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zechs27 (zechs27) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-09-28 18:59:00

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char: the shade/richard swift, creator: james robinson, publisher: dc comics, title: cry for justice

Cry for Shade
The Shade's latest comic book appearance in the last place you'd expect him to appear.

Well, except for the fact it's a James Robinson written book.

Is it ok if I post the final page to this? Given there have been six pages posted already of this issue (three of the actual story and three to the afterword with Robinson on Prometheus). If not I understand. This page was really the meat of his appearance anyway. So enough of my babble:

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grazzt
2009-09-29 02:54 pm UTC (link)

The other problem with research is that the Shade usually performs (in public, at least) at less than peak performance. Prometheus might be under the impression that the Shade isn't capable of using his powers in a fatal manner. Or (worse yet) that Shade can't use his powers without his cane.

That's a beautiful scenario, isn't it? A misinformed Prometheus attempts to disarm the Shade by slicing away the hand that holds the cane. Thinking that the Shade has collapsed from shock after having his hand cut off, he goes to investigate the cane, thinking to see if he can get it to work for himself. But Shade was just playing possum, and after a short interval of darkness, all that's left of Prometheus is a red stain and that helmet of his.

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outlawpoet
2009-09-29 08:20 pm UTC (link)

It's a good point. Shade has a lot of abilities that no one sees but the reader. I think Dr. Fate was the only one with him when he confronted Culp the last time? And very few heroes have seen him demonstrate his ability to teleport via the shadow.

Neron and a few others have seen him spawn shadow demons to take out loads of people at once, but other than that, he tends to focus on one person or object at a time, at least in public.

It's also never been established what bright light even does to his powers anyway, as he avoids possibly dangerous situations(like entering buildings on fire) but he's said that nothing can take his powers completely away, which may mean he can't project shadow in perfect light, but remains invincible and immortal.

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