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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  • 1
    #1
    Enhanced cardstock cover by Hoang Nguyen
    Dec 1995
    Cover: $2.50
    W: James Jackson-Weiss III, Janet Jackson, Jim Shooter, Joe James, Pauline Weiss  ·  A: Dave Cockrum, Hoang Nguyen, Stefano Gaudiano
    1st appearance of BloodS.C.R.E.A.M.; Fatale; Till Death Do Us Part
    16 copies from $1.24
  • 2
    #2
    Jan 1996
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Jim Shooter, Janet Jackson, Joseph A. James, Pauline Weiss  ·  A: Stefano Gaudiano, Dave Cockrum
    Fatale; Till Death Do Us Part
    15 copies from $1.22
  • 3
    #3
    Mar 1996
    Cover: $2.50
    W: James Jackson-Weiss III, Shane M. Bellefleur, Jim Shooter, Janet Jackson, Joseph A. James, Mark Shainblum, Pauline Weiss  ·  A: Hoang Nguyen, Stefano Gaudiano, Paul Autio
    Blood S.C.R.E.A.M.; Till Death Do Us Part
    7 copies from $1.75
  • 4
    #4
    Apr 1996
    Cover: $2.50
    W: James Jackson-Weiss III, Shane M. Bellefleur, Jim Shooter, Janet Jackson, Joseph A. James, Mark Shainblum, Pauline Weiss  ·  A: Hoang Nguyen, Stefano Gaudiano, Paul Autio
    Blood S.C.R.E.A.M.; Till Death Do Us Part
    6 copies from $2.00
  • 5
    #5
    May 1996
    Cover: $2.50
    W: James Jackson-Weiss III, Shane M. Bellefleur, Jim Shooter, Janet Jackson, Joseph A. James, Mark Shainblum, Pauline Weiss  ·  A: Stefano Gaudiano, Hoang Nguyen, Suzanne Dechnik
    Blood S.C.R.E.A.M.; Till Death Do Us Part
    8 copies from $1.99
  • Ash 1
    Ashcan #1
    Sep 1995
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Jim Shooter, Janet Jackson, Joseph A. James, Pauline Weiss  ·  A: Stefano Gaudiano, Dave Cockrum
    Till Death Do Us Part, Fatale: Prelude To A Kiss
    3 copies from $3.75
  • Ash 2
    Ashcan #2
    Sep 1995
    W: Jim Shooter, Janet Jackson, Joseph A. James, Pauline Weiss  ·  A: Stefano Gaudiano, Dave Cockrum
    Till Death Do Us Part, Fatale
    2 copies from $2.98