The concept of a living shadow is deconstructed — when the Shadow becomes the king and orders its former master beheaded, it loses its own head. Its henchmen are forced to resurrect the writer but the Shadow is nevertheless exposed and dethroned.

Millionaire Geoffrey Laidlow is killed for his hidden jewels; the rest of the story involves searching for Laidlow's killer, and the killer searching for the jewels, to be fenced with the Chinatown mastermind. In the end, the criminal mastermind's lawyer Ezekiel Bingham, is …

Aug 23, 2022 · In this celebrated tale, a decent young man named Harry Vincent is about to end his life over failed business ventures and the loss of his girl, when a mysterious figure in a dark limousine plucks him from the jaws of death and offers him a second chance to make good as a member of a secret network of crime-fighters.

See the list of every character that can be found on the The Shadow Wiki. With over a hundred characters populating The Shadow pulp novels , comics and radio shows , this database has the most complete listing in existence.

A shadow person (also known as a shadow figure or black mass) is the perception of shadow as a living species, humanoid figure, sometimes interpreted as the presence of a spirit or other entity by believers in the paranormal or supernatural.

In poetry and literature, a shade (translating Greek σκιά, [1] Latin umbra[2]) is the spirit or ghost of a dead person, residing in the underworld. An underworld where the dead live in shadow was common to beliefs in the ancient Near East.

Sub-power of Darkness Manipulation. The user can transform their and/or other's shadows into living beings.

First published in April 1931, The Living Shadow details the first literary production of The Shadow, heroic archetype for numerous pulp- and super-hero characters to come throughout the next century.

As an archetype, a shadow being is a shadow spirit made of darkness/shadow as a living, humanoid figure, and interpreted as the presence of a spirit/ghost or other entity by believers in the paranormal or supernatural.

Living shadows were types of species, such as Elemental Shades were a species that was a type of Living shadow. (TV: Love & Monsters [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 2 (BBC One, 2006).)