NewMan #4
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeNew Man #4 (April 1996) serves as the narrative climax of 'ShadowHunt,' a five-part crossover that threaded through the Extreme Studios corner of Image Comics simultaneously with Chapel vol. 2 #7, Youngblood #7, Team Youngblood #22, and the Shadowhunt Special. It is the issue in which the rogue robot version of ShadowHawk — a construct that had been spiraling out of control after the Spirit of Justice abandoned it — was finally destroyed, closing a chapter on the post-Paul Johnstone ShadowHawk mythology. That destruction directly triggered one of the more consequential character transitions in the Extreme Universe: the debut of Eddie Collins as the new, teenage ShadowHawk, marking a generational shift in the mantle's legacy. As the concluding chapter of the Newman ongoing series, the issue also doubled as a final issue for that short-lived title, making it the sole installment where NewMan's supporting cast and the Youngblood roster converge in direct conflict.
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The NewMan series ran for four issues between January and April 1996 under writer Eldon Asp and artist Michael Lin Chang, operating within Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios imprint at Image Comics. The ShadowHunt crossover was co-orchestrated by Jim Valentino and Robert Loren Fleming, with the individual tie-in chapters handled by the respective series' creative teams; New Man #4 was written by Asp with Chang on pencils and a cover by Dan Fraga and Lary Stucker. The series concluded at the same moment the crossover reached its resolution, meaning the final issue of NewMan bore the weight of wrapping up both the book's own storyline and the climactic action beat of the wider event.
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- New Man #4 (April 1996) is Part 5 — the concluding chapter — of the 'ShadowHunt' crossover, a five-part event spanning Shadowhunt Special #1, Chapel vol. 2 #7, Youngblood #7, Team Youngblood #22, and New Man #4.
- The issue contains the destruction of the robot ShadowHawk, the rogue construct that had been operating without the Spirit of Justice after Paul Johnstone's death.
- The destruction of the robot ShadowHawk at the end of this issue directly sets up Eddie Collins (listed in the catalog as a character appearing in this issue) as the next person to take up the ShadowHawk mantle.
- This is the final issue of the NewMan ongoing series, which ran for exactly four issues from January to April 1996.
- Written by Eldon Asp with interior art by Michael Lin Chang; cover art by Dan Fraga and Lary Stucker.
- The issue pits NewMan and ShadowHawk against the Youngblood roster, with Badrock (Thomas John McCall), Knightsabre (Mikey Graves), Riptide, Rubble, and Task (Ryan Orsini) featured in the confrontation — a lineup confirmed by the original cover composition.
- Youngblood members Psilence (Monica Caine) and Task (Ryan Orsini) are drawn from the Bloodpool sub-team, connecting this issue to the broader Extreme Studios ensemble mythology.
- The ShadowHunt crossover was co-written across its chapters by Jim Valentino and Robert Loren Fleming, with New Man #4 representing the only chapter produced outside that core creative team.
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