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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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A DEFINITIVE TIMELINE FOR THE MASTER OF DARKNESS
CHRONOLOGY OF SHADOWS by RICK LAI!
The Shadow, who first appeared on radio in the thirties, has now been crushing crime for nearly EIGHT DECADES. In 1994, Shadowfan Supreme Rick Lai undertook the massive task of organizing ALL of The Shadow's adventure chronologically, and published the results in a wonderful book called "Chronology of Shadows." For today's report, we're going to reprint Lai's master Shadow timeline, illustrated by a few artists long associated with the Master of Darkness. Who knows, there may even be a secret message to all agents of The Shadow! Off we go!
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"THE DARK EAGLE" by FRANK HAMILTON
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"KENT ALLARD, SUPERSPY" by EDD CARTIER
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"MASTER SABOTEUR" by ED BARRETO
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"THE SHADOW" by GEORGE ROZEN
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"SECRET MESSAGES" by GEORGE ROZEN
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It's no SECRET that "The Shadow Knows!" An urgent MESSAGE sends The Master Of Darkness on a mission TO make war upon ALL who transgress the law. Back by a core of loyal AGENTS,
such as Harry Vincent and Margo Lane, THE Shadow PRIZES justice above all else. HAVE criminals ever seen The Dark Avenger's face? Only one, and he has never BEEN heard from since. The Shadow SENT him to kingdom come! Crime does not pay!
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WALTER GIBSON: A LIFE IN PICTURES
PLUS
THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS!
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