Agents of the Shadowcast—REPORT! youtu.be/R6TeJx3DuY4 theshadowcastknows.blogspot.…

Did you know: The Shadow pulps were adapted for UK audiences in 'Thriller' (publisher of The Saint) Same stories, but The Shadow operated in London. While still acting as Lamont Cranston, his true identity was now lawyer John Harverson, while Joe Cardona worked for Scotland Yard.

The Shadow: Wizard of Crime (1943)

Deleted scene from The Shadow (1994) showing the Dark Avenger, in full costume, in his Sanctum. A conceit straight from the pulps. In the final film, Alec Baldwin only ever appeared as Lamont Cranston in these sequences.

In 2021, a copy of The Shadow Magazine issue #1 sold for $156,000. Setting a new world record for most expensive pulp magazine ever auctioned.

The Shadow: "Fate's Freefall" The Mysterious Three (Dark Horse Comics, 1994) By Mike Kaluta, Joel Goss/Stan & Vince

The Shadowcast is back to review the 1940 Shadow film serial, starring Victor Jory, as well as the pulp story that inspired it: "The Lone Tiger" (1939)! REPORT!

'The Shadow' by Stephen Hickman

♫ The best part of waking up is Cranston in your cup ♫

If you missed the Mezco figure of The Shadow the first time, (as I've heard from a few unfortunate fans) it looks like you're about to get a second chance!

Police agonized over a motive, and attempted in vain to prove a Suicide theory. But no matter how many leads they pursued, nothing panned out. Harry Charlot, the creator of the original radio incarnation of The Shadow, died by mysterious poison. His death has never been solved.

Hapless newspapermen reported that "The Writer of The Shadow" had died under dubious circumstances, leading a stunned Walter Gibson—working on a new pulp story in Florida—to march to the Sentinel-Star in person and correct the error. The Shadow Magazine printed the following:

Further information only deepened the mystery. Charlot had twice been admitted to a psychiatric ward at Bellevue, suffering from psychosis. When his wife at last claimed the body, she added that he had suffered heart trouble in the past. She was to meet him the evening he died.

Medical Examiner Benjamin M. Vance ascribed the death to "multiple organ failure", and ordered a full chemical analysis. The results were conclusive: An unidentified poison had ended Harry Charlot's life. His body lay unidentified, as police began a full investigation.

On October 3, 1935, the lifeless body of Shadow creator Harry Charlot was found in a Bowery hotel (Where he registered under the name "Mr. Loe of New York") after mysteriously vanishing from his family. Initially a suspected heart attack, the autopsy soon revealed worse.

La Curto would move on to Hollywood, where he enjoyed success in Gangster pictures. His successor, Frank Readick, Jr. would be the man to define The Shadow for nearly a decade. By 1935, The Shadow had his own radio drama. That same year, his creator would mysteriously perish.

After delivering a flurry of suggestions to director William Sweets—eponyms such as "The Sleuth" and "The Inspector"—it was the robed spectre of "The Shadow" that would stick. Actor James LaCurto would play the role, and his spine-chilling portrayal was a sensation.