criminal schemes. Taking his newfound power out for a spin which he would spread chaos & mayhem, all while enacting a bit of personal revenge that brings him into conflict with The Flash and Captain Marvel. Shadow Thief has entered into the employ of St. Roch art trader Kristopher Roderic. Sands has been sent to the ends of the Earth in service of Roderic's dark aims, and is hopeful that the unscrupulous collector will help him with a problem of his own. During the events of Identity Crisis, Shadow Thief became deranged and began having delusional conversations with the Dimensiometer. He ended up killing Firestorm with Shining Knight's mystically enhanced sword, for which he was prosecuted by Kate Spencer (a.k.a. Manhunter IX). Shadow Thief later appeared as a member of the Injustice League, and was one of the villains featured in Salvation Run. He is a member of Libra's Secret Society of Super Villains. He later joins forces with Starbreaker, and uses the power of Shadow Cabinet's "Shadowslide" teleportation system to temporarily increase his own powers. Prison only temporarily stops him as he uses the shadows created by the interior of his mouth to escape by blinding and muffling Doctor Light when she comes to interrogate him. He is ultimately defeated by Light, and is rendered powerless after Firestorm uses his powers to seal up his mouth, thus preventing him from conjuring shadows from within his body. During the events of Brightest Day, the cosmic entity known as the Starheart begins taking control of metahumans who possess magical or elemental abilities. JSA members Lightning and Mister America are sent to Alcatraz to check on Sands, and find him babbling on the floor of his cell in the fetal position, driven insane by the Starheart's power. DC Rebirth In "DC Rebirth", the Prime-Earth version of Carl Sands appears. He was a low-level threat to Hawkman who utilizes the Shadow Vest that enables him to shift through solid objects. Shadow Thief met with the hologram of Apex Lex (a human/martian version of Lex Luthor) who offered to upgrade his Shadow Vest free of charge so that it would not only enable him to imitate shadows, but also to control them. Shadow Thief accepted as it would come in handy when fighting Hawkman. To target Hawkman and also become the "master of darkness", Shadow Thief began to target Shade. When Shadow Thief steals