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Jack Boniface
Jack Boniface is the main character and person behind his alter ego Shadowman, a saxophon-playing character from Valiant Comics.
Biography
Jack Boniface, a successful jazz saxophone musician in New Orleans, meets a woman Lydia, who drugges and does unspeakable things to him. It turns out that the Loa (voodoo spirit) Bosou Koblamin has become his maît-tête, possessing Jack and taking him over at night, resulting in Jack becoming the costumed crime-fighter Shadowman.
Publication history
Jack Boniface appeared first in X-O Manowar # 4 (1992), and as Shadowman in Shadowman # 1 (also 1992). He was killed off-panel before ShadowMan vol.II # 1 (1997), making way for the reimagined "second" Shadowman from Valiant`s follow-up Acclaim Comics.
Trivia
Valiant`s Shadowman was one of the most successful comic series of the 90s, and the single most important comic series playing in New Orlans. Thus, New Orleans mayor Sidney Barthelemy officially proclaimed 17 January as "Shadowman Day", making Jack Boniface the only fictional musician to receive this honor to date.
