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Issue: Shadow Comics #4 [16]
Publication Date: May 1942
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Issues: #4 [16] of 101 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagStreet and Smith
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Street & Smith Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/27/1942
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): William DeGrouchy
Disclose Notes: Indicia incorrectly labels this as vol 2 no 5, but the cover correctly has it as vol 2 no 4.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2. There are two entries in the Catalog of Copyright Entries of Vol. 2 #5: one with a publication date of May 1942 and one with a publication date of July 1942.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Vernon Greene [as V V G] (signed)
Inker(s): Vernon Greene [as V V G] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Shadow
Character(s): Shadow [Lamont Cranston]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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I Am Shiwan Khan, the Golden Master

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Gibson [as Maxwell Grant] (credited)
Penciller(s): Vernon Greene [as Vernon V. Greene] (signed)
Inker(s): Vernon Greene [as Vernon V. Greene] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Shadow
Character(s): The Shadow [Lamont Cranston]; Shiwan Khan (villain, introduction); Margo Lane; Moe Shrevnitz; Commissioner Weston
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from The Shadow daily (Ledger Syndicate) 1941-04-21 - 1941-07-26 [story: The Shadow Vs. Shiwan Khan]
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: adapted from _The Golden Master_ by Walter Gibson [Maxwell Grant]. Writer credit originally listed as "Otto Binder".
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The Missing Four Months

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Formes ?
Penciller(s): Pete Riss
Inker(s): Pete Riss
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Danny Garrett
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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And Here's News of the Comics

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William DeGrouchy ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: feature on William DeGrouchy's speech about comics; mentions Walter Gibson, Jack Binder, and Robert McCay in attendance. There is another item on The Shadow radio programme noting that members of Orson Wells' Mercury Theatre are currently involved. And a third advertises a Street and Smith 64 page publication, "How to draw for the comics".
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And So, the Cause of Freedom Was Served

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Marcoux (credited)
Penciller(s): George Marcoux (credited)
Inker(s): George Marcoux (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Supersnipe
Character(s): Emma McFad (Supersnipe's mother)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Summons of King Morpheus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder [as R. Windsor McCay] (credited)
Penciller(s): Bob McCay [as R. Windsor McCay] (credited)
Inker(s): Bob McCay [as R. Windsor McCay] (credited)
Colorist(s): Bob McCay ?
Letterer(s): Bob McCay
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Little Nemo
Character(s): Little Nemo; King Morpheus; the Princess; Mr. Presto; Prof. Figgers; Flip; Impie; Peppy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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The Adventure of the Mayan Museum

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Gibson [as Maxwell Grant] (credited)
Penciller(s): William Smith (credited)
Inker(s): William Smith (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Shadow
Character(s): The Shadow [Lamont Cranston]; Xitli [Eugene Brendle](introduction, death); Margo Lane
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Adapted from "Xitli, God of Fire" in THE SHADOW MAGAZINE V. 1 #211 (December 1940).
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Jad Wallace

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Binder [as Binder] (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Binder [as Binder] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Air Warden Cadets
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3

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