Shade, the Changing Man (vol. 1) #1 (June-July 1977):
“Escape to Battleground Earth”
by Steve Ditko, Michael Fleisher

Shade, the Changing Man (vol. 1) #1

Title: “Escape to Battleground Earth”

Medium: comic

Cover date: June-July 1977

Publisher:
Written by: Steve Ditko, Michael Fleisher
Art by: Steve Ditko

14 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Shade the Changing Man (Rac Shade) (lead character)	alien	Metan; The Suicide Squad		63
Mellu Loron	alien	Metan [partner, girlfriend of Shade the Changing Man]		12
Wizor	alien	Metan [powerful Metan elder; looks like a wizard]		6
Leno	alien	Metan		3
President Olon	alien	Metan		6
Zokag the Demolisher (Zokag)	alien	Metan; The Crime Council		2
The Form	alien	Metan; The Crime Council		2
The Crime Council	alien	Metan		9
Lt. Emp (Ike Kempo)	alien	Metan [leader of a criminal gang]		5
Big Jake Gole		[leader of a criminal gang]		2
Tony		[in Big Jake Gole's criminal gang]		1
Radak	alien	Metan		2
Rega	alien	[ 1st app: Shade, the Changing Man (vol. 1) #1 (June-July 1977) ]		2
Agam Loron (mentioned)  The explosion that injured Mellu Loron's parents is mentioned.	alien	Metan [father of Shade's girlfriend Mellu]		6

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