Comic Title: Shade, the Changing Man #5
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: November 1990
On Sale Date: September 25, 1990 Shipping Date September 25, 1990
Source: Previews, #19

Shipping Date September 25, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #183

Direct Market Date September 27, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #167, #168

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 32
Editor: Karen Berger

Title: "Hollywood Babble On"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Shade the Changing Man (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Peter Milligan
Penciller: Chris Bachalo
Inker: Mark Pennington
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Daniel Vozzo

Reprinted In:
Shade, the Changing Man:The American Scream TPB (2003)

Feature Character(s)

• Shade the Changing Man (last appearance in Shade, the Changing Man #4; next appearance in Shade, the Changing Man #6)

Supporting Character(s)

• Kathy George (last appearance in Shade, the Changing Man #4; next appearance in Shade, the Changing Man #6)

Villain(s)

• American Scream (last appearance in Shade, the Changing Man #4; next appearance in Shade, the Changing Man #6)

Other Character(s)

• Guy Fable, Kent Harton, Candice Flowers, and Emerald Darling (actors; no further appearances)
• Crispin Keen (a film critic; no further appearances)
• Ed Loot (a film director; no further appearances)
• William (a Hollywood producer; no further appearances)
• Harvey and Irene (film viewers; no further appearances)
• Suzie, her boyfriend, and her parents (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story continues in Shade, the Changing Man #6 .

Synopsis:
On the set of Hollywood Monsters, the actors and directors fall under the influence of the American Scream. Each is haunted by madness which manifests in violent, sexual, and destructive ways. Shade and Kathy George are drawn to the madness. Director Ed Loot has been transformed in a monster and chases an elderly couple. Shade comes to their aid and kills Loot. Thinking the death has ended the immediate threat, Shade and Kathy head to a nearby bar only to discover the madness inside is even worse.