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by Peter Milligan (Author), Chris Bachalo (Illustrator)
The surreal superhero epic penned by Peter Milligan is back in print, now collected in omnibus format for the first time!
Along with fellow classics like The Sandman, Animal Man, and Hellblazer, Shade, the Changing Man--a subversive reinvention of a character created by comics legend Steve Ditko--helped usher in the era of DC's Vertigo imprint, populated by stories with a distinctly mature sensibility and fearless creative vision.Now, Shade, the Changing Man--written by acclaimed scribe Peter Milligan and with art by Chris Bachalo, Mark Pennington, and more--is collected in the omnibus format!
Shade, the Changing Man starts with Kathy George's encounter with Shade's arrival on Earth from his home dimension of Meta--in the body of her parents' killer. From there, Shade and Kathy journey into America's collective unconscious to find the evil known only as The American Scream. From there, it's a mind-bending journey into the heartland of a nation, in the most celebrated work of Milligan's prolific career!
Collects Shade, The Changing Man #1-27, along with a brand-new introduction by Peter Milligan.
Author Biography
Peter Milligan joined DC in 1989 with the miniseries Skreemer and soon became a mainstay of the Vertigo imprint writing Shade, The Changing Man; Human Target; Enigma; Greek Street; and Hellblazer. For the DC Universe, he has written Detective Comics and Justice League Dark, and was behind the reinvention of X-Force as X-Statix at Marvel. He began his comics career with England's 2000 AD, notably its Bad Company serial.
Number of Pages: 992
Dimensions: 1.8 x 11.2 x 7.4 IN
Publication Date: July 15, 2025
