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theshadowsanctum
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#shadow comics
#spider boy
#this one really does come close to living up to the weirdest shadow story
#my friends are some of the oddest people
#classic Lamont
#spider man
#huh
#there is no way the shadow would let that dude get away with admitting he beats his daughter
#no fucking way
#lamont looks a lot like doc savage here
#no wonder he's such an asshole
#the art is much more sinister than usual
#and so is the story
#this whole thing is irrevocably fucked
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#shadow comics
#another space trip
#this villain is incredibly resourceful
#dude's got flying saucers and a fucking moon colony
#the scheme here is kinda clever
#almost feels star trek-ish
#margo the moon queen
#that feels a bit important
#don't know why
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Shadow Comics #74
#shadow comics
#shadow jr
#he uses a kid as a shield from bullets
#ruthless little shit
#he really does take after Lamont
#this whole story is super fucked
#really shows why this kid wasn't going to last
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Shadow Comics #69
#the shadow
#shadow comics
#shadow jr
#yes this was a thing
#they tried at least to make a thing
#i guess it's cute
#that the shadow kinda just adopts him after his dad dies and keeps calling him son
#and he's there to comfort him
#like yeah this is just Dick Grayson's origin
#and The Shadow really doesn't need a Robin
#but idk
#for something so conceptually backwards and really not meant to last
#it's okay
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Shadow Comics #43
#the shadow
#shadow comics
#solarus
#wacky bullshit
#it's nice to see villains reform in shadow stories
#even as non-shadow as this one
#it's cute
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Shadow Comics #43
#the shadow
#shadow comics
#margo lane
#margo dresses up as a skeleton
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Shadow Comics 41
#the shadow
#shadow comics
#all of the depictions of Japanese in these comics are HORRIBLY racist
#but this one is a slight improvement
#it's good to see heroic japanese characters
#and the shadow even calls them friends
#i don't think we ever had those in the pulps
#one of them is even a magician
#i really like the mirror scheme here
#for once these actually feel like Gibson stories
#again
#really really bad racism still
#there is no getting around it
#but so far these are absolutely the least racist of these i've read
#which doesn't seem like a lot
#but it's something
#i wish these japanese agents showed up elsewhere
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#the shadow
#shadow comics
#there is a lot to unpack here
#why is an alien familiar with roman terminology
#so is the comics shadow earth called mars elsewhere
#did these guys come before or after humans
#does this mean technically the shadow lives on mars
#i never thought i'd get to see the shadow encounter clown gods from venus
#i never thought i'd have to write that sentence
#holy shit he tried to boil margo alive
#i think this may be the most terrifying shadow villain of all time
#what can possibly prepare you for a giant clown king of venus who wants to boil you alive because he thinks he's doing you a favor
#protectospheres
#jesus christ
#i wish the rest of the golden age shadow comics were this weird
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#the shadow
#the shadow pulps
#91 - Zemba
#faces distorted by evil
#once again a reocurring theme
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#the shadow
#the shadow pulps
#91 - Zemba
#the shadow being theatrical
#invisibility mention
#the radio show didn't exist yet
#but the shadow was constantly referred to as invisible at points
#the shadow is compared to Death
#whispered voice
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#the shadow
#the shadow pulps
#91 - Zemba
#the shadow's suitcase
#changing in the back of cars
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#the shadow
#the shadow pulps
#91 - Zemba
#the lost finger of Gaspard Zempa
#law enforcement is useless
#apparently Zemba is famous
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The story of how Lamont Cranston got his power, from a Shadow Comics issue
#the shadow
#shadow comics
#focus on eyes
#the description of the boy seems to match Marpa Tulku in the movie
#I wonder if this is actually where they got the idea from
#to my knowledge this is the first time we ever got a full backstory on how he clouds minds
#he didn't do that in the pulps
#and the radio show only gave a little bit of explanation
#the reason described here for his pilgrimage has literally never been elaborated on elsewhere
#everytime they've done this backstory since then
#it's always him winding up at Tibet amidst his travels or being forced into it
#never him specifically looking for the temples and asking for help to fight a single defined enemy
#he had to communicate with men who did not speak his language or even heard of it
#pretty openly contradicts a lot of stuff from the pulps
#The S&S comics Shadow sits at like the complete opposite end of most of his modern adaptations
#which try to make The Shadow as edgy and violent and tortured as they can
#it's 100% sanitized family friendly American Hero Shadow
#a product of the Golden Age in it's most mediocre ways
#the monks just give the power to him like that
#no training required
#and apparently they did it because of the complete lack of evil in The Shadow's mind
#which is directly opposite to how a lot of modern adaptations tackle his powers
#I have conflicting thoughts on this
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Pulp column for The Spy Ring, promoting the upcoming “The Prince of Evil”
#the shadow
#pulp shadow
#Maxwell Grant
#Benedict Stark
#interesting that the blurb describing him starts by talking about incredibly well-liked people who are kind
#and he's described as the opposite because he's evil
#evil and well-liked are not opposites
#Stark may have been a tad more interesting had they went with that angle
#a horrible monster who's also incredibly popular and beloved
#instead he's so obviously and viscerally awful that it's impossible to buy him as a deceiver
#he is so deformed and stupidly evil half the time that he just straight up wouldn't have gotten anywhere in a 1930s society
#but then again 90% of Shadow villains are evil businessmen pretending to be good
#and wealthy respected billionaires who are disgustingly ugly and cartoonishly horrible are not unrealistic
#actually that's most of them
#so maybe Tinsley had a point
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Action figures meant to promote the movie
#the shadow
#the shadow film
#shiwan khan
#merchandise
#Khan's Incredibly Stupid Armory
#I wish there were more dumb Shadow action figures
#ninja shadow is the dumbest fucking shit
#oh hey Dr Mocquino is there
#too bad he never got to be in a film
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An article about Frank Readick’s personal history
#the shadow
#radio shadow
#shadow actors
#racially insensitive language
#peter pan is mentioned also
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Image taken from The Shadow Scrapbook
#the shadow
#description
#he uses the same secrecy with agents as he does everywhere else
#interesting if not exactly accurate
#he fights alone or at least tries to not put the agents in danger
#which doesn't work but hey it's the thought that counts maybe
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