Hoss
06-30-2008, 08:36 PM
Since I have been off new comics now for a couple of weeks, I've been browsing a lot thru my back issue assortments. I started reading DC's Shade, the Changing Man as I have a nearly complete run in my unsorted comics pile.
After reading the first 20 issues I've found it's a pretty good, but weird, series. It's written by Peter Milligan and has art by Chris Bachalo.
The basic idea behind this series is that Shade was sent to earth to stop a "madness" that taking over the planet. Using his reality altering Madness Vest, he begins to tackle the weird happenings occuring in the United States. After revisiting JFK's assassination in the first arc, Shade takes you on a surreal adventure thru a nightmarish America in his quest to stop an entity callled the American Scream.
I don't know if any of you have read this book before, but I'm enjoying it so far.
The series ran for 70 issues beginning in 1990. It's based loosly on the character created by Steve Ditko in 1978. Ditko's run lasted for only 8 issues.
There is a trade paperback (http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&dfsp=32&from=R40&satitle=shade+the+changing+man+tpb&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&sadis=200&fpos=78639&sabfmts=1&saobfmts=insif&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=32&fsoo=2) of the first arc, but I haven't been able to find any info on other volumes published since then. The individual issues are not really burning up the back issue bins, and are available fairly cheaply (http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&dfsp=32&catref=C6&from=R40&satitle=shade+the+changing+man+&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&sadis=200&fpos=78639&sabfmts=1&saobfmts=insif&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=32&fsoo=2)on eBay.
Has anyone else read this weird series? #exorcist#
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After reading the first 20 issues I've found it's a pretty good, but weird, series. It's written by Peter Milligan and has art by Chris Bachalo.
The basic idea behind this series is that Shade was sent to earth to stop a "madness" that taking over the planet. Using his reality altering Madness Vest, he begins to tackle the weird happenings occuring in the United States. After revisiting JFK's assassination in the first arc, Shade takes you on a surreal adventure thru a nightmarish America in his quest to stop an entity callled the American Scream.
I don't know if any of you have read this book before, but I'm enjoying it so far.
The series ran for 70 issues beginning in 1990. It's based loosly on the character created by Steve Ditko in 1978. Ditko's run lasted for only 8 issues.
There is a trade paperback (http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&dfsp=32&from=R40&satitle=shade+the+changing+man+tpb&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&sadis=200&fpos=78639&sabfmts=1&saobfmts=insif&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=32&fsoo=2) of the first arc, but I haven't been able to find any info on other volumes published since then. The individual issues are not really burning up the back issue bins, and are available fairly cheaply (http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&dfsp=32&catref=C6&from=R40&satitle=shade+the+changing+man+&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&sadis=200&fpos=78639&sabfmts=1&saobfmts=insif&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=32&fsoo=2)on eBay.
Has anyone else read this weird series? #exorcist#
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