• James Robinson returns to the world of his acclaimed Starman series in this new graphic novel starring the antihero known as The Shade! An attack at the Starman museum kicks off a globe-hopping, centuries-spanning quest that will irrevocably change The Shade's life, and ultimately shed light on his true origin!
• The Shade features art by some of comics' most acclaimed talents, including Darwyn Cooke (DC: The New Frontier), Frazer Irving (Batman & Robin), Gene Ha (Superman: Action Comics) Jill Thompson (The Sandman), Cully Hamner (RED), and Javier Pulido (Spider-Man). A must-have for any fan of Starman!

There are 280 pages in this book. It is in graphic novel format. This book was published 2013 by DC Comics .

James Robinson was born in England but has lived in America for over twenty years as a writer of screenplays and comics. Among the latter, most noteworthy are THE GOLDEN AGE, STARMAN and Leave It To Chance. Currently James has just completed the critically acclaimed series THE SHADE for DC, while continuing to write EARTH 2. He resides with his wife in San Francisco.