Warren Robinson is haunted by the same recurring dream. In the dream he helplessly watches as his mother and members of his community walk to their deaths in a mass drowning suicide. In the dream he is told that there is a way to stop this and save his mother. He will need to find his father who is a super hero in disguise and holds the key to saving his mother and his community. The problem is Warren hasn't seen his father in years and only knows what he looks like from an old Polaroid picture he keeps. The Black Shield is a graphic depiction of Warren's pain, as he struggles to find his father in time to save a community.
