A bit anticlimactic on the fighting end of things, but a momentous issue nonetheless, as it shows us this mini is really a story about a shadow putting roots into the world again. Read Full Review

Issue #7 concludes the second act of this Shade maxi-series. These last issues will see Shade travel to London to confront directly his most recent nemesis who seems to have gained control of a corporate dynasty founded by the great-great-grandson of Shade himself. Then, we hope, a return to America is on the cards. To live the kind of life where the word “security” isn't prefaced by the unseen, but acceptable notion of “maximum”. Read Full Review

While he ends the issue on a really human note, Robinson overwrites the heck out of this issue of The Shade, and Javier Pulido himself has some surprising missteps here. The end result is still one of the better offerings at DC, but you can't help but see where it could have been even better. But this is definitely a sophomore slump " The Shade is but a shadow of what it was last round. Read Full Review