The Shadow Returns...

With our favorite retro publisher, Dynamite Publishing, returning The Shadow to action...

...we thought we would re-present some of the earlier versions of He Who Knows What Evil Lurks...

...so check out Crime & Punishment™ for the 1970s version in a never-reprinted tale, as well as other Bronze Age stories of the original Dark Knight...

...Hero & Heroine Histories™, where The Shadow's never-reprinted, wacky Silver Age adventures can be found...

...and see the HTF, also never-reprinted, 1995 movie adaptation by Mike Kaluta at Secret Sanctum of Captain Video™!
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Preview: THE SHADOW #1 Alternate Cover by Francesco Francavilla

Who Knows What Evil...?

Francesco Francavilla does, as this alternate cover from #1 of Dynamite's new Shadow comic book shows!
Check out his blog entry about it HERE!

Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men? Alex Ross!

Yep, that's The Shadow, as rendered by Alex Ross.
Dynamite Entertainment, who've already done successful revivals of The Green Hornet (despite the awful movie), Lone Ranger, Zorro, and the various Golden Age heroes of Project SuperPowers, now has the rights to the Man with the Power to Cloud Men's Minds!
If they do half as good a job as they've done with the characters listed above, I'll be a dedicated buying customer!

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Shadows by Berni Wrightson and Jim Steranko

In 1972, both DC and Marvel acquired comics rights to classic Street & Smith pulp characters whose paperback reprints were selling well. (and The Shadow's reissued radio shows were among the best-selling spoken-word record albums and cassettes.)

Marvel nabbed Doc Savage and DC picked up both The Shadow and The Avenger. (although Marvel initially claimed to have The Shadow as well...)
Immediately, many big-name artists, as well as up-and-comers, vied for the coveted assignments.
Alex Toth, Jim Steranko, Gene Colan, Berni Wrightson, and Mike Kaluta were among those who submitted test pieces.
Here's two of them.
Wrightson's piece was used as a house ad by DC, and Berni inked an entire issue over Kaluta's pencils, as well as assisting on a couple of other Kaluta stories.
Steranko's pencil piece was reused as the envelope art for his Shadow Secret Society licensed fan club.
This version was inked by the late, great, Dave (Rocketeer) Stevens.

YouTube Wednesday: THE SHADOW Movie Adaptation by Michael Kaluta

Currently, the complete, two-issue comic adaptation of The Shadow (1995) by Michael Kaluta is appearing on our brother RetroBlog Secret Sanctum of Captain Video™ over the next four days.

Even though the script is fairly close to the movie (with a new framing sequence), visually, it's a totally-different experience!
Judge for yourself...

The Weed of Crime Bears Profitable Fruit...

Conde Nast, the corporation that owns the rights to the Street & Smith pulps including The Shadow, Doc Savage, and The Avenger, was swindled out of $8,000,000 by someone pretending to be their printing vendor!