The Shadowcast: Recent Episodes
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The only podcast devoted exclusively to the immortal exploits of The Dark Avenger.
Your one place for reviews and interviews about the original pulp vigilante!
"Me? The Shadow?
Why, Vincent... The Shadow doesn't exist."
—Lamont Cranston
(The Shadow Serial, 1940)
Reputed to be the most faithful film adaptation of the pulp incarnation of The Shadow, today's episode reviews the entire series in FULL, and then caps off with an overview of the pulp story that inspired it: The Lone Tiger!
"Beg Satan for forgiveness, for you'll not find it this side of hell!" The Shadowcast reviews the 1946 B-picture "The Shadow Returns" and Marvel/Epic graphic novel classic, "The Shadow 1941" by Denny O'Neill and Mike Kaluta!
The theme of season 3 of The Shadowcast is "The Shadow on Film", and we kick it off with the 1994 Shadow feature film starring Alec Baldwin! In the second half of today's episode, we then contrast the differences between the finished film, and its comic adaptation by the great Michael Kaluta! REPORT!
Clutching, throttling, life-snatching hands, guided by a mastermind, mad for loot! Thrill to the adventure as The Shadowcast battles lone-handed against the tremendous forces of evil in this season finale... HANDS IN THE DARK!
Racketeers—ruthless, relentless—make a great metropolis their blood-soaked battleground to suit evil purpose!
The Shadowcast wages war with racketeers and corrupt unions in another tale torn from the headlines, in 1932's timely crimeland epic: "The Mobsmen On The Spot"!
The Shadow crushes the conniving schemes of perhaps his first bona fide 'supervillain' in his 8th pulp adventure: THE BLACK MASTER!
Then, The Shadow and Margot get to the bottom of a murder plot involving a hypnotist and phony spiritual mediums in the 1947 radio adventure Séance With Death!
The Shadowcast is joined by venerated pulp historian WILL MURRAY, author of the recent Shadow bookumentary 'Master of Mystery: The Rise of The Shadow'. We discuss his history with the pulp reprints, association with Walter Gibson, and everything in-between!
Then, we continue our reviews of classic pulps when The Shadow tackles a secret society of prominent criminal conspirators in THE SILENT SEVEN!
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We continue our review of The Shadow pulps with the deathtrap-laden classic: THE DEATH TOWER, and review 'Walter B. Gibson and The Shadow', a biography of the Dark Avenger's mysterious creator!
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In today's Shadowcast: James Patterson reboots 'The Shadow' with the elegance of a quadriplegic ballerina.
The Shadow turns 90 years old and hasn't aged a day!
To prove it, we review two CLASSICS, published 50 years apart:
1931's seminal gangland epic, 'GANGDOM'S DOOM', where The Shadow brings Al Capone to justice... and 1989's comic classic 'Gangland DOOMED', where he returns to Chicago to eliminate the aftermath.
The Shadow battles The Bolsheviks in 'The Red Menace' and averts mutual nuclear annihilation in 'Midnight in Moscow' on today's edition of The Shadowcast!
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The inaugural Shadow trilogy concludes with climactic chapter "The Shadow Laughs!" in December's edition of The Shadowcast! A dark, mysterious work in which The Shadow's signature twin .45 automatics make their debut, and Lamont Cranston... meets "Lamont Cranston"!
A true classic you'll need to hear to believe.
We conclude with a bit of disquieting news about Condé Nast's incoming Shadow relaunch, and wash the bitter taste out of our mouths with one of the greatest Mystery Horror masterpieces ever aired, 1940's "The Laughing Corpse", featuring a series of serial murders where people laugh themselves to death and die with a morbid grin.
(You're welcome, Joker!)
The Shadowcast has returned from its off-season hiatus with an all-new season: "The Pulp Avenger!" Wherein we will review pulp novels from the early years of The Shadow's existence. Beginning with a brief overview of "The Living Shadow" (already covered in episode 1 here: https://castbox.fm/episode/The-Shadowcast-1---THE-LIVING-SHADOW-id2479131-id205899947?country=us ) and finally a full review of sophomore Shadow novelette, "THE EYES OF THE SHADOW"!
Then, we mourn the passing of Walter B. Gibson's friend and fellow magician, James Randi (R.I.P.) and review the 2014 Dynamite comic "The Shadow: DEATH FACTORY!"
News both great and terrible on today's very special Shadowcast!
Link to story:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2020/07/16/james-patterson-reviving-30s-era-crimefighter-the-shadow-for-new-novels-films/#5262fe856232
The first season of The Shadowcast ends with yet another fine first in the history of The Shadow: His very first proper 'origin' story!
And The Shadowcast pays tribute to a fallen legend, the late Denny O'Neil.
In episode 6 of The Shadowcast, we review the legendary Denny O'Neill & Mike Kaluta DC Comics Shadow series form 1973... and discuss what the new Doc Savage TV Series may mean for The Dark Avenger!
The Shadowcast explores the very first supervillain: Rodil Mocquino, a.k.a. 'The Voodoo Master'! When the voodoo madman and his cult puts The Dark Avenger out of action, it is up to his agents, and a wounded Shadow, to uncover his hidden lair and rescue his brainwashed victims!
The Shadowcast explores the Birth of a Dark Legend on Film, with The Shadow's first feature length appearance in 1937's THE SHADOW STRIKES! And discuss Orson Welles' debut as The Dark Avenger in his Shadow radio drama debut: DEATH HOUSE RESCUE!
In this week's Shadowcast, we review 'LINGO', the 1935 pulp story that introduced The Shadow's 'yellow, bat-shaped boomerangs', which a certain caped crusader would steal some years later. We also review a 1944 Radio episode starring Bret Morrison: "Death to The Shadow".
From the mists of mystery re-emerges The Shadowcast!
In our continuing exploration of The Birth of a Dark Legend, we discuss two other prominent firsts: The Shadow's first-ever crossover with THE GREEN HORNET in DARK KNIGHTS (2013) and his first encounter with BATMAN in BATMAN #253!
From the mists of mystery emerges The Shadowcast! The only podcast devoted to The Dark Avenger of pulps, films, comics and more: THE SHADOW!
In this first episode, we explore the origins of the Dark Avenger with the very first pulp story: THE LIVING SHADOW, and review The Knight of Darkness's first film appearance in the rare 1931 DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE Film Shorts!