The Shade Special #1

(Fall 1984)

Slip Into the Shade (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

"Beginnings" (Table of Contents: 2)

The Shade / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Rik Levins (credited)

Pencils

Rik Levins (credited)

Inks

Will Blyberg (credited as Willie Blyberg)

Letters

Bill Black (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Night. The eerie entity known as the Shade, hovers above...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fran (first appearance); Olivia Fremont (walking dead, first appearance); T. C. Fremont; Tara Fremont; Janis Lawson; The Shade [Roger Brant]; Tom

Indexer Notes

Rebekah Black is credited as colorist but the story is in black & white.

AC Buttons! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

OrlandoCon '84 (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Voodoo Night (Table of Contents: 5)

The Shade / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Rik Levins (credited)

Pencils

Rik Levins (credited)

Inks

Bill Black (credited)

Letters

Bob Pinaha (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Her father... attacked... pieces of rotted flesh on his bedroom floor...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fran; Olivia Fremont (walking dead); T. C. Fremont; Tara Fremont; Janis Lawson; Chen Lo; The Shade [Roger Brant]; Umbra; Luan; Bruce; Carruthers

[Comics Interview] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Project Psion (Table of Contents: 7)

The Shade / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Rik Levins (credited)

Pencils

Rik Levins (credited)

Inks

Bill Black (credited)

Letters

Bill Black (credited as Walter Paisley)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I believe that I have you in checkmate, Dr. McLaughlin.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fran; T. C. Fremont; Psion [Johnny Novak] (first appearance, not named as Psion); The Shade [Roger Brant]; Dr. Kevin McLaughlin; Dr. Westfield; Mrs. Novak; Barbara McLaughlin

Collect the Complete Shade (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

The Shade / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Eyes of The Hypnotist! (Table of Contents: 9)

Latigo Kid / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Black

Pencils

Bill Black (signed as BILL BLACK [stacked, underscore])

Inks

Bill Black (signed as BILL BLACK [stacked, underscore])

Letters

Bill Black ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He was a gambler and con man...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Demon; The Latigo Kid; Duke Cartee (also in flashback, death); Sheriff Porter (death); Doc Marvel; Two Knives; Kantos (death in flashback); Mary Lord

Reprints

• in Best of the West (AC, 1998 series) #12 ((April) 2000)

[Starforce Six Promo] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Starforce Six / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Femforce (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Femforce / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Black Diamond (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Black Diamond / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Back Cover Photo Pinup] (Table of Contents: 13)

The Shade / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

? (photography)

Inks

? (photography)

Colors

? (photography)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Shade [Roger Brant] (? photograph)

Indexer Notes

Photograph of an individual dressed as The Shade standing in a graveyard with blue-tinged background.