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Tweak says, "You best check yoself!"

espanolbot (espanolbot) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-09-29 21:05:00

Entry tags:

char: the shade/richard swift, publisher: dc comics, title: starman

The Shade Ties Up Some Loose Ends

A friend of the Shade has learned that he is a reincarnation of the DC Western character Scalphunter, and has decided to quit the corrupt ways he'd picked up in his time as a policeman and start afresh.

The Shade, whose best friend was in fact Scalphunter, decides to help the cop become a better person as a tribute to his former friend.

Why the cop was able to talk his former associates into just dropping it and pretending that he was always straight, the Shade's methods were... not as diplomatic.

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	sherkahn 2009-09-29 09:43 pm UTC (link)
	Strasberg school? Reference, anyone? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	espanolbot 2009-09-29 09:50 pm UTC (link)
	Acting school I think. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	fungo_squiggly 2009-09-29 09:52 pm UTC (link)
	Lee Strasberg? As in method acting? That's what wikipedia lead me to believe. Guess Shade is saying the guy's a bad liar. Gotta figure the dead mob guy was kind of a dumbass not to honestly abandon his grudge when he had the chance, in order to save his own life. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bruinsfan 2009-09-29 10:53 pm UTC (link)
	Yep. Agreeing in a Jon Lovitz "Yeah, that's the ticket..." tone with someone who just filled your penthouse with the corpses of dozens of bodyguards shows a remarkable lack of self-preservation instinct. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	damar148 2009-09-29 11:14 pm UTC (link)
	Given how he tried to defend his 'innocence' despite wading through dead bodyguards, the guy cleary was too dumb to live anyway. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	shadowpsykie 2009-09-30 12:40 am UTC (link)
	so Shade is not a villian or a hero right? more of an Anti-Hero? or would he fit more along the Lines of Puck (shakespear, or in this case more like Puck from Gargoyles) or Mxy? the more i hear about this guy the more interesting he seems (Reply to this) (Thread)

	shanejayell 2009-09-30 12:57 am UTC (link)
	He's a villain who so loves his home of Opal City that he won't commit crimes there and protects the city. After becoming friends with the modrn Starman he's been showing some heroic qualities.... Read Starman (the Jack KNight version). VERY entertaining book. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	gbone 2009-09-30 08:35 am UTC (link)
	has the jack knight version books been collected? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aulayan 2009-09-30 09:31 am UTC (link)
	Collected, and now Re-Collected in six Omnibii (three released so far) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	outlawpoet 2009-10-01 01:14 am UTC (link)
	They are awesome, I have all three. Worth every penny. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	janegray 2009-09-30 09:38 am UTC (link)
	I love genuine friendships between villains :D (Reply to this)

	404glitch 2009-09-30 10:04 am UTC (link)
	Mr. Draper? See, now I'm thinking this guy is where Tim Drake got the name from. (Reply to this)

	kingrockwell 2009-09-30 04:57 pm UTC (link)
	That hat just looks too big. (Reply to this)