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Dickie Swift, alias the Shade, is a reformed supervillain. Originally an enemy of the Justice Society, he became an ally of Starman after he settled in Opal City. In Earth-Two, the Shade was a common thief of unknown identity who could manipulate the shadows with machinery including his cane. He...
Shade is a name used by several characters in the DC Universe, but the most recurring one is Richard Swift, an immortal man with darkness manipulation powers who has been a hero and a villain.
The Shade (Richard Swift) is a comic book character developed in the 1940s for National Comics, first appearing in the pages of Flash Comics in a story titled "The Man Who Commanded the Night", scripted by Gardner Fox and illustrated by Hal Sharp.
Born and raised in London, England in the early 1800s, Richard Swift was a wealthy importer. In the course of his business he came into contact with Simon Culp, who hired Swift to import a lion...
Sep 16, 2023 · 1PERSONAL DATA. 2HISTORY. 3CHRONOLOGY. 4PROFILE REFERENCES. HISTORY. English by birth, the Shade finds himself most at home in Opal City, a place he has come to love dearly. Over a century ago, he and a dwarf called Culp experienced something which gave them command of a mysterious shadow-substance and made them immortal.
Jan 20, 2021 · Richard Swift, aka the Shade, was created by Gardner Fox and Harold Wilson Sharp for Flash Comics #33 in 1942. Originally, Shade wasn't anything special in the Flash universe and was actually one of the less memorable Flash villains, wherein his first appearance he did little more than turn the city dark in the middle of the day.
