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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.
Columbia has acquired the screen rights to "The Shadow," for a big-screen adaptation to be produced by Raimi and Josh Donen. Michael Uslan is also producing.
Siavash Farahani will write the screenplay. Farahani's credits include "Max Payne," a video game adaptation for 20th Century Fox.
This movie has long been a dream project for Raimi.
"I've been a passionate fan ever since I was a kid and have long dreamed of bringing this character to the screen," Raimi says.
The Shadow copyright Advance magazine Publishers, Inc./ The Condé Nast Pubs.
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