The Black Racer and Shilo Norman #1 Review

Writer: Reginald Hudlin / Artist: Denys Cowan, Ryan Benjamin / DC Comics Shilo Norman is donning the Mr. Miracle III moniker again and putting on a show for charity. This guy is strapping himself to missiles (with missiles being aimed on him), while he is tied the fuck down, and trying to escape. If he does, a million goes to charity and if he doesn’t escape.. well they don’t get that money and Shilo is pretty much dead and back in comic book limbo. Keep in mind this is the week of Jack Kirby’s 100th birthday. Mr. Miracle is one of his New Gods creations and he won’t be the only one that appears in this issue either.

We see Shilo checking over his stunt beforehand and we’re introduced to Genolan, another magic performer that obviously doesn’t fuck with Shilo. We see that from jump and judging by his goatee we can tell he is up to no good. Everything is all good until Shilo sees the Black Racer. The Black Racer is the God of Death for the New Gods. He comes to collect your fade. The fact that Shilo is seeing him means that this is his last stunt. Homie bout to die. Hudlin is on the track for this issue and I’m fucking with. I love these type of setting where we have a character that isn’t necessarily powerful but good at a trade (in Shilo’s case being an escape artist) and having to use that trade in order to escape a situation. Escaping death is the most dire situation of all, especially when it becomes literal. Hudlin gives us a look at who the Black Racer was before his tr…