| Shade, the Changing Man | |
|---|---|
 The original Shade version by Steve Ditko. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Shade the Changing Man #1 (June 1977) |
| Created by | Steve Ditko |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Rac Shade |
| Team affiliations | Suicide Squad Justice League Dark Justice League Multiverse Justice League |
| Notable aliases | Mad Mod Poet God |
| Abilities | The M-Vest creates a strong forcefield that repels weaponry, allows a degree of flight and distorts Shade's appearance dependent on the viewer's mental state or his own. |
Shade, the Changing Man is a comic book character created by Steve Ditko for DC Comics in 1977.[1] The character was later adapted by Peter Milligan and Chris Bachalo in one of the first Vertigo titles.
Both versions of Shade are distinct from the Shade, another DC Comics character.
- ^ McAvennie, Michael (2010). "1970s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9.
Steve Ditko returned to mainstream comics with Shade, the Changing Man. Joined by writer Michael Fleisher, Ditko unveiled the story of Rac Shade, a secret agent-turned-fugitive from the extra-dimensional world of Meta.