The Eyes of the Shadow

July 1, 1931

The basic plot is about six guys who are going to share in a fortune. The slight problem is that they are being killed off one by one. One of the main characters is Bruce Duncan who returns from Japan to live in his uncle's house. Bruce has to take care of the division of the money, but before he can do that the information he needs is stolen.

The Shadow himself shows his ability at disguises. This ties in to the idea that some readers have that the Shadow's real face was severely damaged somehow, probably during World War I, and that he is an expert at making up his face to look like it is real and normal.

The Shadow uses the Lamont Cranston identity for the first time in this book. Harry Vincent, Burbank and Claude Fellows are also in the book. There's also the Black Ship, which is an underworld saloon. The Shadow also shows his technical advances by using a short-wave radio (used many times in the radio programs) and something vaguely like a television. He also uses his fading ink.

I really prefer the pulp cover to the paperback cover that was released later.

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