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NEW THE SHADOW ONGOING BY SI SPURRIER 2017-05-25 08:35:25 Post No. 92694401
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>This summer, Dynamite Entertainment and Condé Nast will welcome readers back into the know with the launch of theirlatest incarnation of the classic pulp character the Shadow, in The Shadow: Leviathan. Launching in August, the comic-book series will feature writer Si Spurrier (X-Force, X-Men: Legacy, Judge Dredd) and artist Daniel HDR (Superman, Cyborg), who will bring the pulp icon into modern day in a tale full of deadly intrigue, gun-blazing action, and a study of the nature of evil!
>For the better part of a century, the Shadow’s sinister laughter brought the chill of fear to evil-doers – but in our modern times, the streets of Manhattan have gone largely silent. But he is not forgotten. Not by the people he’s saved. Mary Jerez, is one of those people. The Shadow saved her from a horrifying school shooting – Mary knows all too well what evil lurks in the hearts of men. So when a horribly burnt man – incredibly strong and fierce, despite these terrible injuries- arrives under her care as a resident at the hospital – she believes she knows who he is, too. Is this mysterious man actually the Shadow – and with Mary’s help, will evil-doers again know what it means to fear his terrible justice?
>Writer Si Spurrier says, “For me – and I suspect for most comics creators – The Shadow is an irresistible property. The hat and scarf, the cold eyes and colder laugh, the wisp of cordite and the flourish of a cape: all plucked wholesale from the noir pulps and radio plays of the 1930’s. You don’t say “no” to a true primogenitor like that. On the taxonomical chart of Western comics he’s a common ancestor for a sizeable chunk of the marketplace. Every street vigilante, every masked crime-fighter, every necessary monster: he’s in the DNA of them all. A living fossil, a coelacanth or goblin-shark for the comics world, swimming in waters of ice and ink. And like all perfectly engineered things he endures – he flourishes – amidst newer, cockier, less perfect specimens.
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>Spurrier added, “What I most love about the Shadow is, like all good legends, he tells us even more about the present than the past. In this new story I’m dragging the legend into the modern world, with all its melting-pot problems and changing attitudes. This isn’t the world the Shadow was born into, with its pinstripe gangsters and mystic monsters (although we’ll be visiting that one too). Instead our main story unravels in a world of corruptions and petty politics, prejudices and hate. A world with a frightening new regime taking control. A world where true power lies not with those who hold the reins, but with those who control the story. How can two guns and a devil’s stare fight the 21st Century? I couldn’t be prouder to be telling this tale. With the exceptional Daniel HDR by my side, The Shadow: Leviathan is a smart, slick, brutal takedown of today, with nothing less than a living idea holding its finger to the trigger.”
http://www.geekedoutnation.com/dynamite-and-conde-nast-announce-the-shadow-leviathan/
https://previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN171462
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The radio show turned me off from him, as did that crossover comic. He was way too OP.
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>>92694401
just when I was out, you pulled me back in
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>>92694401
>incredibly strong and fierce, despite these terrible injuries- arrives under her care as a resident at the hospital – she believes she knows who he is, too. Is this mysterious man actually the Shadow
Nah, it's Darkman.
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>>92694401
I would have preferred Wagner, but Spurrier has a pretty good track record. Should be good unless he pulls an Ennis.
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>>92694401
Wonder if it will be a 100% reboot or if it will be part of Dynamite's other Shadow books?
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>>92695273
A lot of the books don't connect with each other in the first place. Like for instance Michael Uslan's doing his own thing with Lone Ranger/Shadow and Justice Inc and Lone Ranger/Green Hornet, and Wagner's Shadow Year One and Death of Margo Lane are its own universe while Chaykin did a miniseries that's set in the universe his 80's comic was, and there was someone else who wrote a Shadow comic taking place in the 21st century but using the Chaykin series as backstory.
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I've never read The Shadow, is he anything like The Spirit?
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>>92695702
Go listen to the original radio broadcasts.
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>The Shadow saved her from a horrifying school shooting
>Instead our main story unravels in a world of corruptions and petty politics, prejudices and hate. A world with a frightening new regime taking control
>A world where true power lies not with those who hold the reins, but with those who control the story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlJuxpeTats
Jesus fucking Christ they are turning The Shadow into a social justice anti trump mouthpiece...
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God fucking damn it dynamite...
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>>92694531
>that episode where he tricks a guy into running over his own partner
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>>92696080
He's a mixed bag but he's one of the few creative voices left in american mainstream comics. He's also hit and miss, can be really great or really shit. His dialogue in particular can sometimes be very annoying and meme-y.
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>>92694401
oh shit! Dis gunna be gud
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>>92695895
I mean, I'm not arguing that isn't the intent, but you could draw comparisons between ANY corrupt politician character nowadays.
Like, if you create any kind of cartoonishly evil politician or CEO type character, there's going to be a certain amount of overlap regardless of intent. Like you'd have actively work to avoid it for it not to happen.
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>The Shadow revival
>Writer is heavy into politics
I get the nature of The Shadow doesn't fit the present. He's basically the Batman without being in the DC universe, and they're trying to make him different from Batsy. But surely there must be a better way than injecting merely politics, which Spurrier seems inclined to choose. I'd prefer to see Lamont Cranston deal with crimes centered on emerging technology, modern day gangsters (they're still around, just less visible) and destabilized governments. Basically the new Flinstones comics, but with crime and less snark.
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