"Zemba"

 If you haven't read this one then you are missing more than just a finger.  This is a classic cover, story and all around great pulp.  This one has a lot of great twists and turns.  I don't recommend you seeking out a review just because it will ruin a top tier adventure.  It was even reprinted by HBJove Books in 1977 with an action packed Jim Steranko cover.

Take a couple hours out of your day and get taken for a ride with The Shadow.

Masks by Alex Ross

 I'm re-reading this series but I can't recommend it. The covers by Ross are excellent, though.  I won't be reviewing it just to say that there are too many characters and they seem to be written to work in pairs and have two pages at a time devoted to them.  Makes for a very boring read.  I can, however, recommend the first issue as it is totally painted by Alex.  Some nice stuff there.  Artwise...

"The Python"

" You know, Burke, I've got an idea why this crook calls himself The Python. That's a big snake, a python, that can strangle anything up to the size of a tiger. Say, he's got crust, this fellow, calling himself The Python!"

--Joe Cardona

A nice pulpy cover with The Shadow apparently pummeling the villain.  What strange contraption is in the background, glowing with an unearthly blue light?  Read it and find out.  There is a bit of trivia in this as it seems this is the last time the 'horror face' is referenced.

"...his features were no longer a close resemblance of Lamont Cranston's. He was still disguised; but only in a fashion. A grotesque hollowness had come upon his hawklike countenance."

I have always been fascinated with the 'horror face' concept and would love to see it make it on screen whenever another movie gets made.

ON THE AIR: December 1,1940

 Mystics and seances.  Lamont and Margo.  Weston and The Shadow.  You do the math.  If not, then sit back and listen to 'The Curse of Shiva'.

"The Chinese Tapestry"

 "Here, in San Francisco, I have encountered one of the strangest cases that I have ever seen in all my career as a physician. That is why I telegraphed Yat Soon, asking that he communicate with you at once. I urged that you should come here, to take my place, my hope being that you could gain the answer which I have failed to obtain. I came to San Francisco to continue the work that I had begun when we first met: namely, to aid fellow Chinese in their efforts to adopt American ways and methods, to throw off superstition and achieve progress. In this work, I discovered that my fame as a physician was valuable. I was recognized because of my medical knowledge. As a consultant, I was welcomed in many quarters where ordinarily a man of my advanced views might not have been received. It was in the capacity of physician that I visited the home of Ku Luan. A dead man who lives."

-Roy Tam 

Chinatown, Frisco-style.  A puzzle cover, not my favorite.  A good story, nonetheless. 

"Two Million Eyes!"

 Time to start a new adventure...

"The House That Vanished"

I'm gonna let my friend John Olsen sum this up.  Take it away John--

 "This story really sweeps you along on a thrilling ride. Then, after you have finished reading it, you look back on it and realize it was was pretty cliche-ridden. But all the cliches work. And it makes for a fun time adventuring with The Shadow in a lively mystery. But at it's heart, the story is firmly in the B-movie category. But that's not necessarily bad."

"...it was a top-notch mystery which I enjoyed immensely. It's a classic story in several senses of the term. I can recommend this story for both Shadow fans and casual readers. You'll be drawn into a web of intrigue and mystery that is pure joy to read."  If you  want to read the full review then click here.

Oh, yeah, the cover is fun.  It even feels like a scene fro a B-movie.