If The Shadow had been used in WW2 propaganda

 Just a little "What If" kind of poster.  I saw the original online and thought that the "scales of Justice" concept fit our hero quite well.  Just playing around.

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 "<After all...

...we do know each other.  Do we not?>"

Like a blind archer...

... apparently The Shadow needs not see his target in order to achieve his "aim".

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"<Alas, I have lived in New York too long.  My Cantonese is hopelessly inflected with English.>"

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"<...Dr. Sin Lo Fung.>"

ON THE AIR September 26, 1937

Ah, the one that started it all.  The Death House Rescue introduced the world to Orson Welles' portrayal of Lamont Cranston & The Shadow.  I listen to this one often.  I really like Margot's declaration of love for the mysterious benefactor of Mrs. Gordon.  "It's hard to tell whether I really know the man or only his shadow."  Great stuff.  Dial this up and enjoy the early days of The Shadow on the air.

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"Uliat Buhon Cha?"

Nic Klein does The Shadow

 Nic is currently the artist on Thor.  He does some incredible work.  This feels like he was inspired by Bill Sienkiewicz's turn as The Shadow artist.

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"One always hopes."

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 "Great joy brightens the heart of our society..."

Radio advertisement

 Not sure where or when this would have appeared but it seems to be some sort of advertisement for the radio program.  If it were for the comics they would have used artwork by Vernon Greene.  If it were for the magazine they would have used any number of illustrations or covers.  Movies, ditto.  I guess that this is for a local or regional radio station or for a group of stations owned across the country by one company.  It matters not, it's just an odd bit of artwork.

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"I took it for a myth, born of the distress of China's famine and civil war.

No longer."

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"Please.  I am in the middle of a delicate operation.  One threatened by the Black-Cloaked Man who seems to be protecting you and the boy."

ON THE AIR March 19, 1939

 

Well, it's been a bit over a year since I started bringing you these episodes on the date 82 years after the original airings.  This is the last episode of Season 2 and there won't be another "new" episode until September 24th, when Season 3 began.  So, starting next week, I am going to jump back in time (so to speak) to the first Orson Welles episode "The Death House Rescue" and run the 16 preserved episodes prior to "The Silent Avenger" and catch up with all this.  I'll figure out something to fill out the other Fridays until the next season begins.  

Until then, enjoy "Can The Dead Talk" from March 19, 1939.

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"You won't tell nobody I wore ladies pajamas, will you?"

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 "Miss Lane?"

"Yes?"

"Are we in danger?"

Wearin' o' the Green

Celebrate safely and sanely.

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"Huh.  Suddenly this little slicker doesn't look so innocent."

Tim Sale does The Shadow

 Legendary Batman artist Tim Sale gives us his version of the original Dark Knight!

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 "I begin to understand what we are facing."

What I'm reading now

 Before I get back to The Shadow adventures I've been taking a little detour.  I just finished "The Return of Tarzan" and am almost through "The Federalist Papers" (a slog but very eye opening to me).  I spent a little time with the book "Be Water My Friend" by Bruce Lee's daughter Shannon Lee.  I have the lastest Clive Cussler (inspired) novel "Fast Ice" sitting on my bed stand but that will have to wait until I have finished

This is the first novel I've read dealing with the post Star Trek The Motion Picture adventures of the crew.  Bennett has done a lot of in-universe research and it's fun to see how he has incorporated TOS with TAS and ST:Enterprise as well as some of the other novels by other authors.  I believe he even referenced a bit of Spock background from ST Discovery, although it could be that Discovery took it from one of the novels.  I don't read a lot of Trek so I'm not up on all of the different backstories that aren't filmed.

After I'm done with this I will be delving back into the murky world of Ying Ko!

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 "But like any American, you are incapable of seeing the future... incapable of waiting..."

ON THE AIR March 12, 1939

This episode features a method of discovering The Shadow that the 1994 film employed.  Listen in and find out the clever manner the single minded villain thought up to rid the underworld of their greatest foe.

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 "...I may need to give you a painful assignment."

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 "Win Yee Society... Wing Bing Joo Club... Wong Ha Sin..."

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 "--wait'll I tell the fellas!"

Evolution of a (bad) cover

 

If this last cover is the direction they are going all I can say is it's better than the first pass.  At least they are trying (feebly) with a "logo" and the collar.  Hate the tag line "Crime has a new enemy."  New?  Really?  I really don't hold out much hope for this reboot.  I will, of course, read it.  Probably as soon as it hits the stands.  I'd love to be proven wrong and that this is a great direction for a great character.  And perhaps Shiwan Khan has cast a mist over my mind...

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Shiwan Khan Schemes

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To Be Concluded

ON THE AIR March 5, 1939

Lamont Cranston and Margot Lane overhear a shortwave radio message of an international spy who is planning to steal a new warplane. 

This episode is also known as "Death by Violence," due to the final speech given by The Shadow; "I hate to see any man die by violence, but if that man dedicates his life to the evil task of plotting and espionage against a friendly country, then he faces but one fate, that fate is justly -- death by violence."

The above information was taken from The Shadow Wiki

If you want to spend a bit of time immersed in the past take a listen to "Sabotage by Air". 

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"Who are you?"

Edd Cartier "The Rackets King"

 Just because it's Cartier.  So solid.

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<unguk!>

Paul Orban and "The Crimson Death"

 A few interior illustrations by Paul Orban.  Not my favorite interior illustrator for The Shadow but still some quality work.

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 "Oh brother."

"Bombs!"

Shiwan Khan Returns

Boy, seeing this ad...

...in this issue...

 

... must have made fans just antsy with anticipation for the next two weeks to hurry up and get here. 

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"If you fear to go further lad... point my way."

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"It is time for the great Khan to take personal charge!"