X-O Manowar Part 12: Shadowman #4 (August, 1992)

Aric continues to battle Mothergod’s minions.

I have this issue in the Unity Saga Vol. 2 Trade Paperback.

Shadowman enters the Lost Land and witnesses Aric battle Mothergod’s minions.

Notes of Interest:

1) Aric appears in all of one panel this issue. In fact, it’s a panel we’ve seen before…

WTF? Moment: I understand the purpose of Unity was to have a kind of “Secret War” that brought Valiant’s characters together, but the overall story crawls along as we witness the same event repeatedly. It would have been better if the one panel we see Aric in this issue (which makes sense because it is about Shadowman after all) was of him leading the slaves away from the complex. That way, it would have shown faithful Unity readers that while time may not be absolute, at least it’s still moving.

WTF? Moment #2: Why am I calling this Aric’s twelfth appearance with only one panel? I’ll argue the fact that while we’re following Shadowman here, time has moved past what we’ve seen of Aric so far in the Lost Land, and by issue’s end Aric has begun gathering his army of Skammrs…

…that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.