"Simply Everywhere" page 20

 

"Everything becomes me, Shiwan."

Why not?!

 Let's take a look at the beautiful interior art that went with The Golden Vulture.  Edd Cartier, in all his glory...

Magnificent stuff.

Since we're in a Doc Savage line of thought...

 Do you think Jack Kirby saw this cover?  Captain America made this villain famous but it seems to have been originated by Lester Dent, not Simon/Kirby/Herron.  Still, love this cover.  So well done.  I really want knock it off for both The Shadow and Captain America.

"The Golden Vulture"

 Here it is folks.  The oddity that is The Golden Vulture.  Why an oddity?  Well, it is the only adventure of The Shadow that was penned by none other than Lest Dent, aka Kenneth Robeson, the man known for Doc Savage.  Although Gibson thoroughly reworked Dent's manuscript he kept a lot of what Doc fans are familiar with.  And that is what bothers me.  It's not a bad novel at all, it's just not The Shadow.  At least not as I identify with him.  I've said it before and I'll probably say it again, I love the idea of Doc Savage.  Who wouldn't?  He's the Superman we can all become if we just apply ourselves.  The American dream... just work hard enough and you can have it all.  But in the hands of Dent he just has always seemed written for the eternal twelve year old.  And I got some of that feeling when I read this one.  I admit, it's been a loooooong time since I read it and I do intend to read it again, just to see if I had already prejudiced myself against Dent touching my hero.  But right now I am still jaded to this novel.

The Shadow Chapter Seven "Where Horror Waits"

 

Today's episode: "Where Horror Waits"

"Murder for Sale"

 Murder for sale to all who had the price! But there was one who finally stopped these bargains of death: The Shadow! - The Shadow Wiki

This is the second of the five adventures known collectively as The Hand.  The first tale, The Hand, dealt with Pinkey Findlen who was a blackmailer.  This story involves Ring Brescott, a murderer.  By the end of this tale The Shadow has amputated two of The Hand's five "fingers".

ON THE AIR: February 2, 1941

 

"There are more things in heaven and earth than you can dream of..." 

This one starts off on a dark and stormy night at a sanatorium.  Settle in and enjoy "Nightmare at Gaelsberry".