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Another vote for Shade, but my favourite run is actually #58-65: a guest issue by Michael Lark, and then Richard Case hitting some great form after a shaky start. I mean, I like the ‘Hotel Shade’ stuff, and okay, the later issues of Shade are definitely patchy. But what I love about the post-Kathy stories is the sense of frustration as Shade repeatedly attempts to free himself from all complications and just, like, poetically contemplate stuff like he used to do; and yet every blast of his powers that’s meant to simplify things in fact results in adding yet another unwanted layer of complexity to his life. Just like the real world, maaan. It’s funny and it’s true; and anyway, Shades hair takes a turn for the better after Bachalo fucks off.
Best bargain you’ll ever find is Andy Helfer and Kyle Baker’s run on The Shadow, issues 8-19. Tiny tiny art and very wordy scripts. The Shadow himself spends half the time actually dead, with his corpse being dragged around the world and dismembered and subjected to all sorts of indignities, which I think caused whoever owns the character to withdraw DC’s licence to produce Shadow comics, or something. Hmm. Or I might have dreamed that. At any rate: it’s funny, it’s disrespectful, I reckon it’s the best art Kyle Baker has ever done, and the final issue is utterly fantastic. Changed the way I look at The Shadow forever. |
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