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Shade 2

SHADE #2

Cover Date: May 1997
Cover Price: $2.25

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Cover Credits:
Art: Tony Harris (signed)


Story: "The Shade Book 2 : Rupert and Marguerite: 1865 & 1931" (22 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJames Robinson
PencilsJ.H. Williams III
InksMick Grey
LetteringChris Eliopoulos
ColorsPat Garrahy
Color separationsDigital Chameleon
EditingChuck Kim

Feature Character(s):

Shade (in 1865 through 1931, uses the aliases Mr. Black and Louis Fox)

Villain(s):

Ludlows
Rupert Ludlow (in 1865, dies)
an unnamed Ludlow in Paris, 1869 (first appearance, dies)
Benjamin Ludlow (first appearance; 1880's Opal City, dies)
Marcus Ludlow (first appearance; in 1893, dies)
Sanderson Ludlow (first appearance; in 1895, befriends The Shade, dies)
other, unnamed Ludlows (first appearance for all, from 1895 through 1919, all die)
Natalie Ludlow (first appearance; as Marguerite Croft, dies)

Guest Appearance(s):

Brian Savage (in flashback, in 1880s Opal City)


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Second Story: "From the Shade's Journal" (2 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJames Robinson

Feature Character(s):

Shade (in 1912, uses the alias James Black)

Other Character(s):

Dario Carlei (in 1912, dies)
Basil Trent (unnamed third card player from last issue; revealed to be a Ludlow; in 1912, dies)

Comment(s):

This is an entry in the Shade's journal relating events that occurred en route to Vienna in 1912. It is continued in the next issue.


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