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First
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Last
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Number
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The Shadow is a collection of serialized dramas, originally on
1930s radio and then in a wide variety of media, that follow the exploits of fictional vigilante The Shadow.
One of the
most famous pulp
heroes of the 20th century, The Shadow has been featured in comic books, comic strips, television, video games, and at least five motion pictures. The radio drama is well-remembered
for those episodes voiced by Orson Welles.
Introduced as a mysterious radio narrator by David Chrisman, William Sweets,
and Harry Engman Charlot for Street and Smith Publications,
The Shadow was fully developed and transformed into a pop culture icon by
legendary pulp writer Walter B. Gibson.
The Shadow debuted on July 31, 1930, as the mysterious narrator of the Street
& Smith radio program Detective Story Hour. After
gaining popularity among the show's listeners, the narrator became the star of
The Shadow Magazine on April 1, 1931; a pulp series created and primarily written by the
prolific Gibson.
As the years passed, the character evolved. On September 26, 1937, The Shadow radio drama officially
premiered with the story "The Deathhouse Rescue" and imbued the character with
"the power to cloud men's minds so they cannot see him." The Shadow did not
truly have the ability to become optically invisible, and could be detected by photoelectric
beams and other mindless devices. Rather, the minds of his opponents simply
overlooked him due to his psychic influence, even if they knew he was in the
room.
Even after decades, the unmistakable introduction from The Shadow
radio program, originally intoned by actor Frank Readick Jr., has earned a place
in the American idiom: "Who knows what evil lurks in the
hearts of men? The Shadow knows...Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh-heh-heh...!" These words
were accompanied by a haunting theme song, Le Rouet d'Omphale {"Spinning
Wheel"}, composed by Saint-Saëns. At the end of each
episode, 'The Shadow' reminded listeners, "The weed of crime bears bitter fruit.
Crime does not pay...The Shadow knows....heh-heh-heh-heh-heh-heh!"
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