He's Coming...

...to theaters this Friday!

But, before that, we're doing a special four-day presentation of his origin (and only Golden Age appearance)...and his Bronze Age revival!
Be Here Tomorrow!!!
(because you really don't want to piss him off!)

After You Go See THE BATMAN...

...you might want to check out these rarely-seen, amazingly-kool earlier versions of the Caped Crusader...

Batman vs 3 Villains of Doom!

...plus numerous other never-reprinted tales...
The Batman Meets The Shadow!

The Batman Meets The Shadow...Again!

Batman Meets Jerry Lewis!

Batman Returns to Being The Batman!

(Technically, this has been reprinted...but only in black-and-white!)

THE SHADOW "Who He Is and How He Came to Be!" Chapter 8

 

To Be Continued...?

Radio Comics' The Shadow was canceled as of this issue (#8 [1965]).

Whatever conclusion the anonymous writer had in mind will never be revealed.

In the early 1980s, I worked for JC Comics (which was based at the Archie Comics offices) and also assisted on a couple of the Red Circle superhero comics as needed.

I enquired of editor Victor Gorlick, whose career at Archie spanned decades, from the Golden Age up to his retirement in the early 2010s, if there was any unpublished Shadow material.

He said there once was, but it had "disappeared", and he didn't remember who had written the text pieces!

Perhaps only The Shadow Knows...

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THE SHADOW "Who He Is and How He Came to Be!" Chapter 7

To Be Continued

TOMORROW

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The Shadow

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THE SHADOW "Who He Is and How He Came to Be!" Chapter 6

To Be Continued

TOMORROW

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The Shadow

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THE SHADOW "Who He Is and How He Came to Be!" Chapter 5

To Be Continued

MONDAY

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The Shadow

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THE SHADOW "Who He Is and How He Came to Be!" Chapter 4

To Be Continued

TOMORROW

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THE SHADOW "Who He Is and How He Came to Be!" Chapter 3

To Be Continued

TOMORROW

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THE SHADOW "Who He Is and How He Came to Be!" Chapter 2

To Be Continued

TOMORROW

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THE SHADOW "Who He Is and How He Came to Be" Chapter 1

With the most extensive revamp/reboot to the character since the 1960s Radio Comics version...

...by James Patterson and Brian Sitts (now in bookstores and at Amazon)...

...we hereby present the updated (as of the Silver Age) origin/reboot of He Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men from Radio Comics The Shadow, beginning with this entry from #1 (1964)...

To Be Continued

TOMORROW

This ongoing text feature ran through the entire Radio Comics series (1964-1965).

The writer is unknown, but it might have been either Robert Bernstein (who wrote the first couple of issues of the comic, before it became a "campy" costumed superhero title under writer Jerry (Superman) Siegel...

...or Denys Lynds who scripted the updated, superspy-style Shadow novels being published simultaneously by Belmont Books...

...or somebody entirely different!

Only the Shadow Knows!

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Origin PEACEMAKER Part 2 "Hostage"

He's the Man Who Loves Peace So Much, He'll Fight for It!

Though described by actor John Cena (who portrays him in the new movie The Suicide Squad and upcoming HBOMax mini-series The Peacemaker) as a "douchebag Captain America", the original version was actually far less, well, "douchey"!

We Have Already Seen...

Diplomat Christopher Smith engages Nora O'Rourke (a woman who is not what she seems) as his new secretary.

As he familiarizes her with her new duties, Smith also deals with several deadly threats against himself and associates (including O'Rourke) while explaining exactly what his mission entails!

He's surprised to discover she has figured out that he and the hero known as "PeaceMaker" are one and the same!

Of course, it's at that moment that a jet fighter launches a missile directly at his headquarters...

Sadly, the book ended with the next issue.

In the 1980s. after Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC revived and revamped the Charlton "Action Heroes" and integrated them into the DC Universe, giving a couple of them their own ongoing comics and making them Justice League members!

Peacemaker received a mini-series which revamped him into the schmuck John Cena is brilliantly-playing in The Suicide Squad!

Trivia: Though DC has reprinted the Peacemaker's fellow Silver Age heroes' (Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, Question) strips  in their Silver Age Archives hardcovers, Christopher Smith's Silver and Bronze Age solo adventures have never been reprinted!

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Half-Baked Heroes from Comics History

....which, ironically, includes PeaceMaker!

PEACEMAKER "Origin" Part 1

He's the Man Who Loves Peace So Much, He'll Fight for It!

Though described by actor John Cena (who portrays him in the new movie The Suicide Squad and upcoming HBOMax mini-series The Peacemaker) as a "douchebag Captain America", the original version was actually far less, well, "douchey"...

To Be Concluded

TOMORROW

The character's co-creators, writer Joe Gill and artist Pat Boyette produced all the Silver Age stories featuring him, including this one from Charlton's Peacemaker #4 (1967)!
Despite his prominence in both the new Suicide Squad movie and the upcoming PeaceMaker HBOMax tv series, DC has not reprinted any of his Silver Age tales from Charlton nor his Bronze Age mini-series from DC in any format!

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Half-Baked Heroes from Comics History
(which, ironically, includes The PeaceMaker!)