Shadow Comics
#v2#11 [23]
(February 1943)
Street and Smith,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-12-24
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Street & Smith Publications Inc.
- Editing
- William DeGrouchy
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 1.
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The Shadow versus Devil Kyoti [Part 1]
The Shadow / comic story / 18 pages
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- The Shadow [Lamont Cranston]; Moe Shrevnitz; Jerry Craig (introduction); Devil Kyoti (villain, introduction); Black Dragon (villain, introduction); Shinto Wizards (villains, introduction for all)
[For the First Time, the Shadow, as He Appears in Radio, Presented in the Comics]
The Shadow / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- William Johnstone (portrayer of the Shadow on radio); Frank Readick, Jr. (voice of the Shadow in the introductions to radio show); Marjorie Anderson (voice of Margo Lane on the radio show); Orson Welles (portrayer of the Shadow on radio)
Indexer Notes
A feature on the Shadow radio show.
Readick, in the introductions, recited: "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!"
You'll Die Laughing
Danny Garrett / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Danny Garrett; The Clown (villain, introduction)
Battle for the Jungle Throne
Beebo / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Beebo; Fleet (horse); Cheeta (monkey); Rega (lion); Wapun (python); Raeg (lion)
- Synopsis
- Beebo is forced to defend himself against Rega, the king of the jungle, and manages to kill him. Beebo proclaims himself king. He, Fleet, and Cheeta are soon attacked by Wapun the python and they have a terrific battle, interrupted by Raeg, Rega's son, looking for vengeance. Wapun manages to kill Raeg and declares himself king. Beebo challenges Wapun.
The Human Zoo
The Hooded Wasp / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Hooded Wasp [Bob]; Wasplet [Jim Martin]; Babe (introduction); Dr. Zandricks (villain, introduction, death); Zandrick's animal men (villains, introduction for all, some die)
- Synopsis
- While out of a date, Wasplet's girl is kidnapped by a mysterious cat-like creature and taken to the laboratory of Dr. Zandricks, who injects her with a serum he has created that can turn people into animals. But when the Wasp makes an ally of a "beaver-man," the creatures that hate the doctor turn on him and kill him.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Babe appears in most stories after this introductory appearance.
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Devil Kyoti the unspeakable menace of Japan threatens the Shadow"]
The Shadow -
1.
The Shadow versus Devil Kyoti [Part 1]
The Shadow -
2.
[For the First Time, the Shadow, as He Appears in Radio, Presented in the Comics]
The Shadow -
3.
You'll Die Laughing
Danny Garrett -
4.
Invisible Death
Nick Carter -
5.
Battle for the Jungle Throne
Beebo -
6.
The Human Zoo
The Hooded Wasp -
7.
The Hand of the Shadow
The Shadow -
8.
Who Is Devil Kyoti?
This issue was modified by, among others
- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
- Glenn MacKay
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Steven Rowe
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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