Tuesday, October 27, 2009
A question
Just because something is published as "The Shadow" do you consider it part of the "true" Shadow lore? I'm speaking of the '60's novels, the Helfer & Chaykin comics, and especially the "history" as created by P J Farmer. Linking the Master of Darkness to G-8, giving him the Allard Kent Rassendyll family name as well as "Kentov". Fun stuff, I agree, but can it be considered part of the real history? My last post represented the clews as to what the Shadow looked like but W B Gibson completely ignored them as he began to author the novels. Does that mean that the description is not actually canon? I really liked the article by Arn McConnell "Casting a Little Light Among the Shadows" and some of the conclusions. I choose to throw out the newer stuff (sorry PJF, HC & AH) and work from the contest clews forward. What say you?
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Gibson actually adhered to a number of the clues [slim, strong, hawk-like face, etc.] and ditched others [tattoo, blond...] As far as the "real" Shadow, to me : Gibson's words, Kaluta and Gianni's comics, Rozen's covers are Canon; they do absolutely nothing to violate MY concept of The Shadow. Everything else: variably enjoyable, collectable, but not canon.
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