Monday, August 29, 2022

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 137: THE SHADE

 (Action v1 043, 1941)


Vigilante's first super-foe has the misfortune to share his name with a certain Flash villain beloved of James Robinson, so it's just as well that he's nothing more than a gang boss who uses stage illusions to conceal his real identity because he is never seeing the light of day again.

He did manage to make a second appearance in the Golden Age, so at least there's that.

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