"Death in the Crystal"

 No comment on this cover.  The story?  I'll let John Olsen tell you.

"Putting myself into the role of the purple-robed fakir Mahatma Xanadu, I'll look into my own crystal ball. I see all; I know all; I tell all. And I'm telling you that this Shadow story deserves a grade of a C. I predict that you'd enjoy a 1930's Shadow story more. But, if you don't have one of those available, reading this one will do. Until something better comes along. And now, my crystal grows hazy..."

 

This story also led the July 1946 issue of Shadow Comics.