The weed of crime which once grew madly in the rich soil of the Great Depression is now withering on the streets of New York A new factory has sprung up among the shuttered sweatshops sweeping the city&s most notorious criminals & desperate lowlifes into its employ When The Shadow&s loyal operative Jericho Druke infiltrates the works he finds it run by a fascist technocratic madman bent on fomenting the racial tensions that threaten to shatter the United States The Shadow & his team must destroy this Factory of Death before its lethal product poisons a nation ...

No new knowledge is required or acquired Ray No transcendental experience or higher consciousness needs to be achieved When the recognition of what you are is seen nothing at all happens Why would it? You simply find yourself as you already are After many years spent searching for the secret to peace happiness & unconditional freedom a chance encounter on the ghats of the sacred River Ganges heralds the end of Ray Brooks' s spiritual journey Interspersed between humorous & uplifting stories of life in Rishikesh India are nine thought-provoking conversations between Ray & an unassuming yet extraordinary Anglo-Indian man Ray' s long-held spiritual beliefs are exposed & challenged allowing him to see that his quest for wholeness has been a futile path just like a shadow that seeks the sun This book offers no promises or systems of belief Instead it clearly points to something that is ever-present yet completely overlooked the ordinariness & beauty of our natural state of being & it is only after we acknowledge that simple yet profound truth that our spiritual search will be complete ...

Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows! It's 1938 & The Shadow returns in a tale of blazing action & deadly intrigue as a night of carnage on the New York waterfront plunges the mysterious vigilante into a conspiracy involving the fate of the world itself As storm clouds gather across the globe American Military Intelligence meets with a certain Lamont Cranston determined to beat a host of spies & assassins to the greatest prize of all but what that might be only the Shadow knows Collecting the first six issues of the hit series written by Garth Ennis & drawn by Aaron Campbell featuring a complete cover gallery with art by Alex Ross Jae Lee John Cassaday Ryan Sook Howard Chaykin & more ...

The Shadow has always known what evil lurks in the hearts of men until now! When his mystic powers fail the original masked crime-fighter travels the globe alongside his sidekick WWI ace pilot Miles Crofton on a bloody search for answers From Nepal where the Shadow's efforts to reconnect with his spiritual masters leads to a confrontation with opium smugglers they travel to the frontlines of the Spanish Civil War in pursuit of arms dealers & a would-be dictator Who is the maniacal El Rey who plots to rise from the debris of war as his battle-ravaged nation's supreme ruler? & how will the Shadow dispense justice when he discovers that a former flame is El Rey's brutal enforcer the Black Sparrow? Hard-boiled crime novelist Victor Gischler raises the definitive pulp hero to new heights of crime noir glory! Collects the complete six-issue comic book storyline from The Shadow 7-12 Bonus material

Includes:: an extensive cover gallery featuring an all-star assembly of Eisner Award-winning artists such as Alex Ross Francesco Francavilla John Cassaday & Darwyn Cooke plus Tim Bradstreet Michael Golden Jack Herbert & Sean Chen

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The Shadow the mysterious crime-fighter who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men is on the hunt for a serial murderer in the darkened streets of New York At each crime scene eyewitnesses have spotted the spectral figure of a woman in white But what is the connection between these killings & the shining blade-wielding woman known only as The Light? The Shadow must unravel the mystery before the killer strikes again! ...

The Shadow has enjoyed nearly a century of enduring popularity as the first & greatest hero from the golden age of pulp magazines Here for the first time is unveiled the origin story of how the Master of Men returned to America following his many adventures abroad in the aftermath of World War I How did Lamont Cranston launch his legendary crusade against crime assemble his vast network of covert operatives & meet his lover & companion Margo Lane?A treat for longtime Shadow fans & a perfect introduction to the character for a whole new generation of readers Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of men? The Shadow Knows! Collects the complete ten-issue storyline (1-10) from The Shadow Year One including a pin-up gallery of over 50 comic book covers (by top-tier artistic talent including Alex Ross Matt Wagner Jason Alexander Howard Chaykin & more) plus the complete script to the first chapter ...

The World&s Greatest Mystery The World&s Greatest Detective They can barely stand each other so how will they possibly deal with the World&s Greatest Evil? What legacy can two of the world&s most enduring icons of justice leave once they discover an ancient evil has been living inside the world they protect for centuries Can Batman & the Shadow save the world without destroying it in the process? Writer Steve Orlando (Batman The Shadow Justice League of America) & artist by Giovanni Timpano (The Shadow Transformers) unite to tell an instantly classic tale of noir mortality & generational heroes & villains ...

The laugh had vanished mocking sinister laugh that signaled doom for the petty souls whose wrongdoing stained the world It was gone lost in the night that echoed it Now one by one his friends & operatives are being ruthlessly murdered Someone is trying to draw him out Thirty-five years later it is time for him to return The laugh is here again The Shadow is back! God help the guilty! Written & illustrated by legendary award-winning comic book creator Howard Chaykin The Shadow Blood & Judgment is collected for the first time since 1991! Chaykin's dynamic visceral style adds a new dimension to The Shadow of the 1980's! ...

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 & fierce despite his 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 – & with Mary’s help will evil-doers again know what it means to fear his terrible justicesi Spurrier (X-Force X-Men Legacy Judge Dredd) & Daniel HDR (Superman Cyborg) bring the pulp icon into modern day in a tale full of deadly intrigue gun-blazing action & a study of the nature of evil! ...

Legendary creator Matt Wagner returns to both write & draw an all-new tale for the first & most famous of all pulp heroes The Shadow! Following his critically-acclaimed work on The Shadow Year One & Grendel vs The Shadow Wagner once again lends his masterful talents to unveil "what evil lurks in the hearts of men" joined by talented colorist Brennan Wagner For years Margo Lane has served as The Shadow&s faithful friend & companion the closest & most intimate of all his many agents But when will that proximity to The Shadow&s dark & violent world take its ultimate toll on her? & what effect will his lover&s loss have on the driven & brooding Master of Darkness? A powerful & resonant tale in the sort of pulse-pounding pulp style that only Matt Wagner could deliver! ...