Kaluta! Robbins! Chaykin! Kubert! Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? Gibson knew — and so do comics creators…
Walter Gibson, the creator of the Shadow, was born 124 years ago on Sept. 12, 1897. His antihero’s exploits have been chronicled in comics for decades but since the Bronze Age is our jam, we present 13 COVERS from DC in the ’70s and ’80s, featuring the talents of Mike Kaluta, Frank Robbins, Joe Kubert and Howard Chaykin.
Insert spooky laugh here.
Mike Kaluta
Frank Robbins
Joe Kubert
Howard Chaykin
Kaluta
Kaluta
Robbins
Kaluta
Chaykin
Kaluta
Chaykin
Kaluta
Robbins
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MORE
— 13 COVERS: The BATMAN Stories of FRANK ROBBINS. Click here.
— MIKE KALUTA Recalls the Moment He ‘Got’ JACK KIRBY. Click here.
September 12, 2021
Great stuff. Wish Robbins had drawn more issues.
September 12, 2021
How are these artists able to capture the Shadow’s character on these covers? Well…only THEY know. 😉
September 12, 2021
I have eight of these bad boys! Terrific! But I’m probably not the only one a little sad to see no Bill Sienkiewicz here, since I may have never bought a Shadow comic without being drawn to his amazing cover image on 1987’s Shadow #1. I loved his work with Andrew Helfer, and Kyle Baker did some great art on that run too!
September 13, 2021
Got whiplash from the shift to Robbins after Kaluta back in the day.
September 16, 2021
Robbins got some of toughest assignments of the Bronze Age, to follow Kaluta on the Shadow and (essentially) Neal Adams on the Batman! At least with Captain America, he had a half-decade separating him from Steranko!
September 14, 2021
As far as I’m concerned, the two best living Shadow artists are Steranko and Kaluta. The latter did a fantastic job on DC’s Shadow issues.
September 14, 2021
Loved the Bronze Age Shadow run. That and The Spectre’s Adventure Comics run are two of my faves.
September 16, 2021
The DC Shadow #6 is my favorite. First discovered and read about The Shadow there. “Night of the Ninja,” with all interior artwork and cover by Michael Wm Kaluta.
December 15, 2021
The Shadow #8 with that beautiful Frank Robbins cover is an obsession book of mine. Any time I can find a nice copy at a good price, I will buy it. Needless to say it is my favorite of that first DC series run.