Ah, the beauty that is old newsprint and four color printing. Perfectly suited for The Shadow. Over time I have come to appreciate M W Kaluta's art more and more. It felt crude and less than stellar when I came across this 50+ years ago, but I was comparing it to superhero comics. Aparo, Adams, Kane, Romita and Buscema. I didn't appreciate the need for the period and the genre to have a different look and feel. Kaluta was that look and feel. There have been others who have tackled this historic character, but I don't know that any of them made it feel like they actually loved The Shadow and the world he inhabited. Kaluta most definitely did!
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