What's the difference this week?

That's for you hawk-eyed agents to figure out.  There are six (6) changes to this cover.  Have fun.

The Puzzle Piece Mystery... revealed

"Kings of Crime", cover by James Steranko.  Love this cover despite the classic use of a plain yellow background and the glaring mistake of no ring.  Not sure what happened there but it's missing and it brings this cover down a notch.

More of a clew to the "Puzzle Piece Mystery"

Also, don't forget to check the labels at the bottom, they often have a little bit more information...

Kaluta goodness

Not quite the classic but always good to see a M W Kaluta Shadow piece.  Especially when you can see the actual technique used.  Fun use of white out.

Puzzle pieces

A favorite of mine and one of yours as well, I hope.  The stare, the smokewagon and a skull.  What's not to like?  Good luck.

And the Famous Last Words are from...

The Whispering Eyes

  This was the last pulp novel published.  Figures it would go out with a yellow background.  A boring cover and a so so story.  Still, 325 original tales, 282 of them by Walter B. Gibson.  What a run.  And it's so great that it's still alive 70 years after the end of the original run, 88 years after it hit the newsstands for the first time.  Long live the king!

What's the Difference? The River of Death holds all the answers

"Agent J reports: The Shadow's nose, skull's tooth, anchor, extra hole near skeleton's right hand (pinky finger), extra hole near skeleton's right index finger."

  The 50th edition held a couple of secrets it seems.  There is an extra window at the top and the bench in the front of the boat is a bit shorter.  This was fun to do and I'm glad that it gives an agent or two something to use their observation skills a little workout. 

  The first one I did made its debut on August 24 of 2017.  It has eventually worked its way into being a weekly feature.  They're fun to do and I hope fun and challenging to work on.  Thanks for playing and I'll keep cranking them out until, well, until I don't.

He's Back-with Guns ablaze!

As a kid (ah, who am I kidding.  As an adult as well) I would've cut these out every time I saw one.  Too bad the anatomy is so screwy on this.

Milestone!

Our 50th challenge.  River of Death has seven (7) distinct changes.  Find them all and you will be rewarded with the knowledge that, well, you found them all.  Isn't that reward enough?

Famous Last Words episode 3

  "With the echoes of that shot came the avenging laugh of The Shadow, as Lang's revolver spurted wide and high above Cardona's shoulder. Simultaneously, Cardona's own gun spoke as did those of the men behind him. Riddled with bullets, Lang sprawled on the roof, rolled over and lost the hood. Beside Lang's dead face flattened the brief case, spilling the money that Lang no longer could claim as profit through the sale of murder-gained treasures.
     Such was crime's pay-off. Throbbing with parting echoes, The Shadow's final laugh seemed a knell for Hanneford Lang, he of the ********** **** that now stared silent and sightless toward the dark sky of night."

  What is this from?  Hopefully not only The Shadow knows...

Famous Last Words edition #2

Yep, they were from the last "novel" that Walter B. Gibson wrote, "Return of The Shadow".  Not how I like to remember the greatest crime fighter of American fiction.  Still, better than Bruce Elliott & Dennis Lynds (shiver).

The answers are...

"Agent J reports: Smith & Street, 1933, Tigger, Vincent and Burke's faces swapped. That's all I can find!"

  Only miss is the extended top hat.  Dirty trick to change two things within one character.

The 49th edition of "What's the Difference"

Five (well, really six) changes to this classic cover.  Can you find them all?  In time?

Famous Last Words

  "From the tongue of land that led to Castle Point came a strange weird laugh that shivered into fading echoes that were lost by the lapping sound of the waves along the Hudson's shore.
  It was The Shadow's mirthless knell for Peter Winstead, the mastermind who had outguessed himself for the last time!"

Another ending to a Shadow novel (not a short story this time).  Again, the clew is kind of the a part of the title.  Give it a go.

In the days of yore

I wish I could say that I remember those days but they were before my time.  Still, I used to thrill to The Shadow on Thursday nights in Butte, MT.  With today's technology I've gotten to listen to many of the other radio programs that thrilled my parents and grandparents from Superman to The Lone Ranger.  Yet The Shadow remains the best of them all.

And the "Famous Last Words" came from...

Blackmail Bay.  The "official" last tale of The Shadow appeared in The Duende History of The Shadow Magazine back in 1980.  My copy is falling apart, the glue has crystallized and crumbles out whenever I take it out to look at it.  Need to find a bookbinder the make it usable again.

Smugglers of Death differences

"Agent J reports: 1936, 3 buttons on sleeve, jugglers, man's hair, woman's gun barrel, cents symbol, woman's hat brim."

So close, Agent J, so close.  The only change that escaped your eagle eye was the man's gun barrel being shortened.  We'll have another puzzler later this week.

The 48th edition of "What's The Difference?"

This weeks puzzler has an astounding 8 (yes, eight!) changes to it.  See if you can find them all before The Shadow reclaims his hat and cloak and leaves us with a cover that has to be delivered in a plain brown wrapper.  Good luck, agents.

February calendar page

Be sure to check the calendar tomorrow.  Why?  February 2nd is Groundhog Day.  That's the day The Shadow becomes oh so apparent to everyone...