Wishing everyone a Hopeful and Happy New Year

It's hard not to get political as 2017 approaches so I will just say "Keep Calm & Carry On".

THADE!

The comics idea of what Thade looks like.  I'm not sure this is what I think of as I read "The Death Giver" but it is kinda cool.

Rare ad

Ran across this on one of my Facebook sites.  Would love to have this just because.

What I'm reading now

The Death Giver!  I have read this a couple of times but am looking forward to making my way through this during the odd week between Christmas and New Years.  Love the cool cover (it's got a ring!) and know that back in the day this would have made fans drool over the prospect of a terrific tale to keep them entertained.

This is the edition I was introduced to.  Great cover as well, just not pulpy goodness like the original.

Have a very Merry Christmas, agents

Has The Shadow incurred the wrath of St. Nick?  Can he get back on the "Nice" list?  Only Santa Knows.

Another of my favorite covers

Caught in a web of crime, will the Dark Eagle make the evildoers pay for their insolence?!  Only The Shadow knows... and anyone who read this tale.  Great image and very well executed.  Also a very fun story.  Read it a few times over the years.  This is the version that I was introduced to.

A quick little sketch

Just had the need to do a Shadow drawing.  Headed off as a thank you gift.

This is how I feel about winter this year

Bang Bang, put winter outta my misery!

I got mine!

Had no idea I was getting one of these.  Thanks, John, what a fun surprise to find in my mail box on a very snowy Saturday.  This is so very cool.

If The Shadow came to town...

...this is how I imagine he'd be making his way to my secret sanctum.

Brrrr.

From out of the inky blackness

This is a pretty cool rendition of The Shadow.  Kinda think this is what many crooks saw just before they died.

The Shadow in the 60's

Apparently before he donned the superhero suit.

Pop goes The Shadow

Just a little fun with The Dark Eagle's place in pop culture.

Love for Lovell

The simplicity of the shapes is how Gibson described The Shadow and I think Lovell just nails it!  Wish the cloak were longer and the "inky" shadow were elongated and "weird" but this is just a wonderful little interior illustration from Tom Lovell.

Straight outta...

The Living Shadow!  Page one, the scene that started it all.

Toth does The Shadow

Would love to have seen the supposed animated version of The Shadow using Alex Toth's designs.  What could have been...

More great Kaluta/Wrightson images

Continuing with my love for this issue of The Shadow are some terrific poses of our hero.  The hand being illuminated with the match is brilliant.  Pure Gibson.  These are the ones that live in my mind's eye as I read the books or just when my mind wanders during the day.

One of my earliest recollections of The Shadow

I got spoiled right off the bat with the Kaluta/Wrightson team-up in issue #3.  I loved that extra oomph that Bernie gave to MWK's great pencils and layouts.  This issue is one I go back to all of the time.  Would love to own the last page of this one.

Those final three panels really captured my imagination and have really set in my mind how The Shadow should look in all comic adaptations.  Can even forgive the scarf...

Some Gianni to start the week

Love this.  This is how I think many of the sequences in the pulps involving The Shadow piecing the clews provided by his agents should be visually presented.  As cool as the blackened room with just the two white hands and the girasol glistening under the blue light is in prose, it doesn't have a lot of drama in visual form.  This is really well done.

A little Kaluta for a Friday

Love this illustration.  What a great homage to the company that brought us these three great heroes.

Finished The Black Master so...

The Shadow's Shadow is up next.  Been a long time since I read this one.  In fact, this...

is the cover of the novelization I read long ago.  Looking forward to getting into this early novel.