The Sunday Comics: The Shadow "Shiwan Khan's Murderous Master Plan" pages 10 - 12

 

Saturday's random pulp cover: Thrilling Western "When Outlaws Ride": September, 1945

 Action packed cover painted by an uncredited artist.  That's always a disappointment to me.  Typical yellow background to grab the reader's attention.  I always wondered what it must have been like to walk up to a newsstand back in the day and see a sea of yellow covers, essentially canceling each other out.

ON THE AIR: October 6 & October 8, 1939

 

Ep 75_Murder on Camera

  Ep 76_Episode 132

The Shadow #5 page 8

 

"KI-YA!"

Happy Thanksgiving

 Enjoy family and friends, the beautiful Autumn weather and the feast set before you.  But take a moment to remember why this holiday exists.  Remember why the pilgrims left the only home they knew and struck out for a new world with the promise of freedom.

The Shadow #5 page 7

 

"Your kind never sees me coming as I strike from the darkness."

The Shadow #5 page 6

 

"Stay vigilant."

The Shadow #5 pages 4 & 5

 

"But sacrifices must be made."

The Shadow #5 page 3

 

"We're not so different, you and I."

The Sunday Comics: The Shadow "Shiwan Khan's Murderous Master Plan" pages 7 - 9

 

Saturday's random pulp cover: Walt Coburn's Western Magazine "Trigger-Fever!": November, 1950

  I tried but failed to find out who painted this pretty cool cover.  I'm guessing he's reading the Old Testament... an eye for an eye!
 

ON THE AIR: October 2 & October 5, 1939

 

Ep 71_Beating Drums

  Ep 74_The Silver Heels Explode

 

Radio Archives is a site that gives short synopses of the episodes.  This covers episodes 126 (70:Boating on the Canal) and episodes 128 (72:Deadly Gas) & 129 (73:Man-Eating Fish).  Don't ask me about this odd numbering system that Radio Echoes employs.

Episode #126
While visiting Venice, Kerrigan saw a pale and ethereal woman surrounded by a greenish glow of light. Later, this same woman is observed in the chamber where Kerrigan, Petrie, and Smith have been imprisoned by Fah Lo Suee, the daughter of Fu Manchu. They fear their doom as they ponder their fate at the hands of the criminal mastermind. 

Summary of Episodes #128-#129
Having escaped Fu Manchu's clutches, Smith, Petrie, and Kerrigan enlist the aid of the Venice Police to search the Palazzo Brione and, upon discovering an underground pool, arrive just in time to see Dr. Rudolph Adlon killed by thousands of deadly piranha fish. Continuing their search, Smith begins to suspect that Fu Manchu may have escaped Venice on Brownlow Wilton's yacht. He sends Kerrigan to Paris to investigate a clue and proceeds to track the movements of the yacht. Wilton, the yacht's owner, admits that he's received notes from the Si-Fan.

The Shadow #5 page 2

 

"You both have wicked souls..."

The Shadow #5 page 1

 

"The two of us -- we are struggling against the same enemy."

The Shadow #5

 

And so begins the end of this entry into the 94 year annals of the adventures of The Shadow.

The Shadow #4 page 22

 

 

"And the legendary Shadow."

The Shadow #4 page 21

 

AGH!

The Sunday Comics: The Shadow "Shiwan Khan's Murderous Master Plan" pages 4 - 6

 

Saturday's random pulp cover: Dime Mystery Magazine "Mistress of the Worm-Men": February, 1940

 Another woman hating mad scientist experimenting/torturing a helpless naked lady.  There may be a valid reason why the artist is unknown. 

ON THE AIR: September 25 & September 30, 1939

Ep 67_The Green Death

  Ep 69_Kerrigan Sees A Zombie

 

Radio Archives is a site that gives short synopses of the episodes.  This covers episodes 121(66) through 125(69).  Don't ask me about this odd numbering system that Radio Echoes employs.

Episode #121
After discovering a note intended for Dr. Martin Jasper, a munitions expert, Smith and his team pay a visit to Jasper's home and find Jasper missing, his assistant Dr. Osaki murdered, and hear news that a mysterious woman associated with the Si-Fan may be responsible for Jasper's disappearance.
1939 – 15:00 – Syndicated by Radio Attractions

Episodes #122 - #125
Concerned over his failure to locate Dr. Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie, who have mysteriously disappeared, Kerrigan orders the Chief of the Venice police to double their efforts in the search. Later, while riding on a Venetian canal, Kerrigan sees Dr. Rudolph Adlon in a nearby gondola and is also thrown a rose by a strange woman he recognized as Zombia, a human corpse who now walks among the living. He reports both sightings to the police, who soon accompany him to the palace where he saw the woman - but no evidence of her presence is found. Later, Kerrigan returns to the palace to investigate more closely.

The Shadow #4 page 20

 

"Can you sense it, Sandman?"

The Shadow #4 page 19

 

"Typical of your ilk."

The Shadow #4 page 18

 

"The putrid stench of evil drew me to these rafters."

The Shadow #4 page 17

 

"How does it feel to have the tables turned?"

Thank you, Veterans

 More than ever, as a nation we look at your Service and Sacrifice and know that Freedom rings because of you and those that gave their last full measure.  "Thank you" is a weak but sincere sentiment.

The Shadow #4 page 16

 

"Poison slipped into one's tea is as deadly as an arcane incantation."

The Sunday Comics: The Shadow "Shiwan Khan's Murderous Master Plan" pages 1-3

 

Saturday's random pulp cover: Black Mask "Murder Had A Little Lamb": March, 1945

 Late in the run of the magazine with a so-so cover by Gloria Stoll Karn.

ON THE AIR: September 20 & September 23, 1939

 

Ep 63_Wedding Present

  Ep 66_Secret Television Transmitter

 

As you may have noticed, the episodes #s 64 & 65 are not linked.  They are, apparently, either lost or unavailable. I have checked the web and it appears they are missing, although I see there is a phonographic record set that includes the episodes "General Kento Murdered" and "Zombies".  I scanned ahead and there are several other missing episodes as we wind down to the end of the series.  However, given the slow nature of the show, I don't think it will impede the story too much.

The Shadow #4 page 15

 

"The Last Illusion, he said, could be undone."

The Shadow #4 page 14

 

"This fellow, Lovecraft... was not unlike me."

The Shadow #4 page 13

 

"Either way... they are playing with fire."

The Shadow #4 page 12

 

"As you know... we both have roles to play."

The Shadow #4 pages 10 & 11

 

"Madame Argyle's last breath promised as much."

The Sunday Comics: The Shadow "Shiwan Khan's Murderous Master Plan"

 Time to check out the second issue of that oft forgotten run of The Shadow from Archie Comics in the 1960s.  I grudgingly present to you the superhero version of The Shadow (although, as you will find, The Shadow only appears in this form on the cover.  The interior still, for this issue, presents him without his ridiculous superhero costume.).  I apologize for what you will be experiencing over the next few Sundays.

Saturday's random pulp cover: Black Mask "Murder by Mistake": August, 1930

 Jes Wilhelm Schlaikjer painted this beautiful cover for the  August 1930 issue of Black Mask.  Schlaikjer was responsible for a great many of the (in my opinion) best covers for this long running magazine.  Although these simple compositions fell out of favor eventually, I still think they are among the most striking and effective magazine covers ever to grace the newsstands.