Did You Join the Annual Summer RetroBlog Blogathons?

If you didn't, you missed...

...the only never-reprinted Shang-Chi comic story ever, unseen for 40 years at

Pop Art Martial Arts!

A classic gothic romance/beach read at

True Love Comics Tales!

Plus: these three too-kool for school, never-reprinted, prose super-hero tales...all unseen since the 1960s at
Hero Histories!

The rebooted Silver Age origin of He Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men!
The Shadow!

The first novel featuring the Star Spangled Avenger!
Captain America: the Great Gold Steal!

And last, but certainly not least, the premiere novel featuring the Caped Crusaders and a trio of evildoers!
Batman vs 3 Villains of Doom!
Lucky for you, it's not too late!
Sit down now and start reading!

Who Knows What Reboots Lurk in the Minds of Writers?

With the most extensive revamp/reboot to the legendary character since the 1960s Radio Comics version...

...by James Patterson and Brian Sitts (now in bookstores and at Amazon)...

...we hereby present the updated (as of the Silver Age), but never-reprinted reboot origin of He Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men from Radio Comics The Shadow, as the "Grande Finale" to our annual Summer RetroBlogs Blogathon, beginning tomorrow at Hero Histories!
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Monday to enjoy!

Last Week on RetroBlogs...

The blue-and-green costumed 1960s version of The Shadow...

...ends his series by running a gauntlet of villains! in Hero Histories!

True Love Comics Tales presents the perfect "beach read"...

...a complete gothic romance in graphic novel form!

And Phantom Lady's most notorious tale gets a kinder, gentler redo...

...in the final Phantom Lady's Twice-Told Tales installment at Heroines!

What's Coming Up?

Check in next week to find out!

Who Knows What Evil Lurks in Letterbox on Blu-Ray?

The Shadow Knows...

Almost 20 years after its theatrical release (has it really been that long?) and 15 after its release on DVD in a pan-and-scan version, The Shadow is finally getting a letterbox release! from Shout! Factory.
(Note: I do have the laserdisc and the Academy Award screener VHS, which are letterbox (and the laserdisc has DTS stereo), but I've been waiting for a DVD edition.
Unfortunately, this is Blue-Ray only, so I'll have to ask a friend in England to send me the British DVD, which is letterbox.)
The somewhat-sparse extras include new interviews with Alec Baldwin, Penelope Ann Miller, Tim Curry, director Russell Mulcahy, production designer Joseph Nemec, III, director of photography Stephen H. Burum and writer David Koepp, plus the original trailer.
Sadly, no commentaries, and they didn't even include the rather cheesy, yet kool Taylor Dane music video...
Ah, well...
BTW, the complete, never-reprinted, two-issue comic adaptation of the movie by Michael Kaluta is on our brother RetroBlog Secret Sanctum of Captain Video™ .
Even though the script is fairly close to the movie (with a new framing sequence), visually, it's a totally-different experience!

POW! THWOK! BIFF! Holy Heroes! It's The Shadow in the Swinging '60s!

With the revival of interest in The Shadow at Dynamite Entertainment (as well as the reprints of the pulps from Nostalgia Ventures), we'd like to remind you about a little project of ours now running at our brother RetroBlog™, Hero Histories™, are the never-reprinted Silver Age stories of The Shadow.
Believe me, the cover of the first issue, shown above, doesn't do it justice.  ;-)
It's based on a series of new novels from Belmont Books that ran from 1964-67.
The first was by the pulp Shadow's creator, Walter Gibson. The rest were by Dennis Lynds.
None of these books have ever been reprinted, either!
Here's the covers for the complete run of the paperbacks, in chronological order...

The ONLY time Gibson DOESN'T use the MAXWELL GRANT pen-name!

Check out the Adventures of the Silver Age Shadow!

(It ain't what you think!)

Cover Preview: THE SHADOW #17

Some covers need no captions or explanation...

...like this beautiful work by Francesco Francavilla for the alternate cover for #17 of Dynamite's Shadow comic book!

BTW, if you want more The Shadow stuff, have a look at...

The never-reprinted 1994 Alec Baldwin movie adaptation HERE!
1994?
Has it been 19 years already?
Wow!
(PLUS, a never-reprinted Gene Colan-illustrated spoof of The Shadow radio show called "The Shadower", and a comic adaptation of an actual radio show episode HERE!)

The Shadow's never-reprinted Bronze Age adventures with The Batman and The Avenger as well as never-reprinted Frank Robbins-illustrated stories (as well as the first part of the Shadow radio show adaptation) HERE!

Finally, The Shadow's never-reprinted, campy costumed Silver Age adventures HERE!

THE SHADOW Cover Previews!

Who Knows What Evil...?

The amazing Francesco Francavilla does, as this alternate cover for #15 of Dynamite's Shadow comic book demonstrates!

If that doesn't convince you, maybe the alt cover for #16 will do the trick...

BTW, if you want more The Shadow stuff, have a look at...

The never-reprinted 1994 Alec Baldwin movie adaptation HERE!
(PLUS, a never-reprinted Gene Colan-illustrated spoof of The Shadow radio show called "The Shadower", and a comic adaptation of an actual radio show episode HERE!)

The Shadow's never-reprinted Bronze Age adventures with The Batman and The Avenger as well as never-reprinted Frank Robbins-illustrated stories (as well as the first part of the Shadow radio show adaptation) HERE!

Finally, The Shadow's never-reprinted, campy costumed Silver Age adventures HERE!

Cover Preview MASKS #7

The BIG crossover of masked mystery-men continues...

...with this cover by Francisco Francavilla for #7, featuring The Shadow, The Green Hornet, and The Spider.

But who's holding the card?

Preview: THE SHADOW #13 Cover by Francesco Francavilla

Who Knows What Evil...?

Francesco Francavilla does, as this cover for #13 of Dynamite's Shadow comic book demonstrates!

BTW, if you want more The Shadow stuff, have a look at...

The never-reprinted 1994 Alec Baldwin movie adaptation HERE!
(PLUS, a never-reprinted Gene Colan spoof of The Shadow radio show called "The Shadower", and a comic adaptation of a radio show episode HERE!)

The Shadow's never-reprinted Bronze Age adventures with The Batman and The Avenger as well as never-reprinted Frank Robbins-illustrated stories (as well as the first part of the Shadow radio show adaptation) HERE!

The Shadow's never-reprinted, campy costumed Silver Age adventures HERE!

Preview: THE SHADOW 8 & 9 Covers by Francesco Francavilla

Who Knows What Evil...?

 Francesco Francavilla does, as this cover for #9 of Dynamite's new Shadow comic book shows!

And, because you may have blinked and missed it, the cover to #8 (which we mentioned in our post about Masks, the mini-series combining all the cape-and-fedora-wearing heroes of the pulps and comics)...

BTW, if you want more The Shadow stuff, have a look at...

The Shadow: the never-reprinted 1994 Alec Baldwin movie adaptation HERE!
(PLUS, a never-reprinted Gene Colan spoof of The Shadow radio show called "The Shadower"!)

The Shadow's never-reprinted Bronze Age adventures with The Batman and The Avenger as well as never-reprinted Frank Robbins-illustrated stories HERE!

The Shadow's never-reprinted, campy costumed Silver Age adventures HERE!

The Shadow and Ghost star in a RetroBlogs™ Crossover Event!

To celebrate the return of both The Shadow and Dark Horse Comics' Ghost...

...to thrill current readers, RetroBlogs™ has re-presented the never-reprinted crossover tale starring the deadly duo in our own kool crossover!

Part 1 is at Crime & Punishment™, and the conclusion can be found on Heroines™!

The Shadow can be found in his own title from Dynamite Entertainment!

Details HERE!

Ghost has been appearing in the anthology Dark Horse Presents, and returns in her own title later this month!

Details HERE!

Buy them at your local comic shop!

MASKS: the Ultimate Mystery-Man Team-Up

We've shown you a team-up between The Shadow and The Avenger....

We'll be showing you a team-up between The Shadow and Doc Savage soon...

But there's a marathon team-up mini-series coming in November that'll make history for the sheer amount of pulp and media heroes from various companies combined in one story!

It's called, appropriately enough, MASKS, and features...

The Shadow!

Zorro!

The Spider!

The Green Hornet & Kato!

Plus other heroes like Miss Fury, The Black Bat, and The Black Terror are mentioned as appearing later on in the series!

Watch for it!
Plus see a sneak preview of the latest (#8) cover for The Shadow's solo title!

Preview: THE SHADOW #7 Cover by Francesco Francavilla

Who Knows What Evil...?

Francesco Francavilla does, as this cover for #7 of Dynamite's new Shadow comic book shows!
Check out his blog entry about it and his first poster, The Creature from the Black Lagoon...

...for the noted MONDO Posters Collection HERE!

BTW, if you want more The Shadow stuff, have a look at...

The Shadow: the never-reprinted 1994 Alec Baldwin movie adaptation HERE!

The Shadow's never-reprinted Bronze Age adventures with The Batman and The Avenger as well as never-reprinted Frank Robbins-illustrated stories HERE!

The Shadow's never-reprinted, campy costumed Silver Age adventures HERE!