SHadowman's sickle

zachquam · Post by **zachquam** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 5:53 pm

I was just wondering if anyone knew what Shadowman's sickle/staff's powers are? I just started re reading Shadowman and finished the first volume. Just dawned on me I had no idea what it could actually do.

greg · Post by **greg** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 2:50 pm

Not sure that the story related to the sickle/staff was expanded much after that point.

zachquam · Post by **zachquam** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 3:52 pm

greg wrote:Not sure that the story related to the sickle/staff was expanded much after that point.

Gotcha. I ended up tweeting? twittering? I got a hold of Justin Jordan on twitter and he didn't even seem to know.

BugsySig · Post by **BugsySig** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 4:10 pm

Didn't Josiah imbue it with some of his power when he gave it to Jack in Deadside?

Of course that whole meeting seemed to be forgotten in End Times.

Brother Darque · Post by **Brother Darque** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 8:37 pm

Good for cutting up monsters.

Watchtower · Post by **Watchtower** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 9:22 am

Yeah, I don't remember Shadowman's scythe (not really, but basically yeah) having any powers. The original concept art gave it three "modes" that it could switch between, but the comic itself never made use of that.

nscc · Post by **nscc** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 1:32 pm

Well... The Valiant RPG book doesnt have much info either but says it does 4 Damage and +3 against Master Darque.

So... extra powers against him?

I don't know

BugsySig · Post by **BugsySig** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 2:04 pm

Wasn't their something about it being immune to magic? Or was that supposed to be Shadowman in general?

zachquam · Post by **zachquam** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 11:20 am

Maybe it's meant to be a mystery. I was re re reading vol 1 and he smacks the end on the ground and releases an energy blast or something, but I haven't really seen anything since.

dornwolf · Post by **dornwolf** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 1:56 am

It seems like it was just never gotten to to be honest. They might've had plans for the weapon but when you look at the new look come December he's noticeably missing it.

nscc · Post by **nscc** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 10:13 am

dornwolf wrote:It seems like it was just never gotten to to be honest. They might've had plans for the weapon but when you look at the new look come December he's noticeably missing it.

Yeah, perhaps Darque being in possession of it has something to do with binding him? Or maybe it is being used as some type of McGuffin and once he gets the sickle back he can break the control.

I don't know. I remember the old marvel cards from late 80s or early 90s that had a weapons section with some history on things like Caps shield and the Infinity Gems, some quick little blurbs like that would be great.

Also, I checked out the VU Handbook and it says "His scythe is especially effective against Demonic entities"

grendeljd · Post by **grendeljd** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 11:47 pm

nscc wrote:
dornwolf wrote:It seems like it was just never gotten to to be honest. They might've had plans for the weapon but when you look at the new look come December he's noticeably missing it.
Yeah, perhaps Darque being in possession of it has something to do with binding him? Or maybe it is being used as some type of McGuffin and once he gets the sickle back he can break the control. I don't know. I remember the old marvel cards from late 80s or early 90s that had a weapons section with some history on things like Caps shield and the Infinity Gems, some quick little blurbs like that would be great.

Also, I checked out the VU Handbook and it says "His scythe is especially effective against Demonic entities"

So at the very least, it probably either has some kind of supernatural enchantments layered into it, or it's got cold iron forged in the blade to be more effective against demons...

jkingman · Post by **jkingman** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 7:06 pm

in Shadowman 16 he says he finally knows what to do with the scythe, and transports himself and Tremble to the Deadside with it.

Shadowman99 · Post by **Shadowman99** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 7:21 am

The scythe is for bashin' bad guys with.

lorddunlow · Post by **lorddunlow** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 7:31 am

I think he picks food out of his teeth with it...

Shadowman99 · Post by **Shadowman99** » Wed Nov 04, 2015 3:27 am

I think Shadowman's scythe is telescopic because he's overcompensating.

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