I know you do these videos because you want to, not just for views. But I wanna say thanks man. there's a lot of shadow radio uploads and stuff out there. But nothing really like this show. So thanks my dude, keep on rocking
Speaking of The Shadow's outfit, my headcanon is that he used to dress in all black until he fought the Voodoo Master for the first time, when he wore his red outfit. The Shadow liked the red so much that he started using it to accent his outfit.
One of My favourite parts of the shadow strikes is when his agents jokingly consider forming a union and The shadow, for the first time in any comic I've ever seen, actually looks worried. I just found it funny.
I saw The Shadow in theaters with my friend when I was in 4th grade and we loved it. I remember the ending reminding me of Enter the Dragon. Later I came to find my grandpa a Detroit cop was a major Shadow and Phantom fan and he got me hooked. The 90's was an awesome time for pulpy hero movies, great times. I thought Alec played Lamont and William played The Shadow back then lol.
As an aspiring writer, I'm absolutely floored by how Walter B. Gibson was both insanely prolific and unapologetically good at the same time. That is a special talent that deserves to be commended. Man, all of that stuff about Al Capone flew way over my head. Gotta reread both of those stories. A real shame about The Shadow Strikes, what a great series it is. It sucks that it had to get the Chris Benoit treatment due to what Gerard Jones did. I understand not wanting to be associated with such a person, but... he wasn't the only one working on that comic. There was an editor, a penciler, an inker, a colorist, a letterer... why punish THEM by making their hard work (and they did a bang-up job on that comic) unavailable for all good people to see? Strike Gerard Jones' name if you must (though it's still not completely fair; one's misdeeds don't erase their accomplishments and vice versa), donate a percentage of the profits to charity and keep the art available to the public. Can't wait to hear your thoughts on the 1994 movie. It introduced me to the character and even to this day, while I understand its flaws, I still really, really love it.
I remember the first time I was introduced to the shadow. My 4th grade teacher had the whole radio collection and would play them every Friday. Best day of the week!
Happy Birthday Shadow, you old bastard! They really should do a board game with the Shadow similar to Solomon Kane. Have your agents and the Shadow fight against his rouge's gallery and have some sick miniatures to boot! Godspeed to Mr Gibson and may the Shadow lurk in the hearts of men for another 90 years.
The film was Radio Days and The Shadow does get mention when the main character is talking about what radio plays and heroes all the kids like. It’s a fun little movie
This story sounds awesome. It’s so interesting how many times Capone was adapted to a movie or book, even when he was alive and even a few before he was arrested.
Excellent video, sir. It is quite a shame the Shadow has mostly cult status in the modern day, but let us rejoice in knowing it had it's time in the sun.
Recently finished this one. I was surprised by just how much I found myself sucked into the story and the more realistic tone it took. The quality of Gibson's dialogue in this is something great. I did see the big twist with Monk coming, but regardless it was a solid plot point. Getting the double novel was kind of a barely managing to snag it and I'm glad I did. Shame that they had to stop printing them. A happy 90th anniversary to The Shadow and may he continue for many more years, hopefully out of the influence of communist run "entertainment".
Love the section on The Shadow Strikes. Best series ever- that's why I named my fan Facebook page (wait for it...) The Shadow Strikes! Gerard Jones wrote dynamite Shadow (pun unintended), which had nothing to do with his personal peccadillos.
@@TheShadowcast hey I know this is way off topic but I’m watching the film adaptation of 1984 and I’m wondering would it be considered a noir? Sorry if it’s always an annoying question you answer but I think you’re the only person who can identify it.
I had heard of The Shadow but listening to you has given me a greater appreciation of the franchise. It's time to bring The Shadow in to the light of modernity.
Ordered a reprint of two stories on Amazon. I can’t wait to dig in. Luckily after watching these vids, I don’t feel intimidated jumping in at a random point. Some of these stories can be really hard to find, my local used book store didn’t have any shadow books.
Hate to nitpick, but the debut issue of The Shadow, A Detective Magazine actually hit newsstands late in February (the 28th, I believe -- ?)...but, no matter -- more than happy that another installment of The Shadowcast is now on the interwebs! Huzzah! And thanks again, 'Fist!
48:47 Had to rewatch the video to hear what you had said about it (and because I love the Shadowcast too, really) since I just recently read that series. Hope you plan to elaborate on that comic in a future entry, it'll interesting to hear your points, because I hated it so much, haha. From the design who looks nothing like The Shadow, to the vulgarity, and specially the disrespect it shows for the character(s), it kinda pissed me off. If the dude who claimed that no other writer/artist had been a better match with a title than chaykin and The Shadow told me that the sun was going to rise tomorrow, I would start looking for night vision goggles asap.
Thank you for this channel. I've long enjoyed the radio version of "The Shadow" but only recently started reading the pulp version. Both are great, yet very different from each other.
I hope BOOM Studios gets the license for the Shadow. They did good with the Power Rangers and now they are working on Dune and I'm liking it a lot. Let's hope Ross Richie hears my prayers.
Great history lesson on the pulps! Shows how influential they were to pop culture in general. Especially argosy, what with tarzan still being an American icon to rival Batman and Superman. And zorro too, he got popularity with all his movies, and the recent one with banderas. And there are countless references to his character trademarks, like the slashed z. It shows the pulp characters still have relevancy. No matter the decade. Are the zorro stories worth reading?
29:17 Bit of trivia. The code at the top of the image reads "For Walter B Gibson from Frank Hamilton". The code itself is from Shadow 58 'Chain of Death'.
Excellent episode good sir! I’ll be cracking open my copy of Gangdom’s Doom tonight at long last after hearing you gush about it. Love that black and white art here too! Would make a great wallpaper.
You guys should get the razor Force back on and dramatize some of these pulp issues of The Shadow like you did the missing episodes I think that would be pretty freaking cool!
Considering everything that happened with Gerard Jones, there's a panel from "The Shadow Strikes!" #3 (the last one on page #18) that's kinda gross. It's still my favourite comic book series depicting the Shadow, and I thoroughly enjoyed re-reading it for the umpteenth time, but I cannot view the aforementioned panel in any other light anymore. Thankfully, that's the only such occurrence that I found in the series. I'm looking forward to future episodes, especially the ones that will cover "The Shadow Strikes". I remeber nagging Dynamite Entertainment on their forum to reprint the series for quite a while, and once the ugly news about Gerard broke out, I just went and bought the complete series on EBay. Btw, it should be rather easy to reach Mr. Tollin via "Agents of the Shadow" group on Facebook. Keep rockin'! \m/
They always share your videos and speak highly of you on "The Shadow Knows!" facebook group. It's very likely you could score some interviews through connections over there.
@the shadowcast really cool interesting question I think has anyone ever tried to be the shadow in real life? I know it sounds crazy and i know we not have mystical powers but for somebody who knows martial arts and loves the shadow probably tried it one time right?
Have you seen or heard anything about what (if anything) they might do with the radio episodes? I've seen a small handful of audio book versions of the pulp novels on Audibles, could be a way of testing out the waters for remakes of the missing episodes.
@@worldcomicsreview354 you must forgive me, I combine diabolik with pulps. In terms of technicalities I'm not really a comic/manga/pulp expert. So you are probably right I just remember my youth when my dad and I read those stories together. My parents were scared I would never learn english lol, but it all worked out
Hey I know you get this a lot but what are your thoughts on Darkman basically Sam Rami's version of the Shadow. 2021 is also its' anniversary and be cool to know your opinion on the movie. Edit:I was wrong it is not Darkman's anniversary anymore it was 1990. XD But yeah love your work.
To my mind the name Nick Savolli bears striking resemblance to one Nick Civella. Civella is credibly believed to have orchestrated a brutal mob hit on opposing mobsters in a Kansas City (which at this time was more violent than even Chicago) Democrat district office. He later went on to become the Boss of the KC Mafia.
Looks like the generic covers you get on all those Scandinoirvian crime thrillers that were rushed into translation after the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo thing blew up.
I always wondered who would be a good director to capture the shadow and other pulp characters. I have thought about Quentin Tarantino but I wonder what others think?
@@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist there was however that complete bomb when marvel did revive the shadow in the 2000s but like I said this is not the channel to go into all that.
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I will always be impressed at the talent and work ethic of creators like Gibson. What a time to be alive
all of my yes. I know what I will be watching later today
I know you do these videos because you want to, not just for views. But I wanna say thanks man. there's a lot of shadow radio uploads and stuff out there. But nothing really like this show. So thanks my dude, keep on rocking
Celebratyed the 90th by re-reading The Living Shadow. It was time well spent.
Caught it in the literal first minute. Oh yeah.
Speaking of The Shadow's outfit, my headcanon is that he used to dress in all black until he fought the Voodoo Master for the first time, when he wore his red outfit. The Shadow liked the red so much that he started using it to accent his outfit.
One of My favourite parts of the shadow strikes is when his agents jokingly consider forming a union and The shadow, for the first time in any comic I've ever seen, actually looks worried. I just found it funny.
I knew there was a reason that I felt a kinship with you. Other than metal music and politics, here it is The Shadow.
I would've expected Vincent to get brain damage from all the times he gets knocked unconscious before that fellow passing away.
I saw The Shadow in theaters with my friend when I was in 4th grade and we loved it. I remember the ending reminding me of Enter the Dragon. Later I came to find my grandpa a Detroit cop was a major Shadow and Phantom fan and he got me hooked. The 90's was an awesome time for pulpy hero movies, great times. I thought Alec played Lamont and William played The Shadow back then lol.
I will say for one, that despite all the flaws of the 94 movie, it is one of the reasons I am a shadow fan at all.
Long live Lamont!
As an aspiring writer, I'm absolutely floored by how Walter B. Gibson was both insanely prolific and unapologetically good at the same time. That is a special talent that deserves to be commended.
Man, all of that stuff about Al Capone flew way over my head. Gotta reread both of those stories.
A real shame about The Shadow Strikes, what a great series it is. It sucks that it had to get the Chris Benoit treatment due to what Gerard Jones did. I understand not wanting to be associated with such a person, but... he wasn't the only one working on that comic. There was an editor, a penciler, an inker, a colorist, a letterer... why punish THEM by making their hard work (and they did a bang-up job on that comic) unavailable for all good people to see? Strike Gerard Jones' name if you must (though it's still not completely fair; one's misdeeds don't erase their accomplishments and vice versa), donate a percentage of the profits to charity and keep the art available to the public.
Can't wait to hear your thoughts on the 1994 movie. It introduced me to the character and even to this day, while I understand its flaws, I still really, really love it.
I remember the first time I was introduced to the shadow. My 4th grade teacher had the whole radio collection and would play them every Friday. Best day of the week!
Looks like I stumbled on this channel at a good time
Happy Birthday Shadow, you old bastard! They really should do a board game with the Shadow similar to Solomon Kane. Have your agents and the Shadow fight against his rouge's gallery and have some sick miniatures to boot! Godspeed to Mr Gibson and may the Shadow lurk in the hearts of men for another 90 years.
The film was Radio Days and The Shadow does get mention when the main character is talking about what radio plays and heroes all the kids like. It’s a fun little movie
Picked up the entire comic run on your word, and you were right; it’s the best written Shadow comic series (even if it’s not my favorite Shadow art).
Excellency, thy name is Shadowcast!
These podcasts are so needed in the times we live in. You get better and better with these, I don't drink anymore but I owe you as many as you like.
Wow, a Shadowcast and you on Midnight's Edge today. Dude my birthday is next month.
Holy crap, I wish I knew all that back when I first read The Shadow Strkes.
This story sounds awesome. It’s so interesting how many times Capone was adapted to a movie or book, even when he was alive and even a few before he was arrested.
Am actually reading the actual Shadow Strikes issue while listening to this...apparently in this, Claude Fellows is still alive.
Wait a few issues...
Excellent video, sir. It is quite a shame the Shadow has mostly cult status in the modern day, but let us rejoice in knowing it had it's time in the sun.
I'm late to the party but I like the idea of Our Hero lurking in The Shadows.... those who know him will know him. Like it or not.
Recently finished this one. I was surprised by just how much I found myself sucked into the story and the more realistic tone it took. The quality of Gibson's dialogue in this is something great. I did see the big twist with Monk coming, but regardless it was a solid plot point.
Getting the double novel was kind of a barely managing to snag it and I'm glad I did. Shame that they had to stop printing them.
A happy 90th anniversary to The Shadow and may he continue for many more years, hopefully out of the influence of communist run "entertainment".
Facebook group The Shadow Knows has Michael Kaluta as a member I'm not sure if Anthony Tollin is a member. Check out that group
Love the section on The Shadow Strikes. Best series ever- that's why I named my fan Facebook page (wait for it...) The Shadow Strikes! Gerard Jones wrote dynamite Shadow (pun unintended), which had nothing to do with his personal peccadillos.
Edward R. Hamilton Bookseller is offering a large number of the Shadow books!
Razor I hope(even though I know you hate public domain) you write a good run of the shadow. You’re someone who could do it.
Thanks for the vote of confidence!
@@TheShadowcast hey I know this is way off topic but I’m watching the film adaptation of 1984 and I’m wondering would it be considered a noir? Sorry if it’s always an annoying question you answer but I think you’re the only person who can identify it.
Mike Kaluta's DC comics got me hooked on The Shadow.
Waiting for a non-kiddie movie.🗿
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I had heard of The Shadow but listening to you has given me a greater appreciation of the franchise.
It's time to bring The Shadow in to the light of modernity.
I will be curious to see if you decide to cover the shadow knows documentary for one of your later episodes of the podcast.
I just finished reading Gangdom's Doom, and I agree with you Razor, it's a great pulp that I myself would give (along with the Red Menace) a 5/5.
Ordered a reprint of two stories on Amazon. I can’t wait to dig in. Luckily after watching these vids, I don’t feel intimidated jumping in at a random point. Some of these stories can be really hard to find, my local used book store didn’t have any shadow books.
You must do a few readings of the old shadow Pulps
With sound design bro
Hate to nitpick, but the debut issue of The Shadow, A Detective Magazine actually hit newsstands late in February (the 28th, I believe -- ?)...but, no matter -- more than happy that another installment of The Shadowcast is now on the interwebs! Huzzah! And thanks again, 'Fist!
Time for some cultural enrichment.
48:47 Had to rewatch the video to hear what you had said about it (and because I love the Shadowcast too, really) since I just recently read that series. Hope you plan to elaborate on that comic in a future entry, it'll interesting to hear your points, because I hated it so much, haha. From the design who looks nothing like The Shadow, to the vulgarity, and specially the disrespect it shows for the character(s), it kinda pissed me off. If the dude who claimed that no other writer/artist had been a better match with a title than chaykin and The Shadow told me that the sun was going to rise tomorrow, I would start looking for night vision goggles asap.
Thank you for this channel. I've long enjoyed the radio version of "The Shadow" but only recently started reading the pulp version. Both are great, yet very different from each other.
I hope BOOM Studios gets the license for the Shadow. They did good with the Power Rangers and now they are working on Dune and I'm liking it a lot. Let's hope Ross Richie hears my prayers.
Great history lesson on the pulps! Shows how influential they were to pop culture in general. Especially argosy, what with tarzan still being an American icon to rival Batman and Superman. And zorro too, he got popularity with all his movies, and the recent one with banderas. And there are countless references to his character trademarks, like the slashed z. It shows the pulp characters still have relevancy. No matter the decade. Are the zorro stories worth reading?
29:17 Bit of trivia. The code at the top of the image reads "For Walter B Gibson from Frank Hamilton". The code itself is from Shadow 58 'Chain of Death'.
Excellent episode good sir! I’ll be cracking open my copy of Gangdom’s Doom tonight at long last after hearing you gush about it. Love that black and white art here too! Would make a great wallpaper.
Bought a copy of Gangdoms Doom as a physical paperback in preperation of this episode.
You guys should get the razor Force back on and dramatize some of these pulp issues of The Shadow like you did the missing episodes I think that would be pretty freaking cool!
The Shadow knows.
The Virgin Modern Fake News Journalist vs. The Chad Investigative Journalist turned Human Word Factory Walter B. Gibson
Considering everything that happened with Gerard Jones, there's a panel from "The Shadow Strikes!" #3 (the last one on page #18) that's kinda gross. It's still my favourite comic book series depicting the Shadow, and I thoroughly enjoyed re-reading it for the umpteenth time, but I cannot view the aforementioned panel in any other light anymore. Thankfully, that's the only such occurrence that I found in the series.
I'm looking forward to future episodes, especially the ones that will cover "The Shadow Strikes". I remeber nagging Dynamite Entertainment on their forum to reprint the series for quite a while, and once the ugly news about Gerard broke out, I just went and bought the complete series on EBay.
Btw, it should be rather easy to reach Mr. Tollin via "Agents of the Shadow" group on Facebook.
Keep rockin'! \m/
They always share your videos and speak highly of you on "The Shadow Knows!" facebook group.
It's very likely you could score some interviews through connections over there.
I always thought The Shadow and The Spectre would make a good team.
I been digging deep in to the shadow again thank you sir for all this great content, im surprised how cheap the original pulp prints really are
Very nice
@the shadowcast really cool interesting question I think has anyone ever tried to be the shadow in real life? I know it sounds crazy and i know we not have mystical powers but for somebody who knows martial arts and loves the shadow probably tried it one time right?
Have you seen or heard anything about what (if anything) they might do with the radio episodes? I've seen a small handful of audio book versions of the pulp novels on Audibles, could be a way of testing out the waters for remakes of the missing episodes.
Awesome episode!! Can't wait for the next!
My intro to pulps are older ones my dad brought from Italy. Diabolik, giallo pulp and others.
There were Diabolik pulps? As in regular text stories? I had no idea, I thought he was only in comics!
@@worldcomicsreview354 you must forgive me, I combine diabolik with pulps. In terms of technicalities I'm not really a comic/manga/pulp expert. So you are probably right I just remember my youth when my dad and I read those stories together. My parents were scared I would never learn english lol, but it all worked out
Thanks for these razor
I really liked the Shadow Strikes. It's sad they are not going to reprint it and here in Belgium is really hard to get books like it.
Thanks for another excellent episode. Your knowledge and insight is so refreshing to hear.
Excellent as always. A suggestion for exploration --- Travis McGee by John D. McDonald
Lets fucking gooooo!
1:16:30 only one issue - not long enough, but I am glad that you have 2 more planned
In my defense, it does have roughly the same page and wordcount as the average Shadow novelette. I mean, it's a Pulp.
Hey Razor could we please get an RSS feed for this pod? Would make listening on the go much easier for me
I wonder if you've watched the new HBO series of Perry Mason?
I'd be interested in a Razörfist review.
So Elliot Ness would be the shadow? or Elliot Ness would be an agent of the Shadow?
Hey I know you get this a lot but what are your thoughts on Darkman basically Sam Rami's version of the Shadow. 2021 is also its' anniversary and be cool to know your opinion on the movie. Edit:I was wrong it is not Darkman's anniversary anymore it was 1990. XD But yeah love your work.
Is there a writer and Director you would pick to do a movie about The Shadow?
agents of The Shadow Rebirt in uncoming movie 2025 and Theather too!!
When are you going to give a review on the 1994 Shadow movie?
To my mind the name Nick Savolli bears striking resemblance to one Nick Civella.
Civella is credibly believed to have orchestrated a brutal mob hit on opposing mobsters in a Kansas City (which at this time was more violent than even Chicago) Democrat district office. He later went on to become the Boss of the KC Mafia.
The problem with that theory is that Civella's rise to power primarily took place in the '50s, correct? 20 years after Gangdom's Doom was published.
True. It's just a coincidence, but a noteworthy one.
Blagojevich was IL governor not Chicago mayor.
Why nobody opens a subreddit on the Shadow?
Maybe from The Shadow Knows facebook group you can find people to interview.
I want to see IDW give The Shadow a go in Comics
the patterson cover is horrible, I hope it's not nearly as bad as it looks
Looks like the generic covers you get on all those Scandinoirvian crime thrillers that were rushed into translation after the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo thing blew up.
I always wondered who would be a good director to capture the shadow and other pulp characters. I have thought about Quentin Tarantino but I wonder what others think?
This is not the channel to go into details but oh spit m a r v a l owns the shadow now
Do you have any sources to go along with that?
@@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist hang on it takes me a while to put links in
@@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist actually I can't find anything now I might have been mistaken about that sorry.
@@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist there was however that complete bomb when marvel did revive the shadow in the 2000s but like I said this is not the channel to go into all that.