Shadow State #5 was published by Broadway on May 1, 1996, as part of a series that began in 1995. Janet Jackson and JayJay Jackson write, and art comes from Art Nichols, Cynthia Morris and Dan Schaefer. This 36-page issue features Afterglow, Superion, Dominator, Pendulum and Dr Frank Ellerbee, among 7 characters cataloged on VerseDB.