Jericho Druke

Very little about Jericho.  I'm curious how he would be handled today.  I'm not talking about the comics where he's appeared a bit, but in a novel.  I'm hoping that Patterson takes a stab at this agent and fills out a bit of his past, only if the new stories take place in the 30s and 40s.  It would be great to see how he dealt with the issues of the times with a group of agents who have his back not to mention The Shadow.  The good, the bad and the ugly of the times explored over the course of many novels so it doesn't feel too much like the 21st century pushing its agenda on the past.  Again, I reference Boardwalk Empire.  They did it right.

Aaaaaarrrrrggggh!

Hello,fellow agents. I just picked up my final 3 issues of Sanctum's The Shadow reprints (5 in the last week... not sure why Diamond wasn't getting them to my comics dealer but that's a moot point now) My gripe is that three stories are not going to be reprinted. Granted they are Elliott tales but after over 13 years of collecting the reprints I expected to have a complete series. I'm not going to buy the three issues on eBay or some other marketplace since the stories aren't really worth it.  I found one issue for $45 but would rather put that towards an issue I really wanted.
I guess I'm just disappointed and a bit angry.  I'm a completist and this just throws my world outta whack.

UPDATE:  I got information from Bill "Superfan" Thinnes letting me know that Conde Nast pulled the licenses from everyone and that Anthony Tollin had to scramble to get the last Gibson and Tinsley stories published.  Sad that it couldn't have made it to the finish line but I'm grateful for what we've gotten and understand the situation.

FINALLY!!!!

I've been patiently waiting for the publication of Sanctum Books 148th issue of The Shadow Double Novels. 

In this case it's a triple novels issue as we begin the final stretch to finish out the epic run of reprints of the even more epic pulp run of The Shadow Magazine.  I've been trying to read them in order of submission to try and get a sense of the flow of Gibson's progression of The Shadow.  I've been stuck waiting on the 37th novel he wrote, "The Isle of Doubt", for quite some time now.  Sure, I'd read a lot of the others before I hit on this OCD inspired order of reading.  Up to now I've read 85 (including Return of The Shadow) of the adventures.  With this issue I'll be able to fill the missing gap and then jump up to the "The Dark Death" and move along from there with only 14 tales that I've read out of order the rest of the way.  This makes me happy.