Tag Archives: The Shadowed Circle Compendium

Rediscovered: The Shadow, Surrounded or Surmounted?

Posted on November 3, 2025 by Don

As I said I would, I dug into the various lists of seven fave The Shadow novels suggested by the poll in The Shadowed Circle Compendium. I figured out the ones that sounded like Must Reads for me. Five of … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit | Tagged Anthony Tollin, Evan Lewis, Jeopardy!, Maxwell Grant, The Shadow, The Shadowed Circle Compendium, Walter B. Gibson |

Rediscovered: 50 Years of Gangland’s Doom

Posted on September 6, 2025 by Don

The crew at The Shadowed Circle magazine just released a commemorative 50th anniversary edition of a landmark in Shadow studies. You’ll remember that in addition to the magazine not long ago they brought out the excellent omnibus The Shadowed Circle … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News | Tagged Frank Eisgruber Jr, H. Warner Munn, James Patterson, Robert Weinberg, The Shadow, The Shadowed Circle Compendium, Will Murray |

Rediscovered: The Burnt Shadow

Posted on July 5, 2024 by Don

Speaking of The Shadow, the excellent new book The Shadowed Circle Compendium reminded me of a trip a few years ago, when I stopped in on Dennis McMillan during a period he lived in Gallup, New Mexico. Dennis had access … Continue reading →

Posted in DMac, Lit | Tagged Book Collecting, The Duende History of The Shadow Magazine, The Shadow, The Shadowed Circle Compendium, Will Murray |

Rediscovered: Know The Shadow. . .

Posted on July 3, 2024 by Don

Check out that great Chinatown alley. Can’t you just see Lon Chaney as a vicious legless Lord of the Underworld creeping over the stone bricks, enrapt in savage dreams of subjugating the city? But Chaney kept his lair in San … Continue reading →