ic ▁novel ▁Cow boy ▁W ally . ▁" The ▁character ▁of ▁No el ▁was ▁pretty ▁much ▁based ▁on ▁me ," ▁Baker ▁said ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁" I ▁lie ▁all ▁the ▁time . ▁The ▁first ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁books ▁is ▁the ▁collected ▁stri ps , ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁three ▁chap ters ▁were ▁written ▁for ▁the ▁book . ▁" It ▁didn ' t ▁sell ▁many ▁copies ," ▁Baker ▁said , ▁" but ▁at ▁least ▁it ▁convinced ▁DC ▁[ Com ics ] ▁I ▁should ▁be ▁allowed ▁to ▁draw , ▁not ▁just ▁in k ." ▁ ▁Baker ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁draw ▁DC ' s ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁com ics ▁rev ival ▁of ▁the ▁pul p ▁fiction ▁hero ▁The ▁Sh adow , ▁beginning ▁with ▁The ▁Sh adow ▁Ann ual ▁# 2 ▁( 1 9 8 8 ), ▁followed ▁by ▁the ▁month ly ▁series ▁from ▁issue ▁# 7 ▁to ▁the ▁final ▁issue , ▁# 1 9 ▁( F ebru ary ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁- ▁January ▁ 1 9 8 9 ). ▁He ▁did ▁ass orted ▁other ▁DC ▁work ▁including ▁Justice , ▁Inc . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁Baker ▁and ▁writer ▁Len ▁Wein ▁produced ▁three ▁issues ▁of ▁Dick ▁T racy ▁for ▁The ▁W alt ▁Disney ▁Company ' s ▁Hollywood ▁Comics , ▁the ▁first ▁two ▁issues ▁containing ▁original ▁stories , ▁the ▁third ▁an ▁ad a ption ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁Dick ▁T racy ▁film . ▁ ▁He ▁began ▁script ing ▁com ics ▁around ▁this ▁time : ▁Baker