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SHADE, THE CHANGING MAN

Promo Written by Peter Milligan, this series was meant to be a new take on Steve Ditko's Shade, the Changing Man. It became one of several "intellectual" and "mature" titles DC Comics was publishing at the time. So, when Karen Berger (who happened to be an editor on the book) established the Vertigo imprint, this series became one of the six core titles that switched over, this series doing so with #33. From that point on, the series continued for several more years, releasing more issues under the Vertigo imprint then it had with DC until it ended in 1996 with #70. Through that run the series went through three distinctive eras, the first was from #1-32 (Shade's first lifetime), coincidentally ending with the final issue before the addition of the Vertigo label. The second era was from #33-50, mostly taking place in a setting referred to as Hotel Shade and dealing with a characteristically different Shade. The final era of the book was #51-70 and for the most part took place in New York City, during which Shade tried to find meaning to his life once again. Peter Milligan wanted to end the book with issue #50 but DC wanted to continue the series and Milligan wrote it till its last issue due to not wanting let the characters go. Unlike some other big titles by Vertigo, this one has never been fully collected except for these trade collections: #01-06: The American Scream#07-13: The Edge of Vision#14-19: Scream Time

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Shade, the Changing Man 1

1 Execution Day

July 1990

Shade, the Changing Man 2

2 Who Shot JFK?

August 1990

Shade, the Changing Man 3

3 All the President's Assassins

September 1990

Shade, the Changing Man 4

4 Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know

October 1990

Shade, the Changing Man 5

5 Hollywood Babble On

November 1990

Shade, the Changing Man 6

6 Hollywood Babble On II

December 1990

Shade, the Changing Man 7

7 The Nameless

January 1991

Shade, the Changing Man 8

8 Love and Haight

February 1991

Shade, the Changing Man 9

9 The Prophet Margin

March 1991

Shade, the Changing Man 10

10 Invasion of the Normalcy Snatchers

April 1991

Shade, the Changing Man 11

11 Edge of Vision, Part I

May 1991

Shade, the Changing Man 12

12 Edge of Vision, Part II

June 1991

Shade, the Changing Man 13

13 Edge of Vision, Part III

July 1991

Shade, the Changing Man 14

14 The Santa Fe Trial

August 1991

Shade, the Changing Man 15

15 The White Sheep On the Green Hill

September 1991

Shade, the Changing Man 16

16 How The Vest Was One

October 1991

Shade, the Changing Man 17

17 Darkness at High Noon

November 1991

Shade, the Changing Man 18

18 Scream Time

December 1991

Shade, the Changing Man 19

19 Bethlehem U.S.A.

January 1992

Shade, the Changing Man 20

20 The Road, Prologue

February 1992

Shade, the Changing Man 21

21 Off the Road, Part One of Five

March 1992

Shade, the Changing Man 22

22 Off the Road, Part Two of Five: A Pale Afternoon

April 1992

Shade, the Changing Man 23

23 Off the Road, Part Three of Five: The Invisible Loom

May 1992

Shade, the Changing Man 24

24 Off the Road, Part Four of Five: Ménage à Trois

June 1992

Shade, the Changing Man 25

25 Off the Road, Part Five of Five: The End of the Road

July 1992

Shade, the Changing Man 26

26 Lenny's Story

August 1992

Shade, the Changing Man 27

27 Shade, the Changing Woman

September 1992

Shade, the Changing Man 28

28 Shade, the Changing Woman, Part Two: The First Time

October 1992

Shade, the Changing Man 29

29 Shade, the Changing Woman, Part 3: The Locket

November 1992

Shade, the Changing Man 30

30 Another Life

December 1992

Shade, the Changing Man 31

31 Ernest and Jim, Part One

January 1993

Shade, the Changing Man 32

32 Ernest and Jim, Part Two

February 1993

Shade, the Changing Man 33

33 Birth Pains, Part One

March 1993

Shade, the Changing Man 34

34 Birth Pains, Part Two

April 1993

Shade, the Changing Man 35

35 Birth Pains, Part Three

May 1993

Shade, the Changing Man 36

36 The Passion Child, Part One

June 1993

Shade, the Changing Man 37

37 The Passion Child, Part Two

July 1993

Shade, the Changing Man 38

38 The Great American Novel

August 1993

Shade, the Changing Man 39

39 Pond Life

September 1993

Shade, the Changing Man 40

40 In Bed With Shade

October 1993

Shade, the Changing Man 41

41 Angel Dust

November 1993

Shade, the Changing Man 42

42 History Lesson, Part One: Pregnant for the First Time

December 1993

Shade, the Changing Man 43

43 History Lesson, Part Two: The Unshakable Rightness of William Matthieson

January 1994

Shade, the Changing Man 44

44 History Lesson, Part Three: Cheap Gin, Hot Water

February 1994

Shade, the Changing Man 45

45 A Season in Hell, Part One

March 1994

Shade, the Changing Man 46

46 A Season in Hell, Part Two

April 1994

Shade, the Changing Man 47

47 A Season in Hell, Part Three

May 1994

Shade, the Changing Man 48

48 A Season in Hell, Part Four

June 1994

Shade, the Changing Man 49

49 A Season in Hell, Part Five

July 1994

Shade, the Changing Man 50

50 A Season in Hell, Part Six

August 1994

Shade, the Changing Man 51

51 The Morning of the Masks

September 1994

Shade, the Changing Man 52

52 The Morning of the Masks: Easter

October 1994

Shade, the Changing Man 53

53 The Morning of the Masks: Romeo Alone

November 1994

Shade, the Changing Man 54

54 The Perpetual Motion Machine

December 1994

Shade, the Changing Man 55

55 Life is Short, Part One: First Third

January 1995

Shade, the Changing Man 56

56 Life is Short, Part Two: Tis a Pity Youth Doesn't Last

February 1995

Shade, the Changing Man 57

57 Life is Short, Part Three: Dance to the Music

March 1995

Shade, the Changing Man 58

58 Lunch With Lenny

April 1995

Shade, the Changing Man 59

59 Nasty Infections, Part One: Grotesquery

May 1995

Shade, the Changing Man 60

60 Nasty Infections, Part Two: Rotten Pot

June 1995

Shade, the Changing Man 61

61 Nasty Infections, Part Three: The Lips of Quiddity

July 1995

Shade, the Changing Man 62

62 Nasty Infections, Part Four: Heart Attacks

August 1995

Shade, the Changing Man 63

63 Nasty Infections, Part Five: Dead Bodies

September 1995

Shade, the Changing Man 64

64 One from the Heart

October 1995

Shade, the Changing Man 65

65 The Roots of Madness, Part 1 of 3: The Impossible Photograph

November 1995

Shade, the Changing Man 66

66 The Roots of Madness, Part 2 of 3: The Alligator People

December 1995

Shade, the Changing Man 67

67 The Roots of Madness, Part 3 of 3: The Fool of the Forth

January 1996

Shade, the Changing Man 68

68 After Kathy, Part One: The Living and the Dead

February 1996

Shade, the Changing Man 69

69 After Kathy, Part Two: Remember Me

March 1996

Shade, the Changing Man 70

70 After Kathy, Part Three: How It All Started

April 1996

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