(August-September 1978)

DC, 1977 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1978-05-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893287009
Editing
Jack C. Harris (editor); Joe Orlando (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #156.
This issue has variants:

[The Gambles!] (Table of Contents)

Shade, the Changing Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino ?
Job Number
C-697
Genre
science fiction; superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Shade the Changing Man [Rac Shade]; Dr. Sagan; Colonel Kabe Kross; President Olon
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Cover Thumbnail for Shade, the Changing Man (DC, 1977 series) #8
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The Gambles! (Table of Contents: 1)

Shade, the Changing Man / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Ditko (story); Michael Fleisher (dialogue)
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Clem Robins
Job Number
J-5195
Genre
science fiction; superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Shade the Changing Man [Rac Shade]; Dr. Sagan; Colonel Kabe Kross; President Olon; Khaos (flashback); Mellu Loron; Dr. Z.Z.; Wizor; Leno; Gola Zae (flashback); Captain Majan (flashback); Dr. Miraco (flashback); Sude (flashback); Ezak (flashback); Oga (flashback); Madzu (flashback); Xexlo (flashback); Colonel Lopak; Mira Loron; Sgt. Barak; Agam Loron; Kempo [as Lt. Emp] (flashback); Rega (flashback); Dr. Kosen
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Mysterious Messages to the Meta-Zone / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack C. Harris
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-956?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

The Answer Man / in-house column / 0.6 page (report information)

36 Gerry Conway (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

DC Profiles / in-house column / 0.4 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [The Gambles!]
    Shade, the Changing Man
  2. 1. The Gambles!
    Shade, the Changing Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Mysterious Messages to the Meta-Zone
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Answer Man
  5. 4. 36 Gerry Conway
    DC Profiles
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  • Matthew Head
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
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