A review by brandonadaniels
Shade, the Changing Man: The American Scream by Steve Ditko, Mark Pennington, Peter Milligan, Chris Bachalo

2.0

A disappointing start. Im a fan of both creators, and it’s interesting to see some of their early work, but it was still a bit more of a slog than I expected. The story is quite repetitive and dense. You can feel the influence of early Vertigo authors at play, but it doesn’t fully come together. Shade doesn’t make a true appearance until a few issues in and his back story is yada yada’d away as if the story had been compressed the whole time leading up to it. Bachalo’s art is unrecognizable and pretty uneven. I’ll stick with it in hopes that it finds its footing soon.