"Shade" #1 is a glorious return to form, topped with a beautiful painted cover from Tony Haris, and a welcome trip back to the "Starman" corner of the DC Universe. I'm sure many will be trying to figure out how this fits into the new DC Universe, but honestly, it's so good that the response should be, "Who cares?" "Shade" #1 is fantastic, that's all you need to know, and we've still got 11 more issues. Bring them on. Read Full Review

We'll see if the creative team can keep this series from becoming too dark - but the title character is one of the more interesting figures in DC's stable, when he's handled properly - and so far, no worries there. Read Full Review

I dearly loved this book, and I hope that Robinson is allowed to continue playing with this character after these 12 issues reach their conclusion. Read Full Review

Everybody in this issue is simply likeable, which is more than I can say for Justice League. Read Full Review

All in all, I highly recommend this book. If you are a fan of the old Starman series, you have probably already bought this issue. But if not, I recommend you purchase it. Yes, it's not Batman. Yes, it's not Superman. It's just a book trying to tell a good story with very interesting characters. Read Full Review

A very strong start to a title focusing on one of the more eccentric and original characters in the DCU. Fine writing and terrific art sure work wonders, don't they? Read Full Review

Robinson's scripting isn't the tightest, I often had to reread conversations to get the flow and intonation right, but he's certainly got his mojo flowing, something I wasn't expecting to ever return, having actually gave up on him altogether a couple of years ago after once being a huge fan. He's joined in the first arc of this mini-series with Cully Hamner who illustrates conversations with just as much gusto as his action sequences. Hamner's heavy lines and clean layouts give the series an animated feel, perhaps not true-to-life, but definitely lively. Though I don't recall him ever working on Opal City before he seems to have a sense of ease and familiarity in illustrating its denizens which makes it a warm read under a cool title. The art team is slated to rotate out throughout the series, with talent like Darwyn Cooke, Frazier Irving and Jill Thompson amongst the other names. This, from purely an artistic standpoint, is going to be a gem of a title. Read Full Review

It's been a long time coming, but Robinson's return to Shade, at least at the outset, has delivered. Read Full Review

In the pages of Starman, Shade was brilliantly used as a stark juxtaposition to the normal guy characterization of Jack, whose abilities were tied to technology whereas Shade's were inexplicable and magically derived. So what happens when Shade is removed from the context of Starman and given his own little spotlight? Read Full Review