From the jungle adventures of Tarzan to the dark city streets of The Shadow, heroes from the pages of pulp fiction have provided plenty of fuel for Hollywood, though with varying degrees of success, and today we will be looking at one of the least successful of these attempts, one Warner Brothers had hoped would…
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The Shadow (1994) – Review
Following the success of Tim Burton’s Batman many studios were scrambling around to get their hands on their own comic book-type property, so that it could turn into the next big thing, this led to Universal Pictures teaming up with producer Martin Bregman who had acquired the rights to the pulp action hero The Shadow….
The Shadow: The Serial (1940) – Review
The popular pulp action hero The Shadow was made popular via classic radio series and pulp magazines but in 1940 the character had only one singular venture into the world of serials – following the likes of Flash Gordon and Captain Marvel – where he received very mixed reviews, which is probably why this serial…
The Shadow Strikes (1937) – Review
Writer Walter B. Gibson originally created The Shadow to be nothing more than the “spooky” announcer for a radio drama series, with its sole purpose to boost sales for a flagging pulp magazine, but listeners became so intrigued with the character that they start demanding stories featuring this mysterious figure, and thus a crime-fighting legend…