Shadow State

    (Broadway, 1995-1996)
™ and ©1995 Broadway Comics

This second title from Jim Shooter’s Broadway Comics, opened with a Youngblood parody: a six-page, over-the-top, ultra-violent fight scene. Then the story segues away from the fight scene as we realize it’s just pages from a comic book being read by character Troy Hickenbottom in this title’s key feature, “Image Isn’t Everything.” Troy is serving time in prison and is tormented by the suspicion that his girlfriend is being unfaithful. His cellmate, Leo, planned on escaping by harnessing the free energy of the universe via meditation. But Troy’s anxiety interferes with Leo’s concentration and Troy is transformed into a familiar Image-Comics-style character, complete with an exaggerated physique and belts around his thighs.

Shadow State also contains a story featuring Fatale, who premiered in Powers That Be.
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Shadow State #1

December, 1995
Cover Price: $2.50
17 copies available from $1.50 		Enhanced cardstock cover by Hoang Nguyen; 1st appearance of BloodS.C.R.E.A.M.; Till Death Do Us Part; Fatale James Jackson-Weiss III, Janet Jackson, Jim Shooter, Joe James, Pauline WeissDave Cockrum, Hoang Nguyen, Stefano Gaudiano
Shadow State #2

January, 1996
Cover Price: $2.50
15 copies available from $1.21 		Jim Shooter, Janet Jackson, Joseph A. James, Pauline WeissStefano Gaudiano, Dave Cockrum
Shadow State #3

March, 1996
Cover Price: $2.50
7 copies available from $1.75 		James Jackson-Weiss III, Shane M. Bellefleur, Jim Shooter, Janet Jackson, Joseph A. James, Mark Shainblum, Pauline WeissHoang Nguyen, Stefano Gaudiano, Paul Autio
Shadow State #4

April, 1996
Cover Price: $2.50
6 copies available from $2.00 		James Jackson-Weiss III, Shane M. Bellefleur, Jim Shooter, Janet Jackson, Joseph A. James, Mark Shainblum, Pauline WeissHoang Nguyen, Stefano Gaudiano, Paul Autio
Shadow State #5

May, 1996
Cover Price: $2.50
8 copies available from $1.99 		James Jackson-Weiss III, Shane M. Bellefleur, Jim Shooter, Janet Jackson, Joseph A. James, Mark Shainblum, Pauline WeissStefano Gaudiano, Hoang Nguyen, Suzanne Dechnik
Shadow State Ashcan #1

September, 1995
Cover Price: $2.50
3 copies available from $3.75 		Jim Shooter, Janet Jackson, Joseph A. James, Pauline WeissStefano Gaudiano, Dave Cockrum
Shadow State Ashcan #2

September, 1995
Cover Price: $0.00
2 copies available from $2.98 		Jim Shooter, Janet Jackson, Joseph A. James, Pauline WeissStefano Gaudiano, Dave Cockrum