The Shadow #3 Volume 2 page 5

 

"What sort of monster could do such things to a living creature?"

The Shadow #3 Volume 2 page 4

 

SHNNK

The Sunday Comics: The Shadow "The Masked Lady" page 6

 

"The phone always rings when I take a shower!"

Saturday's random pulp cover: Dr. Yen Sin "The Mystery of the Dragon's Shadow": May - June, 1936

 Yen Sin... Wu Fang?  Who can tell the difference?  Anyhow, Dr. Yen Sin lasted only three issues and suffered the fate of many a Fu Manchu wannabe.  Still, a nicely rendered cover, if a little overstuffed with too many places to rest your eyes.

ON THE AIR: September 4 & September 5, 1939

Ep 51_Nayland Smith Tortured

  Ep 52 _Five Hour Old Corpse

The Shadow #3 Volume 2 page 3

 

"...but they are leaving me with no alternatives."

The Shadow #3 Volume 2 page 2

 

"The results are... not perfect."

The Shadow #3 Volume 2 page 1

 

'Be Prepared'

"The slogan for the fledgling organization of Boy Scouts." 

The Shadow #3 Volume 2

 

Part 3... tomorrow

The Shadow #2 Volume 2 page 22

 

To be continued

The Sunday Comics: The Shadow "The Masked Lady" page 5

 

"The Shadow!

Get him..

OOF!"

Saturday's random pulp cover: Clues Detective Stories "The Painted Nudes": April, 1939

Why, you ask, is this cover being featured?  Well, other than the fact that I am a figurative artist so the title appeals to me, but the illustrator of this cover is none other than the man who (by no effort of his own) painted the first cover to The Shadow.  Yep, Modest Stein did the Thrill Book art that was repurposed for the April 1931 issue of The Shadow Magazine featuring the first tale of The Dark Eagle, "The Living Shadow".

  "His impressionistic-styled covers for The Shadow began appearing in 1943. It was during his run that the magazine became digest size. Stein was able to provide a very surrealistic, and modern, look for the new smaller-sized magazine, which was indicative to the ones appearing on paperback books at the time. Most of his covers didn't even depict The Shadow on them." The Shadow Wiki
 

ON THE AIR: August 31 & September 3, 1939

Ep 49_Theft Of Relics Attempted

 

  Ep 50 _Joy Shop

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"Blood."

The Shadow #2 Volume 2 page 20

 

"It seems doubtful I'll find what I seek here."

The Shadow #2 Volume 2 page 19

 

"Your time in America is done, Crowley."

The Shadow #2 Volume 2 page 18

 

"They are trying to transcend death."

The Shadow #2 Volume 2 page 17

 

"But even the death of his enemies was not assurance enough."

The Sunday Comics: The Shadow Comics: "The Masked Lady" page 4

 

"Look out, boys!  She means it!"

Saturday's random pulp cover: The Phantom Detective "The Death Skull Murders": May, 1934

 I confess that I know absolutely nothing about The Phantom Detective or it's run as a pulp magazine.  Still, this cover is really great and well painted.  Rudolph Belarski painted this wonderful piece.

ON THE AIR: August 24 & August 30, 1939

 

Ep 47_Fu Manchu Appears

 

  Ep 48 _Arrow for Nayland Smith

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"The power to heal, though, appeased him for only so long."

 (And no, you aren't seeing things.  The captions are identical to the previous page.  Not sure what happened here.) 

Never Forget

 

Remember the fallen.

 

Remember the heroes.

 

Remember those left behind.

 

Never Forget 

The Shadow #2 Volume 2 page 15

 

"And even his deeds were seen as heroic..."

The Shadow #2 Volume 2 page 14

 

"His earliest days are a mystery..."

The Shadow #2 Volume 2 page 13

 

"And you will reveal all to -- The Shadow!"

 

The Shadow #2 Volume 2 page 12

 

CRRRRREEAK

The Sunday Comics: The Shadow "The Masked Lady" page 3

 

"Which means I'm due back in the kitchen to mix another round!"

 

Saturday's random pulp cover: The Mysterious Wu Fang "The Case of the Hidden Scourge": March, 1936

 Ah, Shiwan...er, Wu Fang is menacing yet another fetching female while her rescuer appears to be just a tad too late.  On a serious note, I really love the use of the red bounce light striking the background figures.  Very nice.

ON THE AIR: August 15 & August 23, 1939

 
 

Ep 43_Grebble Under Madame Ingamar's Spell

 

  Ep 44 _Grebble and Smith Prisoners

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"The Great Beast."

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"What do you know of Magick?"

The Shadow #2 Volume 2 page 9

 

"While I am not part of your Ordo Templi Orientis..."

The Shadow #2 Volume 2 page 8

 

"To what do I owe the pleasure of this meeting?"

The Shadow #2 Volume 2 page 7

 

"Let's discuss how we are going to kill this Shadow of yours."