The Shadow's Agents

In his war on crime, The Shadow has enlisted the services of several men and women.  They are known as The Shadow's agents!  These agents are the eyes and ears of The Shadow, gathering intel whether it's from criminals and gangsters or from newspaper clippings.  They provide information and also perform key tasks on behalf of The Shadow.  

In upcoming articles I will try and give a brief biography of each one of The Shadow's agents.  For now, let me provide a list of their names.

• Harry Vincent
• Claude Fellows
• Burbank
• Cliff Marsland
• Hawkeye
• Clyde Burke
• Rutledge Mann
• Moe Shrevnitz
• Jericho Druke
• Margo Lane
• Dr. Roy Tam

The list varies based on where you look!  In many of The Shadow pulp magazine reprints I have it appears that in many of the stories there was always a list and very brief summary of them.  

Throughout the printed history of The Shadow's pulps, the list grew as new agents were added.  For example, Harry Vincent became an agent in the very first Shadow story ("The Living Shadow") and Claude Fellows had already been an agent for some time when Harry meets him.  The agent Burbank made his first appearance in "The Eyes of The Shadow" which was the second Shadow story published.

Some of the agents made their way into the 1994 Shadow movie.  There you'll find Margo Lane, Moe Shrevnitz, Burbank, and Dr. Roy Tam.

Moe Shrevnitz in the pulp magazines

Peter Boyle plays Moe Shrevnitz in the 1994 The Shadow movie

Margo Lane was the only one of The Shadow's agents that came into the pulps by way of The Shadow radio show!  Margo's character was created for the radio show, and finally made her way into the pulp magazines.

These agents of The Shadow have some great back-stories on their own, and they play key roles in helping The Shadow fight crime and thwart criminals.  I'm looking forward to writing more about them in the near future!