Gwandanaland Comics #176 - Nightshade
([March] 2017)

Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 Series
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Price
18.99 USD
Pages
82
On-sale Date
2017-03-17
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Gwandanaland Comics
ISBN
978-1-5447-4529-9 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781544745299 90000
Editing
Lance Jones; Dick Giordano (original editor)

Issue Notes

Reprints stories featuring Nightshade from Captain Atom (Charlton, 1965 series).

[The Fury of the Faceless Foe] (Table of Contents)

Captain Atom / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Nightshade; Captain Atom; Ghost

Indexer Notes

Cover image is taken from the splash page of Captain Atom (Charlton, 1965 series) #86.

[Captain Atom #82] (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain Atom / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Colors
?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Atom; Nightshade; Ghost
Reprints

Captain Atom vs. The Ghost (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Atom / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Kaler
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Colors
?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Job Number
B-100
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Atom [Captain Adam]; Nightshade [Eve Eden]; Ghost [Alec Nois]
Synopsis
The Ghost is planning to rob Fort Knox. The government teams up Captain Atom and Nightshade to stop him, but the Ghost's abilities are too much for the heroes and he escapes.
Reprints
Keywords
Fort Knox; spies

[Captain Atom #85] (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Atom / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; Steve Ditko
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Atom; Nightshade; Punch; Jewelee; Blue Beetle
Reprints

Strings of Punch and Jewlee (Table of Contents: 4)

Captain Atom / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Kaler
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Colors
?
Letters
Herb Field

Job Number
B-560
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Atom; Nightshade; Punch; Jewelee; Alec Rois [Alec Nois]; Lewis Coll
Synopsis
New adversaries Punch and Jewelee have acquired a box of alien devices that give them the means to commit fantastic crimes. They kidnap both Alec Rois and Captain Atom, and Nightshade has to free them.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Jewelee is misspelled "Jewlee" in the story title.
The Ghost's secret identity, Alec Nois, changes to "Alec Rois" in this story.

[Captain Atom #86] (Table of Contents: 5)

Captain Atom / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Atom; Nightshade; Ghost
Reprints

The Fury of the Faceless Foe (Table of Contents: 6)

Captain Atom / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Kaler
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Colors
?
Letters
typeset [as A. Machine]

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Atom; Nightshade; Ghost [Alec Rois]; Abby Ladd
Synopsis
The Ghost returns to challenge Captain Atom and Nightshade, using the alien devices stolen by Punch and Jewelee, but the original owners show up to take them back, and they force the Ghost to go with them.
Reprints
Keywords
Sunurians

The Image's Idyl! (Table of Contents: 7)

Nightshade / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Kaler
Pencils
Jim Aparo
Inks
Jim Aparo
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Aparo

Job Number
B-759
Genre
superhero
Characters
Nightshade [also appears as Eve Eden]; Image; Senator Wayne Eden; Magda Eden (flashback); Larry Eden (flashback)
Synopsis
Eve recalls how her mother revealed that she was from a shadow dimension, then took Eve and her brother there, where they were attacked. Distracted by her thoughts, she is unprepared when the Image, a foreign spy, kidnaps her.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Origin of Nightshade, part 1.

Poetry of Peril! (Table of Contents: 8)

Nightshade / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Kaler
Pencils
Jim Aparo
Inks
Jim Aparo
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Aparo

Job Number
B-760
Genre
superhero
Characters
Nightshade [also appears as Eve Eden]; Image; Senator Wayne Eden; Magda Eden (flashback); Larry Eden (flashback)
Synopsis
Held captive by the Image, Eve recalls her mother's death and her own escape from the shadow dimension. She figures out a way to escape and, as Nightshade, stops the Image from forcing her father to compromise his position.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Origin of Nightshade, part 2.

Masque of Mirrors (Table of Contents: 9)

Nightshade / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Kaler
Pencils
Jim Aparo
Inks
Jim Aparo
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Aparo

Job Number
B-818
Genre
superhero
Characters
Nightshade [also appears as Eve Eden]; Jewelee; Senator Wayne Eden; Tiger (flashback)
Synopsis
Jewelee and her gang show up to rob the guests at a party that Eve and her father are attending. Nightshade stops them and sends Jewelee to jail to join her old partner Punch.
Reprints
Keywords
skateboards

Indexer Notes

Judomaster's teen sidekick from World War II, Tiger, is now an adult and has been training Nightshade in martial arts.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [The Fury of the Faceless Foe]
    Captain Atom
  2. 1. [Captain Atom #82]
    Captain Atom
  3. 2. Captain Atom vs. The Ghost
    Captain Atom
  4. 3. [Captain Atom #85]
    Captain Atom
  5. 4. Strings of Punch and Jewlee
    Captain Atom
  6. 5. [Captain Atom #86]
    Captain Atom
  7. 6. The Fury of the Faceless Foe
    Captain Atom
  8. 7. The Image's Idyl!
    Nightshade
  9. 8. Poetry of Peril!
    Nightshade
  10. 9. Masque of Mirrors
    Nightshade
This issue was modified by
  • Dwayne Best
  • Clint Maxwell