{"id":2796,"date":"2013-08-08T15:26:06","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T19:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/?p=2796"},"modified":"2013-08-08T15:26:06","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T19:26:06","slug":"the-shadow-may-1-1942","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/2013\/08\/08\/the-shadow-may-1-1942\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Shadow’ (May 1, 1942)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheIt’s not one of the icon covers from Street & Smith’s The Shadow<\/a><\/em> pulp.<\/p>\n

But ever since it turned up on the paperback racks in 1974 on the cover of Pyramid Book’s “The Shadow #3: The Mobsmen on the Spot,” I’ve considered this George Rozen<\/a><\/strong> painting a prime example of Great Pulp Art<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rozen’s painting originally appeared on the cover of “The Northdale Mystery” (The Shadow<\/em>, May 1, 1942).<\/p>\n

George Rozen painted dozens and dozens of covers for The Shadow<\/em> beginning with the January 1932 number and continuing through the Feb. 15, 1939, number. (His brother, Jerome Rozen<\/a><\/strong>, painted three of the first five covers of the pulp in 1931.)<\/p>\n

Graves Gladney<\/a><\/strong> picked up the brush following George Rozen in 1939, through the Sept. 15, 1941, number. That’s when Rozen returned for a second stint through Feb. 15, 1944. (Rozen would be called back to duty for The Shadow<\/strong>‘s final four pulp-sized issues in 1948 and ’49.)<\/p>\n

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Whereas a lot of the most popular covers of magazine portray The Shadow in a more symbolic nature \u2014 as puppet master or posing with death’s skeleton or casting a shadow \u2014 this painting captures the action like a frame from a movie<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s the camera angle. The noir-ish lighting. The power in The Shadow’s punch. The reeling bad guy.<\/p>\n

Boy, I’d love to go pull out the DVD or fire up Netflix to watch the movie that’s playing in my mind’s eye right now. Ah, well. Maybe some day.<\/p>\n

Until then, I can always look at this cover and let my imagination go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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