Saturday
Jan142012
PR: Dynamite Releases The Shadow: Blood & Judgement TPB, First Time Since 1991! That Was A Really Long Time Ago
Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 10:35AM 
I present you the shortened version of this press release. Originally it had numerous creators all reaching down Howard Chaykin's pants and screaming, "Look at the size of these balls! I'm surprised I'm not already pregnant!" But I didn't care what a bunch of Marvel employees (One of Dynamite's biggest partners), or Dynamite employee's had to say about this book that they apparently already read. From the preview pages supplied by Dynamite I have to say that they could have remastered the colors more, but at least they didn't do much else to the book. I may just check this out based on the fact that A) I like pulp, especially classic pulp and B) I like the Shadow, but not because a bunch of creators are having Chaykin's love child. Stick around to the end to see the terrible preview they sent.
Written and illustrated by legendary and award-winning comic book creator Howard Chaykin, The Shadow: Blood & Judgment TPB is collected for the first time since 1991!!! Chaykin's dynamic, visceral style added a new dimension to The Shadow of the 1980's!
The laugh had vanished…the mocking, sinister laugh that signaled doom for the petty souls whose wrongdoing stained the world. It was gone, lost in the night that echoed it. Now, one by one, his friends and operatives are being ruthlessly murdered. Someone is trying to draw him out. Thirty-five years later, it is time for him to return. The laugh is here again.
"THE SHADOW: BLOOD AND JUDGMENT was the first job I produced after moving to California--a new state, a new studio and a new lifestyle," says acclaimed writer/artist Howard Chaykin. "I loved doing this book, and learned an awful lot about what it took to revive and recreate moribund characters in the process."The laugh had vanished…the mocking, sinister laugh that signaled doom for the petty souls whose wrongdoing stained the world. It was gone, lost in the night that echoed it. Now, one by one, his friends and operatives are being ruthlessly murdered. Someone is trying to draw him out. Thirty-five years later, it is time for him to return. The laugh is here again.
"I can't begin to describe how important Howard Chaykin's The Shadow: Blood and Judgment was to me," states Dynamite Entertainment President and Publisher Nick Barrucci. "In the 80's, it helped change the face of comics. It is a privilege that Dynamite is able to put one of the finest comics ever created back in print!
The Shadow is back. God help the guilty. Be sure to get The Shadow: Blood & Judgment TPB in April 2012!
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| These preview pages look like they were scanned out of the 1991 copy, look at the shading at the edge on the left |
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| Same thing here, you can see the other page on the left telling you that this was the reveal on the right |
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| I also wonder why they choose only death scenes to show us, I think this may spoil some of the story later |
Reader Comments (1)
It's sad(not really) to say that an old book is the best thing to come out of dynamite for a long time. Also I'm surprised they didn't have alex ross do a new cover for it.