A doctor tending a burn victim relates her experience being saved by the enigmatic vigilante known as 'The Shadow’. It is modern day, and the Shadow hasn't been seen in some time. This story jumps time frames, from the Shadow’s original era to present day. Most of it focuses on the Shadow saving a mother and child, and how that child, Worthy Delaney, grows up, and goes wrong.

I love the Shadow. One of the oldest books in my personal collection is an original Shadow pulp novel, tattered and well-loved. Finding those books, and that character, helped me through some tough times. I seem to be partial to anti-hero characters. Sometimes viciousness needs to be combated with viciousness. Sometimes, just sometimes, ends do justify means.

I found this graphic novel so sad though. Bringing the Shadow present day just seems wrong to me for some reason. Despite that, I enjoyed this story thread, and the artwork. It was a great commentary on present day society. I loved that the hospital is the 'Walter B Gibson Hospital’. Nice homage to the creator.

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