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"Cardona thought she was 'slumming.'  But coming here wasn't like club-hopping on Lenox Avenue.  Here you didn't find every 'Lulu Belle' puttin' on the Ritz, or however the damn song goes."

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This is one of those rare covers.  Cliff Marsland and Hawkeye are featured alongside The Shadow.  It's interesting, to me, to see the agents given some face time with their boss.  This is an above average gangster tale from Gibson with an above average cover from Gladney.  Although I still take exception to the slouch hat being replaced with a modified fedora.

ON THE AIR: February 23, 1941

 A triple murder occurs at the Chess Club and The Shadow checkmates the killer. Tune in to this weeks thrilling episode.

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"Vincent...Lane...Crofton...Marsland."

"Mobsmen on the Spot"

 or "The Shadow Fights the Rackets"

A sort of rerun cover for the pulp.

A rerun of a pulp cover (The Northdale Mystery, 1942) for the third Pyramid Books publication.

The less said 'bout this one the better.

This story is the first print appearance of Cliff Marsland.  Cliff would go on to be one of The Shadow's top agents.  He gets married in the end of this tale but his wife is never again mentioned. 

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 "We gotta reach the Master!"

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 "Looka me, Cliff!  I'm an Ape-Man!"

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 "The master needs us, Shrevnitz..."

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"I think we oughtta put in... our two cents."

Agent J does it again

Mobsmen on the Spot is indeed the answer to yesterday's quote.  And Cliff has been a loyal agent ever since.  The mystery of his real name was never revealed.  Even more of a mystery than The Shadow's name and background.  He was also the only married (that we know of) agent in the series.

Well done, Agent J.  I'll have to work a bit harder to stump you.

We know who said it, so...

What tale is this quote from.

 "Cliff Marsland!  That was not your name, fourteen years ago, when you were overseas... Like yourself, I am a man whose name has been forgotten. We shall speak no more of days gone by. You are now Cliff Marsland. I am, The Shadow!"

The answers are...

"Agent J reports: Smith & Street, 1933, Tigger, Vincent and Burke's faces swapped. That's all I can find!"

  Only miss is the extended top hat.  Dirty trick to change two things within one character.

The Lone Tiger

A lot of fun to see many of the agents gathered polished table under the blue light in the sanctum.  I have to admit that I have yet to read this one so Mr. Olsen's review is what I turn to.  He says it's a fun one to read and I'll take his word for it.

Happy Thanksgiving

The blue light will now go out for a few days in honor of Thanksgiving.  Here's hoping all agents are planning to have a safe and joyful family holiday.

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The Getaway Ring

The Shadow should be in the shadows and not so human.  The slouch hat should be, well, slouchy.  The cover should be better.  It's rendered well, just not much for storytelling or excitement.  Can't speak to the story so check out the review here.

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The meeting continues in the impromptu sanctum, blue light and all.

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