The shadow

Alec Baldwin as "The Shadow"

Will Murray's new Doc Savage novel The Sinister Shadow (reviewed HERE), put me in such a Shadowy mood that I decided it was time to finally take a look at The Shadow Unmasks. That story, from the first August, 1937 issue of The Shadow's mag, was finally reprinted in 2008, paired with the tale that followed two weeks later, The Yellow Band. Figuring this would be a special story, I'd been saving it until I was in just the right mood. But while I was right about being in the mood, I was wrong…

Walter B. Gibson '20 wrote hundreds of books about "The Shadow" under the pseudonym Maxwell Grant. The character eventually evolved into a comic book icon.

A shadowed figure shrouded in swirling black mist, eyes glowing an eerie red, performs a ritualistic dance. A ghostly apparition rises from the ground, its form flickering and distorted, reaching out with skeletal fingers. The air crackles with arcane energy, casting long, ominous shadows on the desolate landscape.

Personal Experience One day when my sister and I were very young, we were playing at our grandparents' house. We were 'walking' our dolls across the hallway into one of the bedrooms and back. When it was my sister's turn, she walked through the...

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The Devil card gives people the creeps. It doesn't mean demonic forces are in play, but it does mean you need to consider your lesser self. You need to address your flaws and cut the cord between you and the attachments that are holding you back.