The year was 1930. To boost sales of their Detective Story Magazine, pulp publishers Street and Smith decided to sponsor a radio program where an announcer read stories from the magazine.

Rather than referring to him as "the guy who reads the stories," a man at Street and Smith's ad agency suggested naming him The Shadow.

Soon customers began asking for a pulp magazine of that name.

No such magazine existed at the time -- but Street and Smith knew an opportunity when they saw one, and quickly decided to created just such a title.

In time The Master of Darkness recruited numerous agents, among them the mysterious Burbank.

Little is known about Burbank, other than the fact that he is an "old friend" of the Master of Darkness, and that his mission is to facilitate communication among agents.



The Shadow copyright Advance magazine Publishers, Inc./ The Condé Nast Pubs.

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26-Atom Man
25-The Octopus
24-Tollin Reprints
23-Spanish Pulps
22-Earl Mayan
21-Lobby Cards
20-Jim Steranko 2
19-Jim Steranko 1
18-King of all media
17-Tom Lovell
16-Spines
15-Art Gallery
14-Psychic Sciences
13-Frank Eisgruber
12-Frank Hamilton
11-Frank Readick
10-James Bama
9-Berni Wrightson
8-Magic by Gibson
7-James LaCurto
6-Meet Max Payne
5-Shadow Solutions
4-Shadow Clews
3-Another Clew
2-Cover Story
1-First Report
0-The Dial B Rebus

Pictured in logo: Burbank by Mike Kaluta © DC Comics, Inc., Burbank from "The Shadow" (1991 film). The Shadow © Advance magazine Publishers, Inc./ The Condé Nast Pubs. Inc.


REPORT 26 - TOP TEN SERIAL VILLAINS
VILLAIN NUMBER NINE
ATOM MAN!
ATOM MAN DEBUTED IN THIS 1950 SERIAL...
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ATOM MAN IN HIS HIDDEN LAIR, SURROUNDED BY GADGETS!
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ATOM MAN KIDNAPS JIMMY OLSEN TO GET PUBLICITY!
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THE ATOMIC MENACE CONFRONTS SUPERMAN'S PAL!
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"TELL SUPERMAN NOT TO INTERFERE WITH ME!"
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OLSEN IS TELEPORTED BACK TO THE DAILY PLANET!
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YIKES! IT'S AN UPSIDE DOWN JUG WITH GLITTER ON IT!
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MAN OF STEEL VS. MAN OF THE ATOM -- AND I DON'T MEAN SOLAR!
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ATOM MAN'S DEVICE FAILS TO STOP SUPERMAN!
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ATOM MAN UNMASKED! HE'S REALLY SUPES' ARCH-ENEMY, LEX LUTHOR!
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THE END!

SERIAL VILLAIN(S) NUMBER EIGHT
MAREX and NARAB!