SHADOWHAWK vol.1 #2

Release date : Oct 1992 IMAGE COMICS
SPAWN #5	SPAWN #6

Al:Spawnの初めてのカメオ出演。SPAWN made a cameo appearance. After a confrontation with Spawn, ShadowHawk goes up against a firebug called Arson.

SUMMARY :
At Morningside Park, four people were killed by thugs, attracting the attention of ShadowHawk, who beat them up. Meanwhile, Jamie Anthonette was at a party with Thurston J. Burns, when Vendetta told them that Lt. Jacks had arrived. Deputy Mayor Saul P. Davis arrived and spoke to Jacks, saying that the mayor had ordered the detective to stop pursuing ShadowHawk. Arson was burning down parts of the city. ShadowHawk met with Spawn, who left after the former told the latter of his plans to pursue Arson. Then, ShadowHawk jumped several stories off of a rooftop, attacking Arson. He defeated Arson by throwing a shuriken at his gas, causing an explosion. At the hospital, Tajana Juarez told her brother Jaime that she would go after the person who put him there (who happened to be ShadowHawk). Hojo was in an alley, feeling stomach pain and was searching for ShadowHawk. Meanwhile, the Liquifier emerged from the sewer.

怪人ARSONを追っていたShadowhawkはAl:Spawnと出会い、ARSONのことについて何か知らないかを尋ねる。
言葉少なげなAl:Spawnに対してShadowhawkは「寡黙な人だ」と思う。

Paul Johnstone Shadowhawk	News Caster Barry	ARSON
Al Simmons SPAWN

①Shadowhawk
ShadowhawkはJim Valentinoが創造したキャラクター。初登場は1992年6月の”Youngblood vol.1 #6″。
ポール・ジョンストンという若者が弁護士になり、やがて地方検事へと昇りつめながらもCokeとcrack中毒に陥る。やがてお気に入りのスーパーヒーローにちなんで自分自身を「Shadowhawk」と名付けた。
ポールがスーパーヒーローを演じるために身に着けた「Shadowhawk」の姿だったが、物語において「正義の精霊」として描かれるようになり、4人の精霊のうち3人が人間で、1人がロボットであることが明かされる。コスチュームを手に入れたエディ・コリンズなどの新しい主人公も登場した。

2022年9月1日:追記
2022年9月に刊行された30周年記念の”Last Shadowhawk #1″が最終巻となった。