As a long-time fan of the short-lived series The Shadow by Howard Chaykin and later, Andy Helfer and Kyle Baker, it is great news to me that US publisher Dynamite are reprinting the four-part series, Blood and Judgement, by Howard Chaykin. This was the one which brought The Shadow up-to-date into the (then) 20th century. It was a great, self-contained series that paved the way for the ongoing series by Helfer and Baker (the first six issues were a tour-de-froce from Bill Sienkiewicz). It was very violent, satirical, bonkers and entertaining but came to a sudden end just as The Shadow (literally) lost his head and gained a robot body (I did say it was bonkers). I believe the owners pulled the publishing rights, presumably boggle-eyed at what was happening to their pulp fiction property. Alas the promised DC special to round the story off never came.
The fact that Dynamite are publishing Chaykin's revamped version and not one of the multitude of 1930's-set pulp series is a good sign that maybe, just maybe, we might see a day where the series is properly concluded. Either way, Dynamite have a good track record of taking licensed properties (The Lone Ranger, The Bionic Man and suchlike) so it will be interesting to see where they take their new addition.
The Shadow is back...God help the guilty!
The fact that Dynamite are publishing Chaykin's revamped version and not one of the multitude of 1930's-set pulp series is a good sign that maybe, just maybe, we might see a day where the series is properly concluded. Either way, Dynamite have a good track record of taking licensed properties (The Lone Ranger, The Bionic Man and suchlike) so it will be interesting to see where they take their new addition.
The Shadow is back...God help the guilty!
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