Shade, the Changing Man #1 (1977) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Electrifying First Issue!	cover	1	pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Gaspar Saladino, Bill Morse	Shade the Changing Man; Zokag the Demolisher
2	Escape to Battleground Earth!	comic story	17	script: Steve Ditko, Michael Fleisher; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Liz Berube; letters: Bill Morse	Shade the Changing Man [Rac Shade] (intro); N-Agent Mellu Loron (intro); Wizor (intro); Zokag the Demolisher (intro, villain); "Big Jake" Gole (intro); Rega (intro, death); Leno (intro)

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Collection	Year
Comic Reader #140	1977	On eBay ›
The Steve Ditko Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-3111-8	2011	On eBay ›

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Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
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