Black Shadow: Volume 1, Issue 8

Black Shadow: Volume 1, Issue 8 is the eighth Issue of Black Shadow: Volume 1, and the eighth Black Shadow Issue overall.

Chronology

 * Previous: Volume 1, Issue 7
 * Next: Volume 1, Issue 9

Featured Characters

 * Jack Calvin/Black Shadow

Supporting Characters

 * Detective Amy Baker
 * Lyall Mason
 * Detective Leo Franklin
 * Dr Eric Stoneheart
 * Captain Leroy Yates (first appearance)
 * Sgt. Will Carlyle
 * Officer Carlos Marino

Villains

 * Raider (first appearance)

Locations

 * Dark City

Organizations

 * Dark City Police Department

Items

 * Black Shadow Armor Mark I
 * Black Shadow Detection Armor (first appearance)

Plot Details
2 weeks after the last issue, Black Shadow is chasing after a criminal known as Raider, a villain with the ability to phase through objects. Black Shadow finds he cannot keep up with Raider and Raider escapes. He returns to his hideout where he meets with Lyall and Stoneheart, who has since joined his team. Stoneheart suggests studying Raider and Jack finds out his real name is Eddie Taggart, a criminal who was caught in an explosion years ago. Jack knows Taggart as Amy’s former fiancé who was believed to have died.

Jack visits Amy at the precinct but gets a cold response from Yates, who is untrustworthy of him. He asks her about Taggart but she is unresponsive. Raider soon attacks the precinct asking for Amy, who learns her former fiancé is alive. Jack helps Amy out safely but Leo is injured. Amy visits Leo in hospital and blames herself for his injuries. Jack asks Daniel to look after her as he leaves.

Black Shadow confronts Raider outside his former home. He reveals he knows who he is and offers his help. Raider refuses his help and attacks him, revealing his new ability of creating ripple effects with his hands. Black Shadow is easily defeated and retreats, but Stoneheart reveals he built something to keep up with Raider. Black Shadow chases after Raider and they fight. Amy catches up with them alongside Marino and Carlyle and they watch as Black Shadow defeats Raider. In a masked voice he asks them to stop hunting him and that he isn’t a bad guy. He leaves quickly, leaving Amy to reluctantly arrest her former fiancé.

Jack reveals to Lyall and Stoneheart how hard it is to arrest someone he knows and that he hopes he’ll never have to do it again. Amy approaches Yates and asks him to remove the task force, stating she has seen the Black Shadow in action and that he can be helpful. Yates refuses, although he ponders whether the Black Shadow is really a criminal or not after Amy leaves.