The Shadow #1 (1973) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Michael Wm. Kaluta; inks: Michael Wm. Kaluta; colors: Jack Adler	Lamont Cranston, The Shadow
2	The Doom Puzzle!	comic story	20	script: Denny O'Neil; pencils: MW Kaluta; inks: MW Kaluta; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Ray Holloway, Charlotte Jetter	Lamont Cranston, Margo Lane, The Shadow, Burbank, Shrevvy
9	Just Put an X Next to the Comics You Want!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: ?; typeset
10	The Scoreboards Don’t Tell All!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Creig Flessel
12	-	in-house column	1	letters: typeset	Superman; Spectre
13	The Biggest Bargain in Comics!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: ?; typeset
15	-	letters page	1	script: Denny O'Neil; pencils: Michael Wm. Kaluta; inks: Michael Wm. Kaluta	Lamont Cranston, The Shadow

Plus 11 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
The Flash #223	1973	On eBay ›
The Private Files of the Shadow #[nn] ISBN 0-930289-37-4	1989	On eBay ›
Millennium Edition: The Shadow No. 1 #[nn]	2001	On eBay ›

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Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
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