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The weed of crime bears bitter fruit! Just one of the heartwarming life lessons routinely dispensed by hawk-nosed pulp era avenger The Shadow. The creation of writer and magician Walter B Gibson (also Houdini's ghostwriter), the self-styled Master Of Men was voiced by none other than Orson Welles in a phenomenally popular radio show. Here's a splendidly spooky cover from 1942.
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Nick Setchfield is the Editor-at-Large for SFX Magazine, writing features, reviews, interviews, and more for the monthly issues. However, he is also a freelance journalist and author with Titan Books. His original novels are called The War in the Dark, and The Spider Dance. He's also written a book on James Bond called Mission Statements.
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