Like most of the first run of Image comics, ShadowHawk got parodied. Known to do a parody or two myself, I was delighted to see MeadowLark from parody Press. These guys even went so far as to mimic the embossed silver-foil cover of issue #1! The best Image parody, however, was Don Simpson’s brilliant Splitting Image (which featured 5 or 6 variant BACK covers) as Rob and I fed Don a lot of behind-the-scenes shenanigans so everything in it was TRUE! Well, almost everything.
The ShadowHawk Saga was an insert mini-book in Hero Illustrated #5. Written by Len Senecal, it gave a retrospective on where the character had been, a sneak peek at ShadowHawk III #1 and an overview of where the story was going.
ShadowHawk appeared on several Inside Image covers, but I believe this was the only one that I drew! The piece became the “corner box” illustration for ShadowHawk III #1-4 and also appeared as a trading card.
The ShadowHawk #1 ashcan was sold exclusively at the 1992 Chicago Comic-Con in the infamous “Image tent.” There were also ashcans for issues #2 and 3.
Other SH paraphernalia included two trading card sets, plus a sub-set in the Image Universe set, a resin statue, two action figures from McFarlane Toys, a mouse pade, a soundtrack to “The Secret Revealed,” several different T-Shirts, a three posters, baseball caps and other crap I’m mercifully forgetting.