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Issue: Shadow Comics #5 (v2#4) [16]
Publication Date: May 1942
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Issues: #5 (v2#4) [16] of 101 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagStreet and Smith
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Street & Smith Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/27/1942
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Shadow [Lamont Cranston]
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): The Shadow [Lamont Cranston]; Shiwan Khan (villain, introduction); Margo Lane; Moe Shrevnitz; Commissioner Weston
First Line: I am Shiwan Khan, the Golden Master
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Reprint Notes: from The Shadow daily (Ledger Syndicate) 1941-04-21 - 1941-07-26 [The story: The Shadow vs. Shiwan Khan.]
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: This story was adapted from the pulp story "The Golden Master" by Walter Gibson [as Maxwell Grant] appeared in The Shadow (Street and Smith, 1937 series) v31#2 (September 15, 1939).

The writer's credit was originally given as Otto Binder.
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The Missing Four Months

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Danny Garrett
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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And Here's News of the Comics

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: An article on William DeGrouchy's speech about comics mentioned that Walter Gibson, Jack Binder, and Robert McCay were in attendance. There is another item on The Shadow radio program noting that members of Orson Wells' Mercury Theatre are currently involved. And a third advertises a Street and Smith 64 page publication, How to Draw for the Comics"(1942 series).
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Supersnipe
Character(s): Supersnipe [Koppy McFad]; Emma McFad (Supersnipe's mother)
First Line: And so, the cause of freedom was served
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Pages: 4
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The Summons of King Morpheus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, fantasy, humorous
Feature(s): Little Nemo
Character(s): Little Nemo; King Morpheus; the Princess; Mr. Presto; Prof. Figgers; Flip; Impie; Peppy
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Pages: 13
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The Adventure of the Mayan Museum

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): The Shadow [Lamont Cranston]; Xitli [Eugene Brendle] (introduction, death); Margo Lane
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: This story was adapted from the pulp story "Xitli, God of Fire" by Walter Gibson [as Maxwell Grant] which appeared in The Shadow (Street and Smith, 1937 series) v36#1 (211) (December 1940).
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Jad Wallace

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Air Warden Cadets
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Pages: 3

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