I wish that stupid book wasn't on this cover. I like the rest of it well enough. Even if our hero is injured we know that he'll get out of this and exact his revenge. I like the fact that Rozen didn't paint a white shirt under the jacket like Gladney did. The story is one I have yet to get to but you can find a little bit about it here.
I ran across this in a magazine devoted to the 1911 .45 automatic pistol. This is how I envision Kent Allard during his Dark Eagle phase in WWI, dropping behind enemy lines carrying his trusty "smoke wagon" and thwarting der bad guys!
Well done cover with the "Eastern mystique" element very prominent. Before world travel became so common and the internet gave us, well, everything our minds could conjure up, covers like this one served as a sort of travelogue. Albeit, a skewed and slightly lurid (in a good way) travelogue. The story? Haven't read it yet but I'm told it's a good one.
Exciting cover with that oft used yellow background. Back in the day I would have had a hard time not sitting on the curb and getting lost in the latest adventure of our hero. This was submitted as "Greed Town" and has a different ending than we've seen before. Check this link out if you want an outline of this last of the 1937 Shadow Magazines.
Now this is a pulp cover. The shadow cast over the gangsters and their molls. The angry fright that is pasted on their faces is truly pulp. Wow, I wish I owned this one. No ring, no hands, no classic visage, yet this really captures what The Shadow was all about. The story? Check out a synopsis of the tale originally titled "The Death Fleet" here.
Nearing an end to the '30's run of pulp stories. The cover has the potential to be great but lackluster execution (perhaps printing to a greater degree) doom this to just a run of the mill illustration of our hero. Stronger light and shadow generated by the inferno would have done wonders for this painting. That and a stronger composition. The story? I have no idea but you can check out the synopsis here.
I don't know why orange seems to be a favorite color for the covers with large, flat areas of color. Doesn't do much for me although I like the Shadow shape for the body of water. It's well rendered but not a real iconic image. The story has been reviewed here. Apparently this is a classic tale. If so, the old adage of "You can't judge a book by..." seems to apply here.
