from a previous era, that are now taking over this book.

With Shadowman #5 we follow Marius, supposedly the original Shadowman (even though next month it is a time jump farther back in time), in the era of the civil war or thereabout. We get the obligatory racism, transgressions, and hate crime-tinged murder. I guess you should cover all the bases when you are drilling the political into the reader about how bad that time period was. Writer Andy Diggle is British and a quick look over his Twitter page and I get it, he’s very politcal.

Shadowman #5However, that’s not what I want in my comics. I’m okay with a tinge of the political but this book is just overt now and I’m no longer enjoying it. I know some people in the Valiant fandom love everything about this book and that’s fine. That’s why reviews and opinions on things are completely subjective.

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The art by Doug Braithwaite is beautifully done. It captures the story being told and I have no issue at all with the artistic ability on display here. I’d love to see more artwork by Braithwaite, but in another book that has a better story.

Wrap Up

Reading and collecting comic books, for me, is about the enjoyment and the journey you get from entering into another world. A bit of politics is fine, a lot, not so much. Sadly, this book is coming off of my subscription list. I just feel like this is the wrong direction for the character and I’m quite okay with Valiant fans being on the other side of me on this one.

 

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