Shade, the Changing Man (1990) #5

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"Hollywood Babble On"
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Shade, the Changing Man Vol 2 #5
November, 1990
Executive Editor	Dick Giordano
Cover Artists	Brendan McCarthy
Hollywood Babble On
Writers	Peter Milligan
Pencilers	Chris Bachalo
Inkers	Mark Pennington
Colorists	Daniel Vozzo
Letterers	Todd Klein
Editors	Karen Berger Tom Peyer
Previous Issue	Shade, the Changing Man Vol 2 # 4
Next Issue	Shade, the Changing Man Vol 2 # 6

Seems that was just the trailer, Shade... the main performance is just beginning...

— Kathy George

Shade, the Changing Man (Volume 2) #5 is an issue of the series Shade, the Changing Man (Volume 2) with a cover date of November, 1990. It was published on September 27, 1990.

Appearing in "Hollywood Babble On"

Featured Characters:

• Edward "Ed" Loot (Hollywood Monsters director) (Single appearance; dies)
• Kathy George (Also as an illusion)
• Shade (Also as an illusion)

Supporting Characters:

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Antagonists:

• The American Scream (As an illusion only) (Behind the scenes)
  • Zombie Ed Loot (Single appearance) (Madness construct) (Destroyed)

Other Characters:

• Crispin Keen (Film critic) (First appearance)
• Emerald Darling's baby (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
• Guy Fable's victim (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Also as an illusion)
• Hollywood Monsters cast (Infected)
  • Candice Flowers (First appearance) (Also as an illusion)
  • Emerald Darling (First appearance)
  • Guy Fable (First appearance)
  • Kent Harton (First appearance)
  • Zombie Charlie Chaplin actor (Single appearance) (Unnamed)
• Hollywood residents
  • Harvey (Old man) (Single appearance; dies)
  • Irene (Harvey's wife) (Single appearance)
  • Suzie (Harvey & Irene's daughter) (Single appearance)
  • Suzie's lover (Single appearance) (Unnamed)
• Kennedy Sphinx (Madness construct) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
• Los Angeles Police Department (Cameo)
• Metan Sapphire doves (Single appearance) (Madness constructs) (Cameo)
• William (Hollywood Monsters producer) (Single appearance)
• God (Mentioned only)
• Jesus Christ (Mentioned only)
• JFK (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Queen Elizabeth II (Mentioned only)
• Charlie Chaplin (Mentioned only)
• Clark Gable (Mentioned only)
• Humphrey Bogart (Mentioned only)
• James Cagney (Mentioned only)
• Jimmy Stewart (Mentioned only)
• Madonna (Mentioned only)
• Marlon Brando (Mentioned only)
• Tom Hanks (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Earth-85 (Unnamed)
  • Earth
    • United States of America
      • Arizona
        • U.S. Route 93
          • Ed's Grocery (Single appearance) (Cameo)
          • Motel Arizona
      • California
        • Los Angeles
          • Bel Air (Cameo)
          • Hollywood
          • Beverly Hills (Mentioned only)
      • Texas
        • Dallas (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
      • New York
        • New York City (Mentioned only)
• Madness Stream/Madstream
• Mindworld (Cameo)
• Heaven (Mentioned only)
• Hell (Mentioned only)
• Meta-Zone (Unnamed)
  • Meta (Mentioned only)
    • Northern Mountains (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Brandy (Mentioned only)
• Cocaine (Mentioned only)
• Los Angeles Times
• Madness Vest
• Venus de Milo (Mentioned only)

Concepts:

• Hollywood Monsters (Movie)
• Madness
• Magic (Mentioned only)
  

Notes

• The issue is reprinted in the Shade, the Changing Man Volume 1: The American Scream collection.

Trivia

• The title is a pun on the book Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger, who explored Hollywood's scandals.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Shade, the Changing Man series

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