The Shadowcast

A pulp podcast dedicated exclusively to The Dark Avenger: THE SHADOW

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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.

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The Shadow: Wizard of Crime (1943)

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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.

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If you're a pulp fan, this is terrific. Give a listen!

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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.

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

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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)!

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'The Shadow' by Stephen Hickman

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This would work even better as a Shadow poster conceptually, with his red scarf tbh. @ShadowcastKnows

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

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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!

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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.

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Many of us think of Walter Gibson as the "father" of The Shadow, but the name and initial concept, came from radio writer Harry Charlot.

What many may not know is that Harry Charlot's own dark fate was a mystery worthy of The Shadow himself.

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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: