Shadowpact return for one-shot

DC Comics' magical superheroes will return in a one-shot in November.

The Shadowpact characters will appear in writer Adam Beechen and artist Kieron Dwyer's Nightmaster: Monsters of Rock.

The story was first conceived by Beechen for the cancelled Shadowpact ongoing title. It stars former rock musician Jim Rook, otherwise known as the magic sword-wielding hero Nightmaster.

"There's a great panel in his origin story of Jim in concert, with adoring fans all around him," Beechen told Newsarama.

"I got to wondering who those rock fans were at that particular show, and decided to explore one of them a little more. So the idea was a pretty simple one: what if Jim Rook met his biggest fan from back in the day today... at the absolute worst possible time?

"Throw in the kooky mysticism Nightmaster faces on an everyday basis with the fate of dimensions, not to mention his teammates, at stake, add in a '60s burnout who's still living in that era 40 years-plus down the road, and the potential for action-comedy was off the charts.

"The entirety of Shadowpact shows up and plays a very important, albeit brief, role in the story."