what evil lurks in the hearts of men... untilnow! When his mystic powers fail, the original masked crime-fighter travels theglobe alongside his sidekick, WWI ace pilot Miles Crofton, on a bloody searchfor answers. From Nepal, where the Shadow's efforts to reconnect with hisspiritual masters leads to a confrontation with opium smugglers, they travel tothe frontlines of the Spanish Civil War in pursuit of arms dealers and awould-be dictator. Who is the maniacal El Rey, who plots to rise from the debrisof war as his battle-ravaged nation's supreme ruler? And how will the Shadowdispense justice when he discovers that a former flame is El Rey's brutalenforcer, the Black Sparrow? Hard-boiled crime novelist Victor Gischler raisesthe definitive pulp hero to new heights of crime noir glory!

Collects the complete six-issue comic book storyline from The Shadow#7-12.

Bonus material includes an extensive cover gallery featuring an all-starassembly of Eisner Award-winning artists such as Alex Ross, FrancescoFrancavilla, John Cassaday, and Darwyn Cooke, plus Tim Bradstreet, MichaelGolden, Jack Herbert, and Sean Chen.