Cover of Shade, the Changing Man, Volume 1: The American Scream

Shade, the Changing Man, Volume 1: The American Scream

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Shade is back in this new printing of the groundbreaking Vertigo trade from writer Peter Milligan.

Beginning 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.

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These are the classic Vertigo stories written by Peter Milligan, so if you've been digging the acclaimed writer's work on Greek Streetand Hellblazer, be sure to pick up this new printing of Milligan's earlier work!

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Themes
art
Mood
surreal
Subject
politics
Audience
adult
Length
short · 168 pages

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