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"You have refused my commands!  All you may do now... is die!"

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"If The Devil ever had a laugh... I'm sure he wants it back!"

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"Crime is my business, fools!  Seeing it shattered... is my CRUSADE!"

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"I will never forget my first time hearing... THAT VOICE!"

The Sunday Comics: The Shadow Comics "One Small Bier!" page 8

 

Like an avenging tornado...

Saturday's random pulp cover: Dime Detective Magazine "Monogram in Lead"

 Another nod to the Doc Savage hero archetype.  The Damsel.  The Yellow Peril.  Impending violence.  All in all, a great cover.  I wonder if the story did the artwork justice.

ON THE AIR: February 2, 1947

Perfume to die for!  Something smells funny about this adventure of The Shadow!  Sit back, relax and be careful when you walk through the beauty departments this holiday season.  Beware of that clerk who wants to spritz you with a sample!  The Scent of Death is in the air!
 

The Shadow: Year One #2

 Nice imaging of The Sanctum.  I really loved the covers that Alex Ross did for this series.  Well... for all of the Shadow books Dynamite ran.  He's a stellar addition to the great cover gallery artists that made The Shadow so popular.

Enjoy this Thanksgiving with the ones most important to you

 Turkey and people you can count on.  What more is there?  Happy Thanksgiving, agents.

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 "Release her!  Or face the merciless wrath of...

 

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"The arrogant, the brutal, and the foolish..."

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"Damn."

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"That I'm... pregnant."

The Sunday Comics: The Shadow Comics "One Small Bier!" page 6

 

"Worked like a charm... neat!"

Saturday's random pulp cover: Dime Mystery Magazine "Bride of the Mummy "

Gotta love these fantastic imaginings.  Could almost see Doc Savage as the hero trying to free the damsel.  Just a wonderful image.  Heck, look who wrote this one, The Avenger scribe himself!

ON THE AIR: January 26, 1947

 Apparently only the second half of this episode has survived the ravages of time.  I'm sure we all can figure out the first half to a degree that gets us up to speed when the second part opens.  Evil doctors, scary kitty cats and a frantic Margot panicking at nothing.  Take a couple of minutes and use your imagination when you listen to "Death by Imagination".

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"Well, isn't he an odd chap?"

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"Say, that's funny.  Have you... gotten taller?"

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"The weed of crime... takes root everywhere, I dare say."

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"Any law that ultimately creates crime instead of curtailing it... isn't much of a statute."

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"He sleeps all day and stays out 'til all hours!"

The Sunday Comics: The Shadow Comics "One Small Bier!" page 6

 

 

"Bones already... they didn't take any chances..."

Saturday's random pulp cover: G-8 and His Battle Aces "Squadron of the Flying Dead"

 I've never read any G-8 but there are some pretty wild covers chronicling his adventures.  This one struck me as one that might be attributed to Kent Allard when he flew as The Dark Eagle.

ON THE AIR: January 12, 1947

 An expensive cat collar around the furry neck of a Siamese cat that was intended for Davy Jones' locker brings Lamont (aka The Shadow) to the waterfront.  Shrevvy and Margot lend their unintentional help (as usual) that brings this episode "The Cat and the Killer" to the end that happens in all of The Shadow's adventures.  Crime does not pay!

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"Then again... an intrepid reporter should never take 'no' for an answer."

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"Crime... crime is the only empire now... secure your power... and you will rule like a king!"

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"Y'wanna stop off for a belt, boss?"

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"I don't come that cheap... and, your gun's not that big!"

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"It didn't take any sixth sense to see my immediate future."

The Sunday Comics: The Shadow Comics "One Small Bier!" page 5

 

" 'Bier'... that's a coffin... oh, they didn't... they couldn't have!"

Avenger Saturday presents: "Demon Island" paperback

The last of the Avenger paperbacks and they end on a high note.  This really feels like a Bama composition and it's executed in a similar manner.  As a bonus I'm including the art without the logo or title.  This is a pretty nice modern pulp painting.

 

ON THE AIR: January 5, 1947

 Seems this would have been better aired on Halloween.  So, I guess it's appropriate that I'm posting this during Halloween week.  Three days late but better than 2 months like they did back in '47.  This would have aired on my Dad's 5th birthday.  Not that it matters to anyone else but me...  Anyhow, enjoy this harrowing tale of lycanthropy and friendship as Lamont and Margot find themselves in a scary house with a mystery on their hands.

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"Neither am I."

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"It's not the same as when I left.  But, then again..."

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"It was a plague that his shadow couldn't ignore."