When the age of costumed heroes began and unknowingly influenced by the malevolent Culp, Swift decided to give himself the name "The Shade" (added a 'the' to his nickname) in 1942. To survive, Culp was forced to seek shelter by literally merging with an unknowing Shade. While on patrol with the British hero Captain X, Shade was ambushed by Culp when a bomb fell from a German fighter plane onto the two men. The Shade fled back to England during the early days of World War II, to aide the Allies in fighting the Nazis. Setting up residence in Opal City, Shade befriended Opal City's sheriff, Brian Savage (the Scalphunter) and slowly amassed a small personal fortune, while also moonlighting as a hired killer.
The Shade kept a lengthy journal and eventually fell in love with United States east-coast city of Opal City. Other enemies included the murderously corrupt Ludlow family, who Shade had all but wiped out when the family manipulated Shade in order to murder him for sport, with the surviving generations of the family vowing revenge on the Shade. He also developed enemies, such as the mysterious dwarf Simon Culp, who like Shade was immortal and had the same darkness energy powers as Shade. Black", and went by "Shade" to those he was on good terms with. A man of wealth, Shade traveled within the literary circles of the Victorian Era England, befriending author Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde.Īs time passed, Swift began using aliases for himself such as "Mr. Able to tap into a horrific alternate dimension of shadows, which he could manipulate and shape into whatever form he wanted similar to. Shade's powers were retconned as being internal and not based from his cane. No longer a generic villain with a magical cane, The Shade was now the morally ambiguous English gentleman turned immortal named "Richard Swift". The Shade was one of the individuals most affected by Zero Hour, as the time and space warping nature of Jordan's scheme changed the Shade's personal timeline and indeed his very being. Later the Shade literally kidnapped the city of Keystone City (including the Flash (Jay Garrick) and the city's entire population) into a parallel dimension where he kept his prisoners in suspended animation for nearly thirty years, before Garrick's successor Barry Allen rescued his namesake and the city from the Shade's clutches.Īfter the events of Zero Hour, the universe was substantially altered as a result of Hal Jordan's plan to recreate the universe. It was the Green Flame who incapacitated the Shade, and after the confusion he was taken into custody by Canadian law enforcement. But the plan went haywire when Hourman revived and freed himself, as well as when Solomon Grundy was brought in from the Arctic Circle.
After a brief brush with the Olympian the Shade and Fury returned to Calgary, the Shade to share in the stolen wealth being gathered by the Wizard. The Shade took Fury to Athens and, with her help, stole a piece of the Altar of Erebus from within the Hill of Ares (the Areopagus). and a contingent of the Global Guardians - and forced the heroes to help in some mayhem. They overcame the security at the International Trade Conference in Calgary, Canada - namely Infinity, Inc. The Shade was later a member of an incarnation of the Wizard's Injustice Society, Injustice Unlimited. He fought both incarnations of the Flash, Jay Garrick and Barry Allen. The Shade was a common thief who could manipulate the shadows with his cane.
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