tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38576962818278487722024-03-05T04:21:36.856-05:00The ShadowJeff http://www.blogger.com/profile/09096350604429303382noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857696281827848772.post-27173611385374228702021-01-03T23:08:00.001-05:002021-01-03T23:08:17.703-05:00January 1, 1942 - Alibi Trail <p> <span style="font-family: arial;">Happy New Year! Here's a brief look at the cover of The Shadow magazine that printed on January 1, 1942 with the story "Alibi Trail."</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL2-DgHUCDLmIYOuGrEyF-s5zxMwmPwL9gxuTR-ZCGMG1zk4c1jv_J7Mg3iIoGftRMdfVy7P2ZPMmCJyppJcFpN0S2-pk_eGFxnR914H1NLyCctisQXKhhiBp_dmhn9x8Q92WdSFv82ABW/s561/jan+1+42+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL2-DgHUCDLmIYOuGrEyF-s5zxMwmPwL9gxuTR-ZCGMG1zk4c1jv_J7Mg3iIoGftRMdfVy7P2ZPMmCJyppJcFpN0S2-pk_eGFxnR914H1NLyCctisQXKhhiBp_dmhn9x8Q92WdSFv82ABW/w285-h400/jan+1+42+cover.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">I really like the looks of this Shadow cover! The Shadow is in action, taking out the foeman right in front of him with the danger of another mobster directly behind him. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I haven't read this story yet, but hopefully it has as much action as the cover depicts.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>Jeff http://www.blogger.com/profile/09096350604429303382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857696281827848772.post-88023917694073446312020-05-15T14:27:00.001-04:002020-05-15T14:27:26.169-04:00Currently Reading - Kings of Crime<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have started reading this paperback issue of The Shadow story, Kings of Crime. This issue was published by Pyramid Books in February 1976. It features nice cover artwork by Jim Steranko. It is the classic Shadow with an automatic in one hand and the ace of spades in the other. A skeleton holds 4 king cards, each with a different thug and weapon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also like that Pyramid includes the "From The Shadow's private annals as told to Maxwell Grant." This was a feature of the pulp magazines that I really liked and am glad they carried it over to their paperbacks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The original pulp issue of Kings of Crime published on December 15, 1932.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pyramid Books (which became Jove Books) published a total of 23 of The Shadow's stories.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Jeff http://www.blogger.com/profile/09096350604429303382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857696281827848772.post-83968183273750736062020-05-10T09:23:00.001-04:002020-05-10T09:23:40.553-04:00The Shadow Knows....May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ok, so this post really has nothing to do with The Shadow, but I did want to share that May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Skin Cancer is not something that was on my mind too much in the past. Then, several years ago, I lost an uncle to Melanoma. And recently I've had my own experience with skin cancer. I had a spot removed from my leg that turned out to be benign. But last year I went through 4 surgeries to remove skin cancer from my face and then have reconstructive surgery to repair the holes in my skin that were left from removing the skin cancer. This week I have another round of surgeries to remove skin cancer from my left ear. I am not sharing this for pity - I'm sharing this because skin cancer is real, it should be taken seriously, and you should make checking your skin a regular part of your health care. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are some facts to consider:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are over 5 million new cases of skin cancer diagnosed each year in the US</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 in 5 Americans will develop skin cancer by age 70</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 people die of skin cancer every hour</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For more information, you can check out these web sites:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.skincancer.org/get-involved/skin-cancer-awareness-month/" target="_blank">Skin Cancer Foundation</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.cancer.org/cancer/skin-cancer.html" target="_blank">American Cancer Society</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ok, so skin cancer does have something to do with The Shadow now that I've thought about it. I avoid too much exposure to the sun by staying in the shadows! I know this was a different type of post, but I am trying to play a small part in letting people know about skin cancer during this month of Skin Cancer Awareness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span>Jeff http://www.blogger.com/profile/09096350604429303382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857696281827848772.post-75296382065191030552020-02-15T18:21:00.001-05:002020-02-15T18:21:40.614-05:00The Shadow Annuals<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Shadow had an impressive publishing run from 1931 to 1949. One mystery to me is why there were only 3 Shadow annuals published over that stretch of time? I don't have an answer yet but will keep digging. Here's a brief look at the 3 Shadow annuals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first The Shadow Annual published in 1942. It featured a cover of The Shadow in the guise of Lamont Cranston. It featured the following Shadow stories: The Living Shadow, The Ghost Makers, and The Black Hush. It was 144 pages, and based on what I can find, Graves Gladney was the artist for the cover.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The second The Shadow Annual published in 1943. The cover states, "A selection of the best Shadow novels." It contained the following Shadow stories: The Voodoo Master, Hidden Death, and The Gray Ghost. I've not found a difinitive answer to who the cover artist was. I've seen the artwork attributed to George Rozen, Modest Stein and Graves Gladney.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The third and final The Shadow Annual published in 1947. The stories in this issue are: No Time for Murder, Toll of Death, and Murder by Magic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I find more information on these three Annuals, I'll be sure to update this article!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Jeff http://www.blogger.com/profile/09096350604429303382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857696281827848772.post-37778906158927134422019-08-29T21:14:00.002-04:002019-08-29T21:14:48.796-04:00Two Year Anniversary!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Today marks the second anniversary of this Shadow blog. I say thank you to each person who takes time out of their day to stop by my blog and look around. I sincerely hope you find it worth your time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Things have been busy for me the past several months so my posts have been pretty sporadic. I hope to be able to get to a more regular cadence of posting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Jeff http://www.blogger.com/profile/09096350604429303382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857696281827848772.post-44223306493106675702019-08-18T10:17:00.001-04:002019-08-18T10:17:14.192-04:00A Shadow Comics Mystery - A Question of Character!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When Shadow Comics first began to be published, The Shadow character of the comics mirrored the character of the pulp magazine. Many, if not all, of the first Shadow Comics were based on stories straight out of the pulps. But then in the 11th edition of Shadow Comics (published April 25, 1941*) the editors let us know that The Shadow of the comics will now mirror the character from The Shadow radio show!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The editor tells the readers, "In this issue we show THE SHADOW in pictures for the first time doing the "invisible man" act. THE SHADOW in the comics is now exactly the same as THE SHADOW over the radio. You'll be thrilled by it!" The story in Shadow Comics 11 is from the radio show as well - </span><a href="http://www.theshadowradio.com/2019/01/the-leopard-strikes.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">The Leopard Strikes</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (which aired on January 5, 1941.)!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a mystery to me! The Shadow radio show was only in it's 4th season and while the radio show was very popular and successful, had it eclipsed the popularity of the pulp magazine? Was The Shadow character of the radio show more popular than the character of the pulps? Or could it be that The Shadow character of the radio show better lent itself to the pages of a comic book (and its intended audience) than did the character of the pulps?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't have an answer to this mystery but found it quite an interesting development in the history of The Shadow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">*<a href="http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/" target="_blank">Mike's Amazing World of Comics</a></span><br />
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<br />Jeff http://www.blogger.com/profile/09096350604429303382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857696281827848772.post-61755126512068336232019-07-07T16:42:00.000-04:002019-07-07T16:42:10.679-04:00Norgil the Magician<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did you know that Walter B. Gibson created another character named Norgil the Magician? Not only did Gibson write the vast majority of The Shadow stories, he also created the character of Norgil the Magician and penned over 20 short-stories featuring Norgil. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first Norgil story was published in November of 1937 in Street and Smith's Crime Buster pulp. In all, 23 Norgil stories were published. Just like The Shadow, Gibson wrote using the Maxwell Grant pen name. Norgil the Magician has a supporting cast made up of Miriam, his assistant and Fritz his stage assistant.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1977 and 1979, a collection of the original Norgil stories were published by The Mysterious Press. These books featured original cover art by Jim Steranko and introductions by Walter B. Gibson. Only 16 of the 23 Norgil stories were collected in these two books.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sanctum Books has republished some of the Norgil stories in their reprints of The Whisperer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While I have not read a single Norgil story, I am looking forward to reading them and getting to know this character. Based on what little I do know, he sounds like a bit of Mandrake the Magician and The Shadow mixed together! I know Walter B. Gibson was a master magician himself so I'm sure his knowledge and craft was woven into the stories. Hope you've enjoyed this brief look at another one of Gibson's great pulp characters!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Jeff http://www.blogger.com/profile/09096350604429303382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857696281827848772.post-18197516814010420822019-07-01T14:04:00.003-04:002019-07-01T14:11:44.411-04:0025th Anniversary of The Shadow Movie!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">July 1 marks the 25th anniversary of the 1994 The Shadow movie which starred Alec Baldwin as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow and Penelope Ann Miller as the lovely Margo Lane.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The movie debuted as the number 2 film, up against stiff competition from Disney's The Lion King. Unfortunately, it didn't carry the momentum into the following weeks and didn't have a long run at the box office. Because of its poor reception, plans for sequels were ended.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I personally love this movie. It has the right blend of The Shadow's attributes from the pulps and the radio show. When Alec Baldwin is The Shadow, he looks like he's ripped from the cover of one of the pulp stories. Yes, it is not a perfect film, but it is the best Shadow film ever made!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here's a link to articles on my blog about the 1994 film: <a href="https://theshadow1931.blogspot.com/search/label/1994%20Movie" target="_blank">1994 The Shadow Movie</a></span><br />
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<br />Jeff http://www.blogger.com/profile/09096350604429303382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857696281827848772.post-14756310476771031972019-05-12T11:36:00.000-04:002019-05-12T11:36:38.923-04:00The Shadow Strikes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Shadow Strikes is a Shadow movie that was released on October 29, 1937 and starred Rod La Rocque as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow. The movie is based on the pulp story "Ghost of the Manor" that published on June 15, 1933 (it was the 32nd Shadow magazine published). The Shadow Strikes was the very first Shadow movie made.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rod La Rocque stars as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow. In the film, Cranston is an attorney and amateur criminologist. This Lamont Cranston has more in common with the radio version of The Shadow than the version from the pulps (Note: The Shadow radio show first aired on September 26, 1937, approximately 4 weeks before the movie premiered.). We only see Cranston sneaking about as The Shadow a few times in the movie, and each time he is wearing a black cloak and short brimmed fedora - nothing like the cloak and slouch hat from the pulps. There are no agents, no sanctum and no disguises! But this Shadow does pack an automatic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't want to write extensively about the film, so here is a brief summary from</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029542/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"> IMDb</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: "Lamont Cranston assumes his secret identity as "The Shadow", to break up an attempted robbery at an attorney's office. When the police search the scene, Cranston must assume the identity of the attorney. Before he can leave, a phone call summons the attorney to the home of Delthern, a wealthy client, who wants a new will drawn up. As Cranston meets with him, Delthern is suddenly shot, and Cranston is quickly caught up in a new mystery."</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lamont Cranston's father was a famous attorney who was murdered and Cranston is working to find the murderer (although this storyline does not play a part in the film).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cranston assumes the identify of attorney Chester Randall but there are no disguises, etc.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the end of the movie, Cranston explains what happened to the real Chester Randall.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first time I watched this movie, I couldn't stand it and turned it off after five or ten minutes. I watched it again recently and found it was a bit more bearable. I personally don't care for the movie and am curious how well it did at the box office and how well it was received by Shadow fans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another interesting note is how the movie makes the Lamont Cranston character more like the radio character than The Shadow of the pulps. Although the movie came out a month after the radio show premiered, it may have been in production and may have been influenced by the radio show. That's my conjecture but I have no solid proof of it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Shadow Strikes was followed up a year later with Rod La Rocque once again playing Lamont Cranston in the film, International Crime. Fans of The Shadow may enjoy watching this film, but if you are looking for a movie that is like The Shadow of the pulps, then this isn't the movie for you. I really tried hard to like this move, but I just couldn't. If you haven't watched this movie you can find it on DVD and on streaming services such as Amazon. While it's not a great Shadow movie (in my opinion) it is the first Shadow movie made and was an attempt to bring the character to the silver screen!</span><br />
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<br />Jeff http://www.blogger.com/profile/09096350604429303382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857696281827848772.post-25331676496296502842019-05-04T19:30:00.000-04:002019-05-04T19:30:44.122-04:00Harry Vincent's Hometown<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few days ago I was reading The Shadow story, "The Crime Cult" (this story was originally published on July 1, 1932. I was reading the Pyramid paperback edition.) and ran across one little sentence that got me started on an investigation into <a href="https://theshadow1931.blogspot.com/search/label/Harry%20Vincent" target="_blank">Harry Vincent's</a> hometown! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the bottom of page 25 I read the following: "Matters had been quiet during the past month, and Harry had been considering a short trip to his Michigan home in the little town of Colon." When I first read that, I thought Colon, Michigan must be a made up town. Then I thought, if it is a real town in Michigan, why would Walter B. Gibson (Maxwell Grant) use it as Harry's hometown? With Harry's hometown clew, I began to investigate if it was a real town or not!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To my surprise, Colon, Michigan is in fact a real town - more accurately, it is a village! It is in southern Michigan and was incorporated as a village in 1904. The village of Colon takes up only 1.75 square miles and according to the 2010 census has a population of 1,173 people. That answered my first question as to whether or not Colon, Michigan was a real place. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now I had to press on to answer my next question - why would Walter B. Gibson use a small village in Michigan as Harry Vincent's hometown? My investigation revealed that Colon, Michigan is known as "The Magic Capital of the World!" In 1925, the magician Harry Blackstone, Sr moved to the little village and it became the base of operations for him and his crew. Colon is also the home of the Abbott Magic Company and several other magic companies. Blackstone is buried in the Colon cemetery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Magician Harry Blackstone, Sr was a personal friend of Walter B. Gibson and Gibson himself was a magician of renown! Gibson was Blackstone's ghost writer on several books and Gibson himself wrote many books on magic and even invented several magic tricks. I believe it is that magical connection that led Gibson to pick Colon, Michigan as Harry Vincent's hometown. It makes me wonder if Gibson and Blackstone had a good chuckle together when this story published and if any of The Shadow's readers made the connection between Colon, Michigan and Gibson!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With that one clew of Colon, Michigan I was able to unravel the mystery behind Harry Vincent's hometown!</span><br />
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<br />Jeff http://www.blogger.com/profile/09096350604429303382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857696281827848772.post-6791621645396276362019-04-21T12:20:00.001-04:002019-04-21T12:20:37.301-04:00Shadow Comics - A Plea From The Shadow!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In a previous post, I shared from several Shadow Comics how they detailed <a href="https://theshadow1931.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-power-to-cloud-mens-minds.html" target="_blank">The Shadow's power to cloud men's minds</a>. I referenced in particular Shadow Comics #19 (published August 28, 1942) and an article in that comic that gave full detail of how The Shadow gained this power. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have finally found a copy of that article and was able to read it in its entirety. Below are screen captures of the article!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">According to the article, it is a plea from The Shadow to stop asking him to share his knowledge on how to cloud men's minds. That power was won by The Shadow on his own merits and he cannot share that knowledge with anyone. That power and ability is The Shadow's and his alone!</span><br />
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<br />Jeff http://www.blogger.com/profile/09096350604429303382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857696281827848772.post-72470556212942097912019-03-31T21:29:00.000-04:002019-03-31T21:29:15.330-04:00The Shadow and the Golden Master<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Shadow and the Golden Master is a hardback book which published in 1984 by The Mysterious Press. It was written by Walter B. Gibson, who wrote The Shadow stories using the pen-name Maxwell Grant. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The book itself collects The Shadow's first encounters with the master villain Shiwan Khan as originally published in the September 15, 1939 (The Golden Master) and December 1, 1939 (Shiwan Khan Returns) issues of The Shadow magazine. As it states on the inside flyleaf, "Reproduced in facsimile from their original pulp magazine publication, these two full-length novels are for all who recall the thrilling adventures of The Shadow, and for all those who love tales of non-stop excitement."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Graves Gladney's artwork for the September 15, 1939 issue of The Shadow is used as the cover for the book. On the back of the book is a picture of Walter B. Gibson.</span><br />
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<br />Jeff http://www.blogger.com/profile/09096350604429303382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857696281827848772.post-85088729049786243532019-02-17T18:21:00.000-05:002019-02-17T18:21:07.766-05:00The Shadow, Jr<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In Shadow Comics #69 (on newsstands October 25, 1946*) a new character is introduced - The Shadow Jr.! The Shadow Jr. is even announced on the comic cover where it proclaims "Shadow Jr. a new Shadow for youth!" (look towards the bottom of the cover)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Shadow story, "The Winged Dagger!" is where we first meet The Shadow Jr. The story begins with Lamont Cranston receiving a telegram from Donald Jordan. Donald is the son of Lamont's friend, Harry Jordan. Donald's telegram states Lamont is Harry's only living friend and he asks him to help as Harry has been murdered.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lamont flies to Tibet, where he learned the secret of clouding men's minds. At the lamastery, Lamont meets young Donald Jordan and one of the Lamas. Cranston learns more details behind his friend Harry's murder and then goes on the hunt for more clews. He ultimately finds a small Axis base of operations where evil men are using a cyclotron to try and make their own atomic bomb! Cranston, as The Shadow, encounters another person that has his same powers of invisibility - it is young Donald Jordan!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Both The Shadow and Donald destroy the cyclotron and the evil Axis members along with it. Donald asks if he can leave Tibet with Lamont. He tells him, "I would like to devote my life to your fight! Against evil and evil doers!" Cranston allows Donald to come with him and tells him, "I don't want you to think I'm doing you a favor. By coming with me..you'll earn your way. Now at last...I'll be able to be in two places at once...you and I working together."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Donald Jordan only appeared in two other Shadow Comics (#74 and #77). In Shadow Comics #74 his name is Donnie Dart. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not sure why they changed it from Donald Jordan! It appears The Shadow Jr. experiment in the comics didn't catch on or fans didn't like the character. Either way, he only appeared in a total of three Shadow Comics. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*<a href="http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/index.php" target="_blank">Mike's Amazing World of Comics</a></span>Jeff http://www.blogger.com/profile/09096350604429303382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857696281827848772.post-35412541933388172942019-01-14T22:17:00.001-05:002019-01-14T22:17:28.768-05:00The Shadow Magazine #181<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've been able to add a new issue to my The Shadow magazine collection. It's the September 1, 1939 issue (the 181st issue in The Shadow series) which featured the story, "The Crime Ray."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What really got my attention was the cover (art by Graves Gladney). The cover features Lamont Cranston getting the third degree from Detective Joe Cardona! The cover proclaims, "Not even Joe Cardona thought of connecting Lamont Cranston, being grilled under the glaring light, with The Shadow!" The cover price was 10 cents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are a couple of interesting things about this issue. First, in the Highlights on The Shadow section it talks about the upcoming issue of The Shadow that readers won't want to miss, for the next issue will be the premier of Shiwan Khan! They also say that readers will want to get the cover, painted by Graves Gladney, and frame it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The second item of interest is the mention of a Shadow photo that would be available to readers, they just had to mail in a 3 cent stamp to receive it. However, prior to that, readers would have to cut out and mail in 3 coupons for the picture. It says, "you'll have a nice print suitable for framing to put in your room, den, or club rooms. The Shadow's signature is printed in the bottom corner, and the picture is on card stock strong enough to be tacked to a wall without a frame." This is my first time hearing of such a photo - do any Shadow fans know what this photo looked like?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you enjoy this brief look at the September 1, 1939 issue of The Shadow magazine!</span><br />
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<br />Jeff http://www.blogger.com/profile/09096350604429303382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857696281827848772.post-60364652921964939182018-12-16T21:06:00.000-05:002018-12-16T21:06:32.511-05:00Gats Hackett - Greatest Shot in the Underworld<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gats Hackett is the leader of a minor New York gang in The Shadow's Shadow (February 1, 1933) story. Even though he leads a minor gang, he plays a big part in the story! Gats Hackett is working with Douglas Carleton and international crook Felix Zubian in a plot to steal diamonds. The three know that they need to get rid of The Shadow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The physical description of Gats is that he is a little chunky, but has a firm face with crude features that gave him a wolfish expression. His mannerisms were crude as well. Another telling description of this gangster is that he has an evil heart and fiendish spirit. In the underworld, Gats was famous for his aim and was known as the greatest shot in the underworld.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gats got his moniker because of the two gats he carried, sometimes in a briefcase but mostly in shoulder holsters. His weapons of choice were described as huge .45 revolvers. These two gats of Gats, along with his excellent aim, were his gangdom claim to fame.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gats puts his revolvers to work several times in the story. The first time is when he springs a trap on The Shadow and chases him down in a spectacular car chase. Gats empties his guns into the car The Shadow was driving, only to learn The Shadow had escaped. The next time he unleashes his twin smoke wagons are when he sets up a hit on Lamont Cranston in the Holland Tunnel. Once again Gats unleashes his .45s only to find he's missed his prey. The final time he uses his guns is at the end of the story when he faces off against The Shadow. I'll tell about that in just a moment!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The trio of villains (Gats, Douglas Carleton, and Felix Zubian) had learned that Harry Vincent and Rutledge Mann were agents of The Shadow. Gats and his gang kidnap Vincent and Mann so that Gats can make them talk and tell him who The Shadow is. Gats has constructed a device to help persuade them to talk! Rutledge Mann is laying down face-up on a guillotine like contraption while Harry Vincent is suspended above him and facing down towards Mann. They have 12 minutes to talk or Mann's head will be cut off while Harry Vincent helplessly watches! The Shadow saves Vincent and Mann and wipes out Gats' gang in the process. Gats escapes to the taunting laugh of The Shadow. Here's how the story describes it. "Governed by mad fear, Gats Hackett turned and dashed away to safety...Terror had gripped his fiendish spirit. Behind him came a new sound - a weird mockery that chilled the gang leader's veins. The laugh of The Shadow!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With his gang wiped out and a jewel heist still needing to be carried out, Gats recruits a new gang. Unbeknownst to Gats, one of his new gang recruits is none other than Cliff Marsland, agent of The Shadow!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gats faces off against The Shadow one final time. Once again another gun battle between Gats' gang and The Shadow is on, and The Shadow is making an exit climbing down the side of the building. Gats sees him and figures he has the drop on The Shadow. Gats takes aim with his smoke wagons but one shot from The Shadow's automatic ends the life of Gats Hackett.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did some research on .45 revolvers in the 1930s. While I have no solid proof, I'd like to think that Gats Hackett's revolvers were the M1917 .45 revolvers made by either Smith and Wesson or Colt. The M1917 was manufactured for our soldiers fighting in World War 1. After the war, these revolvers became popular with both civilians and law enforcement agencies. In the second picture below, you see the M1917 revolver next to the <a href="https://theshadow1931.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-shadows-smoking-automatics.html" target="_blank">M1911 .45 automatic</a> (which I believe is the weapon The Shadow carried.). The revolver is a bit bigger than the automatic. The M1917 was a large framed revolver and that is close to fitting the description of Gats' weapons. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really enjoyed reading about Gats Hackett. He almost bumped off Lamont Cranston and two of The Shadow's agents. He was a tough opponent for The Shadow and a compelling character in The Shadow's Shadow story.</span><br />
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<br />Jeff http://www.blogger.com/profile/09096350604429303382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857696281827848772.post-72709220301297856052018-12-02T12:21:00.000-05:002018-12-02T12:21:06.457-05:00The Shadow: Historical Background 1929 - 1931<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This past week I learned that the Dick Tracy comic strip was first published on October 4, 1931 - that's just 6 months after the first issue of The Shadow was published (April 1, 1931). As I thought about these two fictional crime fighters, I started digging into what was happening in the US at this time that made The Shadow and Dick Tracy so popular. In my opinion, part of their appeal and popularity can be attributed to real life crime stories that were ever present in the headlines. Maybe the American public had enough of gangsters and wanted to read about crime fighters putting an end to them and their nefarious ways.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this article I wanted to put a spotlight on what was happening in the years from 1929 through 1931. I want to paint a background picture of what was going on when The Shadow pulp magazine began to be published in 1931. What newsworthy events captured the headlines and the attention of Americans in those years? Here are some of the events and facts!</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Herbert Hoover is President, having beaten Alfred E. Smith in the election of 1928.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">February 14, 1929: The St Valentine's Day Massacre happens in Chicago when 7 members of the Northside gang are gunned down by henchmen of mobster Al Capone.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">October 29, 1929: The US stock market crashed and this marked the beginning of the Great Depression which lasted for 12 years. Both the US and Europe were impacted.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Broadway Melody was the top money-making movie in 1929 and also won the Academy Award for Best Picture.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The planet Pluto is discovered.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Castellammarese War erupts in New York City to see who will control the Italian-American mafia</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mahatma Gandhi begins his campaign of civil disobedience in India.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Birds Eye frozen food products are introduced in 18 retail stores in Springfield, MA.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gang wars continue in Chicago between rival factions including Al Capone's.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cartoon character Betty Boop makes her debut.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All Quiet On The Western Front won the Academy Award for Best Picture.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">US unemployment reaches over 16%.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Droughts, soil erosion and dust storms in the mid-west create the beginning of the Dust Bowl.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Empire State Building is completed and opens for business.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Star Spangled Banner becomes our national anthem.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eliot Ness and his agents ("The Untouchables") begin raids against illegal breweries and stills (impacting the pockets of Al Capone!).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi and Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff premier in US theaters.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dick Tracy comic strip begins.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">April 1, 1931 - The Shadow magazine publishes its first issue!</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are just a few of the events that happened between 1929 and 1931. Wow, what a time it was. I hope this brief article helps you frame a backdrop of the world that The Shadow magazine entered in 1931. </span><br />
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<br />Jeff http://www.blogger.com/profile/09096350604429303382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857696281827848772.post-10468404811489028852018-11-10T15:59:00.000-05:002018-11-10T15:59:47.750-05:00The Power to Cloud Men's Minds!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Shadow character in Shadow Comics is able to <a href="https://theshadow1931.blogspot.com/2018/08/shadow-comics-11-shadow-becomes.html" target="_blank">make himself invisible</a> by using hypnotic powers. In Shadow Comics #11, we have the first instance of The Shadow becoming invisible. Then, it Shadow Comics #12, it's revealed that he learned this "trick" in Tibet! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, in Shadow Comics #71 (published December 27, 1946*) in the story "The Black Pagoda" we are given more details on The Shadow's invisibility powers. In the opening page of that story we are told, "Bound on his first post-war trip to Tibet, where, under the tutelage of The Great Lama, he learned the secret of clouding men's minds..." Now we know that after the War (this must be referring to World War 1), Lamont Cranston traveled to Tibet and was taught the mesmeric trick of invisibility from The Great Lama.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In Nostalgia Ventures Shadow #4, there is a reprint of an an article that originally appeared in Shadow Comics volume 2, number 7, October 1942 (This would be Shadow Comics #19, published on August 28, 1942*). The article was entitled, "A Plea" and gave more detailed information on The Shadow of the comic books and how he gained the power of invisibility. The article begins, "In the unending, daily, deadly war which The Shadow wages on the underworld, he has three weapons. They are his brains, cool, clear and unique in its ability to extract information from the tiniest bit of evidence. His miraculous ability with guns is the result of a naturally good eye, a strong pair of wrists and constant practice. The third is his ability to cloud men's minds so that, to all intents and purposes, he becomes invisible."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The article tells us that, for reasons that cannot be shared, The Shadow traveled to the forbidden city of Lhassa in Tibet. It is there that he encountered a great power - a collection of 10 minds that projected themselves in the image of a young boy. This great power presented The Shadow with the ability to become invisible. The Shadow is told, "Because your life is clear, and devoted to the good of mankind, we endow you with the power to cloud men's minds. Men will think you are invisible. It is a potent weapon, and one that you must use with care."**</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the comic books, The Shadow learned his powers of invisibility</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> in the forbidden city of Lhassa in Tibet! There is a bit of a continuity issue between Shadow Comics #19 and #71. According to issue #19, a collection of 10 minds gave him the power but in #71 it is The Great Lama who gives him the power. Maybe this can be resolved by thinking that The Great Lama is the same as the 10 minds!?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From a historical background, Tibet was the focus of pop culture in the early 1940s as a man by the name of Theos Bernard had returned to the United States in the late 1930s after spending time in India and Tibet. Theos Bernard claimed he was the first white lama (teacher) and published books and articles on his experiences in Tibet. It could be due to Bernard's popularity The Shadow comics decided Lamont Cranston had also made a trip to Tibet!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the 1994 The Shadow movie, Lamont Cranston had fought in World War I and after the war had gone missing for 7 years. Those missing seven years were spent traveling the world and eventually settling in Tibet as an opium dealer. Lamont Cranston is kidnapped by a Tibetan holy man, a Tulku, who taught him to cloud men's minds, to fog their vision through the force of concentration, leaving visible the only thing he can never hide..his Shadow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is interesting in that both in the comic and the movie, Lamont Cranston learns how to make himself invisible from a spiritual leader in Tibet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">*<a href="http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/index.php" target="_blank">Mike's Amazing World of Comics</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">**Gibson, Walter B., Tollin, Anthony, Murray, Will, 2007, "The Murder Master" and "The Hydra" Two Classic Adventures of The Shadow, pp 68-69, Nostalgia Ventures, Inc.</span><br />
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<br />Jeff http://www.blogger.com/profile/09096350604429303382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857696281827848772.post-31838775439364865752018-11-04T14:17:00.000-05:002018-11-04T14:17:04.605-05:00The Shadow Club (1994) Membership Kit<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One of the tie-ins to the 1994 The Shadow movie was a Shadow Club membership. The club was advertised in the official movie magazine and other places as well. I was able to get a membership kit and would like to share its contents with you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Shadow Club membership came in an envelope marked "CONFIDENTIAL FOR YOUR EYES ONLY" in all red and had the image of The Shadow Club in the lower left. Interestingly, the return address for the club was G.A.R.C. Inc out of Orlando, Florida. The club newsletter indicates that the Great American Ring Club (GARC) seemed to be running and responsible for the club.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Issue 1 (January 1995) of The Shadow News was included. I was pretty impressed with the newsletter as it has noted Shadow scholars/historians such as Anthony Tollin and Will Murray as contributors. Will Murray contributes an article entitled "Fiery Opal" which gives the historical background of The Shadow's girasol ring. There are also facts about The Shadow movie, a chronology of The Shadow in print and some other good little articles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Shadow Club members also received a Certificate of Membership certifying them as an "authorized and accredited agent" of the club. Agents signed the lower right portion and The Shadow's signature is on the lower left!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Once you've signed the Certificate of Membership, you can start flashing your Special Agent membership card. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I don't know if there were ever any further issues of The Shadow Club newsletter printed and sent out. Also, I'm not sure how long the club stayed in existence after the movie premiered. These are things that I'm looking to see if I can find some answers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Shadow Club membership kit would have been something fun and exciting for a kid to have received in the mail. I was excited when I was finally able to find one complete! I hope you've enjoyed this brief look at another tie-in to the 1994 The Shadow movie!</span><br />
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<br />Jeff http://www.blogger.com/profile/09096350604429303382noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857696281827848772.post-84414256752908974572018-10-28T18:48:00.000-04:002018-10-28T18:48:05.970-04:00The Romanoff Jewels? Not Quite!!!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This weekend my family and I went to an <a href="https://internationalfocus.org/" target="_blank">International Festival</a> held in Raleigh, NC. We really enjoyed it and we will definitely go back. As we were walking around the different booths, we came across the one for Russia. I immediately began to wonder if they would have anything about Tsar Nicholas from The Shadow stories <a href="https://theshadow1931.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-history-behind-mystery-red-menace.html" target="_blank">The Red Menace and The Romanoff Jewels</a>. I began searching for a clew among the items they had for sale!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I found it! Nestled among the Russian nesting dolls was a nesting doll featuring the Romanoffs! It featured Tsar Nicholas, Empress Alexandra and their son Alexei. When you opened it up, inside were paintings of Nicholas' daughters. I found it sitting between nesting dolls of Putin and Lenin!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is a picture of the Romanoff nesting doll with a partial view of Putin on the left and Lenin on the right and various other nesting dolls around it. The second picture I cropped out some of the other dolls to exclusively look at the Romanoffs. I wish I had taken more pictures, especially of the inside dolls. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While this was nowhere near a great discovery like the Romanoff jewels, it was still a small connection to history and a connection to two of my favorite Shadow stories!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Jeff http://www.blogger.com/profile/09096350604429303382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857696281827848772.post-86241390354534377412018-10-07T21:52:00.000-04:002018-10-07T21:52:24.269-04:00"Autographed" Photo of The Shadow!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One collector's item I've been on the trail for is an "autographed" picture of The Shadow from the 1994 movie. I had seen pictures of it and as I researched the picture I learned that it was part of The Shadow Club membership kit for the movie. After a lot of searching and looking, I was finally able to get a complete Shadow Club membership and the much coveted Shadow picture! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's a scan of the picture I received. It's in pretty good shape, just a few slight dents and minor crinkles. It is a 5" X 7" picture of The Shadow and his two .45 automatics. If you've seen the movie you'll recognize that this is a scene from the beginning of the film when The Shadow rescues Dr. Roy Tam. The picture also features The Shadow's "autograph."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One thing I really enjoy is digging into the history from a Shadow story. From learning some of the slang from the times or other aspects of life in the 1930s and 1940s it is always a lot of fun and I end up learning a lot. This article will look at a small part of the very first Shadow story, "The Living Shadow" that published in April of 1931.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In "The Living Shadow" we have a villain named English Johnny who is also in the lunch wagon business. Not only does English Johnny play a part in the story, there's also some great action that takes place in one of English Johnny's lunch wagons that involves The Shadow! What in the world is a lunch wagon? That's what I wondered as I read the story so I had to investigate!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To some degree, lunch wagons started out as the food trucks of the late 1800s and early 1900s. In 1872, Walter Scott parked a covered wagon in front of a newspaper office in Providence, Rhode Island and sold food items out of it to reporters and others. In New York City in 1893, the Church Temperance Society operated a lunch wagon from 7:30pm to 4:30am and offered warm food and beverages to workers in the hopes of keeping them out of the saloons. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cry Shadow! was the fourth Shadow paperback published by </span><a href="https://theshadow1931.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-shadow-belmont-book-series.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Belmont Books</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. It was published on April 1, 1965. Dennis Lynds authored the book and used the Maxwell Grant pen-name on the cover.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Compared with the other two Shadow stories I've read by Dennis Lynds, it wasn't as good as </span><a href="https://theshadow1931.blogspot.com/2018/02/shadow-beware.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Shadow Beware</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. I'm not saying it was a bad story or there was no action, it was good and well written, but just not as suspenseful and action-packed as Shadow Beware. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Let me give a spoiler alert before I get into a brief review of the story. I'm going to reveal information about the characters and the ending, so if you don't want to know them until after you read the book yourself, you may want to skip the next section!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The story begins with The Shadow stopping two thieves in an art gallery. They are attempting to steal a pretty worthless statue, compared to anything else they could have taken! While The Shadow questions the two thieves, one of them is killed by a poison dart. That sets the story in motion as The Shadow discovers that the murdered two-bit art thief was actually a master craftsman at creating counterfeit money plates! The Shadow uncovers an international counterfeit money ring, being run out of an old WWII German U Boat off the coast of New England. An art gallery was shipping the counterfeit currency (American, Russian, etc.) around the world in hollowed out boards of its shipping crates. By the end of the story, the counterfeiters are either dead or captured, the U Boat is sunk, and the counterfeit ring has been smashed by The Shadow!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We learn a few new things about The Shadow and there is one big revelation about his past. The minor things we learn are he uses both his mental powers and a special ointment to aid in the healing and recovery of two broken fingers. He learned safecracking and lock picking techniques from Walter Pettibone. The Shadow can speak most languages of the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The big revelation we have about The Shadow is found on pages 91 and 92 where it's revealed that Cranston served with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II! The OSS was an intelligence gathering organization of the United States that was founded in June 1942 and was dissolved in September of 1945. It was the predecessor of the CIA. We are told that Lamont Cranston had been a Colonel in the OSS and had "done much work against the forces of Facism in the war." (page 92) On one mission, he had slipped into the heart of Japan aboard a PT boat! This is awesome and interesting background! In the Belmont book series, Lamont Cranston is always described as having blonde hair with some gray in it. Supposing he was 20 years old when he joined the OSS in the early 1940's, he would be in his mid to late 40s during the time these stories take place (mid 1960s). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Shadow's sanctum is hidden in his offices as Lamont Cranston. It is here - lighted only with a blue light - that The Shadow does much of his communicating with his agents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In this story The Shadow uses the disguises of Lamont Cranston, and for the first time in this series he uses the disguise of Henry Arnaud! Shadow fans will recognize that name as it is one of the frequent disguises used by The Shadow in the pulp stories. Henry Arnaud is described as a business man and financier. The Shadow uses a makeup kit to disguise himself as Arnaud. Arnaud is taller than The Shadow and Lamont Cranston, so The Shadow wears special built up shoes to be taller. Then, with special putty and fluid from a hypodermic needle injected beneath his skin, The Shadow molds his face to look like Arnaud's. "...the broken and broad nose of Henry Arnaud appeared. The nose was the result of Arnaud's early boxing career, and was well known to the world." (page 105) The Shadow uses a special bridge to elongate his jaw, and special tape to make his left eye droop (another of Arnaud's boxing injuries!). He uses a special dye to make his hair almost white. "Finally, clenching his fist and narrowing his left hand with the plasticity of bone and sinew he learned from his years of yoga, he slipped on the ugly artificial hand, the reported result of losing his left hand in an automobile accident twenty years ago."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Margo Lane. Margo is described as The Shadow's most trusted agent. She goes undercover twice in this story. First, as Molly, a prostitute who becomes the girlfriend of a criminal The Shadow is tracking. Second, as Ellen Morgan, secretary to Henry Arnaud (one of The Shadow's alter-egos).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Burbank. Burbank does his usual role of facilitating communication between The Shadow and his agents. We learn he records all agent reports and maintains these records. He does deep investigation into records for The Shadow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Stanley. Stanley chauffers Lamont Cranston around in his Rolls Royce. He's described as one of The Shadow's most trusted agents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Moe Shrevnitz. Shrevvy is described as small and peppery and wears a leather cap. In this story he is used by The Shadow as a look out and observer while in his taxi cab.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These are the only agents in this book. However, also included are regulars Detective Joe Cardona and Commissioner Weston.</span><br />
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Jeff http://www.blogger.com/profile/09096350604429303382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857696281827848772.post-15030958804308725102018-08-29T07:28:00.002-04:002018-08-29T07:28:49.040-04:00One Year Anniversary!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today marks the one year anniversary of this Shadow blog. I've been a fan of The Shadow for a little over a year and it has been a lot of fun writing and sharing about it here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I sincerely thank each and every person who has taken time out of their day to read and take a look at my blog. I hope you find it entertaining and informative!</span><br />
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<br />Jeff http://www.blogger.com/profile/09096350604429303382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857696281827848772.post-72838667207122355402018-08-19T19:48:00.000-04:002018-08-19T19:53:39.283-04:00Shadow Comics #11 - The Shadow Becomes Invisible<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One area of The Shadow that I haven't had much opportunity to look into is The Shadow comics. But I was looking at some of the covers to Shadow Comics and something on the cover of issue #11 caught my eye. At the bottom left corner it states, "The Shadow shows in pictures how he becomes invisible!" That immediately got my attention and new I had to dig into that!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I did some research and was able to determine that in Shadow Comics #11 (on sale April 25, 1941*) it is the first time in the comic series that The Shadow makes himself invisible just as he does on the radio show! Prior to issue #11, The Shadow was more like the character from the pulps, using concealment and his cloak to hide. But now in Shadow Comics #11, we have a turning point where The Shadow takes on the powers to cloud men's minds as he does on the radio show! (Keep in mind that The Shadow radio show had just begun to air 4 years earlier in 1937.) On a personal note, I think it's pretty cool how Vernon Greene drew The Shadow in light blue to indicate he's invisible! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was also able to find that in Shadow Comics #12 (on sale June 27, 1941*) The Shadow says he learned his powers in Tibet! Now this is a little different from the radio show in which Lamont Cranston learned his powers in the Temple of The Cobras in India (from the radio show <a href="http://www.theshadowradio.com/2018/06/the-temple-bells-of-neban.html" target="_blank">The Temple Bells of Neban</a>). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This was a lot of fun to research and I hope to be able to include more information in the near future about Shadow Comics. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">*According to <a href="http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/index.php" target="_blank">Mike's Amazing World of Comics</a></span>Jeff http://www.blogger.com/profile/09096350604429303382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857696281827848772.post-58154821501784499732018-08-14T19:39:00.002-04:002018-08-14T19:47:58.798-04:00A Brief Look At The Shadow's Sanctum<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm a fairly new Shadow fan (having read my first Shadow story last year!) and I'm intrigued by The Shadow's sanctum. I read the story Gray Fist yesterday and The Shadow's sanctum plays a big role in the story. But what I really liked was from the first few paragraphs of the second chapter, that's where we are given an awesomely eerie description of The Shadow's sanctum. Here it is:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Shadow's sanctum is in a secret location in Manhattan. As the description above states, it is a veritable vault! The sanctum is where The Shadow works, communicates with Burbank, and also where he keeps his archives. As I read more Shadow stories I'll learn more about the sanctum. </span></div>
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