Alliance of Shades

The Alliance of Shades was an organisation created to hide alien secrets from Humanity. They used the Men in Black as agents.

History
The Alliance of Shades were active since at least the 1950s, at which time their Men in Black were active.

In 1958, the Doctor arrived at Dreamland, where a crashed spaceship had been captured by the American government. Rivesh Mantilax had created a genetic weapon that would kill all Viperox in the universe, which the Doctor objected to. The weapon was disguised as an Ionic Fusion Bar. Mantilax needed the device to help his wife, Seruba Velak escape from the Viperox. The Alliance of Shades, led by Mister Dread, attempted to retrieve the Ionic Fusion Bar. They then attempted to stop the Doctor from retrieving it, though were deactivated by Night Eagle. (DW: Dreamland) Despite this, the Men in Black survived the encounter. (SJA: The Vault of Secrets)

In 1972, the Alliance of Shades discontinued their use of the Men in Black and deactivated them. Mister Dread and two other agents were kept active and were used to guard a hyperdimensional vault.

In 2010, Androvax attempted to break into the hyperdimensional vault, which contained a ship holding the last of the Veil species. Androvax wanted to power up the ship and send them to another world, even though the ship's stardrive engine would manipulate the vault matrix, resulting in Earth's destruction. The Men in Black tried to stop him, and later went after Sarah Jane and her friends after she was seen helping him. Two of the Men in Black accidentally destroyed each other while trying to shoot Clyde Langer. In order to save Earth (by transferring the Veil ship to space above Earth) Mister Dread used up 450 years worth of power. He then voluntarily deactivated. (SJA: The Vault of Secrets)