Who is Shades? Like Luke Cage, he was born and raised in Harlem, New York. He always wore a pair of designer sunglasses — Shades, get it?
Shades joined the gang, The Rival, whose other members were Luke Cage, Willis Stryker, and Shades best friend, Comanche.
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Comanche (top)
Shades would also work for crime lord, Sonny Caputo. Along with Comanche, he would be arrested and sent to Seagate prison. He was picked on by Billy Bob Rackham, a security guard at the prison. Eventually, the two would escape Seagate and return to New York City to track down Rackham to get their payback for his abuse.
Shades and Comanche set up their own protection racket. They tried to convince Luke Cage to join them, but Luke declined their offer. Shades, along with Comanche, were eventually arrested. They didn’t rat out Luke Cage, telling them that he was another escape convict.
Shades and Comanche become common hoodlums and create trouble for Luke Cage and Iron Fist.
Ward Meachum would eventually hire Shades along with Comanche. He gave the two friends upgrades. He would provide Shades with a pair of laser blasting shades. Sadly, even their upgrades wouldn’t let them stand a chance with Luke Cage and Iron Fist.
During Shadowland, Shades would be hired as one of the gunman hired by Viktor Smerdilovisic who battled the Marvel Knights. Shades and the other gunman were stopped by Cloak and Dagger.
He would eventually become involved with a girl named Reina, and years later they would have a son named Victor.
Also during Shadowland, Shades would go straight and fight for decent housing for the people of Hell’s Kitchen. Norman Osborn told Bullseye and Daredevil to remove the protestors from the area so he could build a new Oscorp building.
Shades and his son, Victor (he had him when he and a girl named Reina were involved), were in a building protesting and it gets blown up. Only Victor survives. Victor absorbs the energy from his father’s shades and the chi of the other protestors — he becomes the new Power Man!
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