"Crime Over Boston"

 Is The Shadow helping to throw this helpless woman into the box/hole/trapdoor?  I sure hope not, but since I can't even tell what it is that is going on.  Just a poor cover with an uninspiring title.  The Shadow in Review says it's a pretty good story that comes in at a slim 38,000 words (as opposed to the more common 45,000) so it's a quick read.  Judge.  Book.  Cover.  You can never tell.

"Simply Everywhere" page 23

 

"Hiya doll.  Glad you came back."

"The Golden Dog Murders"

 "Every decade, in Rajkumana, at the feast of the Ten-year Vigil, a virgin in white robes rides in on an elephant, wearing the Necklace of Purity. The Necklace of Purity is made of twenty-one very unusual one-of-a-kind sapphires. Each is of vivid blue, and deep in the center of each stone is a hint of red ruby. There are no other sapphires like them in the entire world. The necklace is placed about the throat of the golden Dog goddess. But not this time. The necklace has been stolen.

Someone has stolen the sapphire necklace and has split up the rare stones. They've been sold to collectors in New York. And now a curse has been placed upon the new owners of the stones. The Dog goddess will wreak her revenge. Horrible death will befall those who possess the stolen gems."  The Shadow in Review

I've always been fond of this cover with the exception of that odd diamond.  Since this is a Tinsley tale I guess I'll have to get over my problem with showing The Shadow injured. 

"Simply Everywhere" page 22

 

"Future triumphs will help us laugh at past indignities."

"The Green Hoods"

 Not my favorite cover for sure.  But this tale was good enough to be adapted not only in Shadow Comics #24...

...but it was one of three pulp tales used as the basis for The Shadow, the fifteen chapter serial that I have been posting on Saturdays.  "The Lone Tiger" and "Silver Skulls" were the other two novels that were in the mix along with the radio episode "Prelude to Terror".

"Simply Everywhere" page 21

 

"Like your friend The Shadow, hm?"

"Death Jewels"

 'Robbery, then death - and New York was stunned with the swiftness of crime! But faster was the Shadow, Crime Fighter Extraordinary!' - The Shadow Wiki

 'There was no way of smashing the most deadly efficient crime-ring ever to loot London, no chance to unmask the "brain" behind it... until The Shadow's inspiration devised that brilliant trap by radio.' - The Shadow Wiki

These two descriptions of what is essentially (I assume) the same story really make me wonder about this adventure.  Would love to read both of them back to back just to see how differently the British version varied.