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* TheGimmick: He sends challenging letters to the police [[AdvanceNoticeCrime before his crimes]] to see if they can stop him based on what little he tells them and occasionally mislead them with ExactWords.
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* TheGimmick: He sends challenging letters to the police [[AdvanceNoticeCrime before his crimes]] to see if they can stop him based on what little he tells them and occasionally mislead misleads them with ExactWords.
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* FriendInThePress: His job and connections allow him to keep Shadow abreast of leads in his cases, as well as provide Clyde with the bonus of being able to report on the events.
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* TakingYouWithMe: After Drune is left choking on smoke from a fire that was set during his final battle with the Shadow, he pulls a clever to collapse the tunnel they are inside in a failed effort to kill his victorious adversary.
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* TakingYouWithMe: After Drune is left choking on smoke from a fire that was set during his final battle with the Shadow, he pulls a clever lever to collapse the tunnel they are inside in a failed effort to kill his victorious adversary.
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* TheGimmick: He sends challenging letters to the police before his crimes to see if they can stop him based on what little he tells them.
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* TheGimmick: He sends challenging letters to the police [[AdvanceNoticeCrime before his crimes crimes]] to see if they can stop him based on what little he tells them.them and occasionally mislead them with ExactWords.
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* DecapitationStrike: His M.O. is to step into a room where a gang chieftain and a bunch of subordinates are, gun down the mob boss, and then step out the door before anyone can return fire. [[spoiler:This is a calculated scheme meant to just kill the bosses while leaving their command structures intact so that high-ranking members of their gangs who the Cobra has suborned can take over with no trouble and start sending a share of the profits to him.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler:He goes from an opium-addicted stool pigeon to a murderous mastermind who nearly takes over the underworld and tricks the police into viewing him as a trusted ally.]]
* MalevolentMaskedMan: He wears a creepy cobra mask and is a dangerous gunman with sinister plans.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler:He goes from an opium-addicted stool pigeon to a murderous mastermind who nearly takes over the underworld and tricks the police into viewing him as a trusted ally.]]
* MalevolentMaskedMan: He wears a creepy cobra mask and is a dangerous gunman with sinister plans.
* EliteMooks: Their armored suits, team coordination, and use of fiery weapons that make it hard to charge them cause the Salamanders to be far tougher to beat than average ordinary thugs.
* EvilOldFolks: Drune has gray hair, a withered face, and a pitiless criminal mind.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Drune is capable of pleasant conversations with his [[TheDragon dragon]] and has a perceptive, calm, GenreSavvy manner that can make him seem less vicious than the average VillainOfTheWeek. This attitude makes it all the scarier when it becomes clear that he thinks nothing of killing a hundred people in one fell swoop and enjoys the idea of burning his most hated enemies to death. He also makes a big show of graciously offering to spare Harry and the other agents now that the Shadow is seemingly dead, while really planning to kill them the moment he has all of their identities. Even his men are occasionally fooled by his act, while Harry comes to recognize how the more courtesy Drune displays, the more dangerous he is if angered.
* GasMaskMooks: The eight Salamanders are unnamed, interchangeable henchmen who wear fireproof suits with breathing hoses and visors that let them see their opponents.
* EvilOldFolks: Drune has gray hair, a withered face, and a pitiless criminal mind.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Drune is capable of pleasant conversations with his [[TheDragon dragon]] and has a perceptive, calm, GenreSavvy manner that can make him seem less vicious than the average VillainOfTheWeek. This attitude makes it all the scarier when it becomes clear that he thinks nothing of killing a hundred people in one fell swoop and enjoys the idea of burning his most hated enemies to death. He also makes a big show of graciously offering to spare Harry and the other agents now that the Shadow is seemingly dead, while really planning to kill them the moment he has all of their identities. Even his men are occasionally fooled by his act, while Harry comes to recognize how the more courtesy Drune displays, the more dangerous he is if angered.
* GasMaskMooks: The eight Salamanders are unnamed, interchangeable henchmen who wear fireproof suits with breathing hoses and visors that let them see their opponents.
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* NoManLeftBehind: After one of the Salamanders is trapped in a burning building with the Shadow, the others keep pumping in air to try and help him until they realize that he is dead and the Shadow is using his air supply.
* TakingYouWithMe: After Drune is left choking on smoke from a fire that was set during his final battle with the Shadow, he pulls a clever to collapse the tunnel they are inside in a failed effort to kill his victorious adversary.
* TakingYouWithMe: After Drune is left choking on smoke from a fire that was set during his final battle with the Shadow, he pulls a clever to collapse the tunnel they are inside in a failed effort to kill his victorious adversary.
* GracefulLoser: He is surprisingly calm and affable about being outthought and outdrawn by the Shadow during their final showdown.
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* TooCleverByHalf: He is a very intelligent and calculating criminal who loves to gloat about his deductions and strategies, but the nature of those strategies lead directly to his downfall despite how they would have been perfect ploys against anyone but the Shadow.
** He sets up [[spoiler:some EngineeredHeroics by sending expendable henchmen to kidnap his civilian identity so he can foil and kill them]] to place himself above suspicion when no one would have even connected him with the case at all otherwise.
** After deducing that the Shadow is Lamont Cranston, he kidnaps Cranston and pretends to be oblivious to the dual identity to lull his captive into a false sense of security. Unfortunately for the Black Falcon, he never considers that the Shadow might be an IdentityImpersonator rather than the genuine Cranston, and he kidnaps the real Cranston while the Shadow is still out there, waiting to foil his scheme.
** He sets up [[spoiler:some EngineeredHeroics by sending expendable henchmen to kidnap his civilian identity so he can foil and kill them]] to place himself above suspicion when no one would have even connected him with the case at all otherwise.
** After deducing that the Shadow is Lamont Cranston, he kidnaps Cranston and pretends to be oblivious to the dual identity to lull his captive into a false sense of security. Unfortunately for the Black Falcon, he never considers that the Shadow might be an IdentityImpersonator rather than the genuine Cranston, and he kidnaps the real Cranston while the Shadow is still out there, waiting to foil his scheme.
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* VillainWithGoodPiblicity: His actions get him a lot of admiration from certain public officials, but much of his story is dedicated to the fact that simply slaughtering criminals isn't a good way to actually keep crime down. There's always going to be more criminals out there, and killing the big fish just results in another big fish swimming up, [[spoiler:something the Cobra not only o owns but is actively profiting off.]]
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* VillainWithGoodPiblicity: VillainWithGoodPublicity: His actions get him a lot of admiration from certain public officials, but much of his story is dedicated to the fact that simply slaughtering criminals isn't a good way to actually keep crime down. There's always going to be more criminals out there, and killing the big fish just results in another big fish swimming up, [[spoiler:something the Cobra not only o owns but is actively profiting off.]]
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He wants to expose the true identity of the Shadow, but is left gaping in terror when the Shadow takes his mask off to show the Black Falcon his face and identity as Kent Allard.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He wants to expose the true identity of the Shadow, but is left gaping in terror when the Shadow takes his mask off to show the Black Falcon his face and identity as Kent Allard.Allard and emphasizes he will kill the Black Falcon (whom he has just OutGambitted) afterward.
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* DominoMask: He wears a carnival mask that only obscures the part of his face surrounding his eyes.
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* EvilCounterpart: The Cobra is essentially what the Shadow would be if he lacked his restraint, planning skills, and morality: that is to say, he's an indiscriminate murderer who has no greater goal than to kill as many criminal leaders as possible.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Much of his story is dedicated to the fact that simply slaughtering criminals isn't a good way to actually keep crime down; after all, there's always going to be more criminals out there, and killing the big fish just results in another big fish swimming up.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Much of his story is dedicated to the fact that simply slaughtering criminals isn't a good way to actually keep crime down; after all, there's always going to be more criminals out there, and killing the big fish just results in another big fish swimming up.
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* EvilCounterpart: The Cobra is essentially what the Shadow would be if he lacked his restraint, planning skills, and morality: that is to say, he's an indiscriminate murderer who has no greater goal than to kill as many compunctions with [[spoiler:having his pawns replace the criminal leaders as possible.
he kills so he can run the underworld himself]].
*SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Much VillainWithGoodPiblicity: His actions get him a lot of admiration from certain public officials, but much of his story is dedicated to the fact that simply slaughtering criminals isn't a good way to actually keep crime down; after all, there's down. There's always going to be more criminals out there, and killing the big fish just results in another big fish swimming up.
up, [[spoiler:something the Cobra not only o owns but is actively profiting off.]]
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* EvilSoundsRaspy: He is a wrathful, sadistic, megalomaniacal cult leader whose raspy voice is often emphasized.
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!!The Red Blot
--> '''Appears In''': ''The Red Blot''
* CallingCard: He has his men smear red blots of ink or blood at the scenes of their crimes.
* DyingDeclarationOfHate: After being mortally wounded, he acts like he's ready for a VillainsDyingGrace moment and tells Detective Cardona to pull a lever to open the secret passage where his loot is hidden. Once Cardona does so, the Red Blot reveals that the lever is really flooding the dungeon where he's locked up several innocent civilians and dies laughing at how he got his adversary to doom them to a cruel death (fortunately, the Shadow saves them).
* TunnelKing: He works in the construction industry in his civilian identity and has secretly built lots of hidden tunnels that his men use to break into places like banks or escape during police chases.
--> '''Appears In''': ''The Red Blot''
* CallingCard: He has his men smear red blots of ink or blood at the scenes of their crimes.
* DyingDeclarationOfHate: After being mortally wounded, he acts like he's ready for a VillainsDyingGrace moment and tells Detective Cardona to pull a lever to open the secret passage where his loot is hidden. Once Cardona does so, the Red Blot reveals that the lever is really flooding the dungeon where he's locked up several innocent civilians and dies laughing at how he got his adversary to doom them to a cruel death (fortunately, the Shadow saves them).
* TunnelKing: He works in the construction industry in his civilian identity and has secretly built lots of hidden tunnels that his men use to break into places like banks or escape during police chases.
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* NotQuiteDead: In each of their first two encounters, the Shadow leaves him for dead with serious wounds but he recovers to menace his enemy again.
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* MasterOfDisguise: As his name suggests, Five Face can cleverly hide his true appearance.
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* BlackmailBackfire: Pinky Findelen's blackmail racket suffers an unconventional version of this due to being the first of their rackets to attract the Shadow's attention, which leads to him beginning to kill off the members of the group.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: All five Fingers have finger nicknames reflecting their membership in the Hand, and only "Long Steve" Bydle uses his given name with his nickname, while the Christian names of "Pinkey" Findelen, "Ring" Brescott, "Pointer" Trame, and "Thumb" Gaudrey" are unknown.
* ProperlyParanoid: "Pointer" Trame lives on a yacht offshore, and staying that far away from other people does keep him alive for a while when the Shadow starts targetting the Hand.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: All five Fingers have finger nicknames reflecting their membership in the Hand, and only "Long Steve" Bydle uses his given name with his nickname, while the Christian names of "Pinkey" Findelen, "Ring" Brescott, "Pointer" Trame, and "Thumb" Gaudrey" are unknown.
* ProperlyParanoid: "Pointer" Trame lives on a yacht offshore, and staying that far away from other people does keep him alive for a while when the Shadow starts targetting the Hand.
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!! Double Z
--> '''Appears in''' ''Double Z''
* RichBoredom: He is a wealthy businessman who kills, steals, and matches wits with the Shadow more for fun than anything else.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: His whole alias [[spoiler:came into being because he left an item with his monogram, Matthew Wade, at a crime scene, and people reading it sideways thought it said ZZ. He began signing his letters to the police with those initials to distract them from the truth.]]
!! Loy Rook
--> '''Appears in''' ''Double Z''
* EvilOldFolks: He is an elderly underworld figure with all kinds of traps and poisons at his house.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: He may not be quite the master planner that Double Z is, but comes closer to killing his enemies than Double Z does once they go up against the Shadow and his agents.
* RedHerring: His arsenal, reputation, and scenes with his young apprentice might make him look like a potential TheManInFrontOfTheMan and the real VillainOfTheWeek, but he isn't the eponymous extortionist mastermind and multiple murderer Double Z, just one of his associates who is fought and dispatched before the Shadow faces off with Double Z himself.
* TrapMaster: His house contains clever boobytraps and poisons that nearly claim the Shadow's life.
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* DragonYourFeet: He is the main goon of Bert Farwell in ''The Living Shadow'' but remains at large after Bert is arrested.
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* DragonYourFeet: DragonTheirFeet: He is the main goon of Bert Farwell in ''The Living Shadow'' but remains at large after Bert is arrested.
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* GeniusBruiser: He is one of the physically toughest opponents the Shadow faces in addition to being an EvilGenius.
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* MasterOfDisguise: Like the Shadow himself, he can convincingly disguise himself as [[IdentityImpersonator other, existing people]] as well as made-up identities.
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!! The Black Falcon
->'''Appears in:''' ''The Black Falcon''
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He wants to expose the true identity of the Shadow, but is left gaping in terror when the Shadow takes his mask off to show the Black Falcon his face and identity as Kent Allard.
* CallingCard: He likes to send a black falcon feather with taunting messages to his enemies.
* TheGimmick: He sends challenging letters to the police before his crimes to see if they can stop him based on what little he tells them.
!! The Hand
->'''Appears in:''' ''The Hand'', ''Murder for Sale'', ''Chicago Crime'', ''Crime Rides the Sea'' and ''Realm of Doom''
* TheSyndicate: They are a partnership of five crime bosses, or "Fingers," each of whom has a nickname after a finger joint (Ring, Pinky, etc.), operates out of a different city, and has a different primary racket (murder for hire, insurance fraud, RuthlessModernPirates, etc.). They are widespread and formidable enough that it takes the Shadow one book apiece (only the last two of which are consecutive) to defeat each Finger rather than fighting them all in the same story of in a five-part continuous storyline.
!!The Wasp/Basil Gannaford
->'''Appears in:''' ''The Wasp'' and ''The Wasp Returns''
* AnimalMotifs: His head is abnormally small, his voice buzzes, and his touch has an electric sting, giving him a very waspish vibe.
!! The Python
->'''Appears in:''' ''The Python''
* MasterOfDisguise: Like the Shadow himself, he can convincingly disguise himself as [[IdentityImpersonator other, existing people.]]
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* DiabolicalMastermind: He is a brilliant cult leader with JokerImmunity and is ambitious enough to plot to take over a whole country, a goal he nearly succeeds at.
* MindControl: Mocquino can hypnotize masses of people into mindless followers.
* WorthyOpponent: He enjoys the exhilaration of being opposed by the Shadow and is an enemy that the Shadow takes very seriously.
* MindControl: Mocquino can hypnotize masses of people into mindless followers.
* WorthyOpponent: He enjoys the exhilaration of being opposed by the Shadow and is an enemy that the Shadow takes very seriously.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After recognizing how the Shadow keeps foiling crimes he has insured and is hurting his profit margin, he is prepared to get out of the racket before his subordinate Stampf contacts him with information that convinces him he can dismantle the Shadow's network.
!! Stampf
->'''Appears in:''' ''Crime, Insured''
* AnimalMotifs: His spindly body and ominous, calculating nature cause him to be compared to a spider on multiple occasions.
* BreakTheHaughty: He is proud of his skills and not used to accepting the idea that he was wrong about something even before thinking he killed the Shadow, which gives him an ego boost. This crumbles in the climax after he is wounded and captured, with him giving a nervous and defeated confession to the police.
* GreatDetective: Stampf is a brilliant and respected insurance company investigator who has cracked some very tough cases. He finds out the Shadow’s main alias, where his hideout is, and who most of his regular agents (save a few like Jericho) are after just ten days of shadowing people, planting listening devices, and analyzing newspaper reports, when many people have spent years vainly searching for a fraction of that information. Unfortunately, Stampf is OnlyInItForTheMoney and he turns his findings over to the underworld.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: Bradthaw is no slouch at planning, but Stampf finds out the vital information Bradthaw needs for his plans and leads the hit squad that almost kills the Shadow. It is mentioned that people respect Bradthaw more when they hear Stampf is working for him.
* YouWillBeSpared: The Shadow takes pains to take Stampf alive and hand him over to the police, perhaps partially out of WorthyOpponent respect but mainly so that Stampf will turn state’s evidence against his company’s many criminal clients.
->'''Appears in:''' ''Crime, Insured''
* AnimalMotifs: His spindly body and ominous, calculating nature cause him to be compared to a spider on multiple occasions.
* BreakTheHaughty: He is proud of his skills and not used to accepting the idea that he was wrong about something even before thinking he killed the Shadow, which gives him an ego boost. This crumbles in the climax after he is wounded and captured, with him giving a nervous and defeated confession to the police.
* GreatDetective: Stampf is a brilliant and respected insurance company investigator who has cracked some very tough cases. He finds out the Shadow’s main alias, where his hideout is, and who most of his regular agents (save a few like Jericho) are after just ten days of shadowing people, planting listening devices, and analyzing newspaper reports, when many people have spent years vainly searching for a fraction of that information. Unfortunately, Stampf is OnlyInItForTheMoney and he turns his findings over to the underworld.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: Bradthaw is no slouch at planning, but Stampf finds out the vital information Bradthaw needs for his plans and leads the hit squad that almost kills the Shadow. It is mentioned that people respect Bradthaw more when they hear Stampf is working for him.
* YouWillBeSpared: The Shadow takes pains to take Stampf alive and hand him over to the police, perhaps partially out of WorthyOpponent respect but mainly so that Stampf will turn state’s evidence against his company’s many criminal clients.
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* TheDragon: To DragonYourFeet: He is the main goon of Bert Farwell in ''The Living Shadow''.Shadow'' but remains at large after Bert is arrested.
!! Graham Wellerton
->'''Appears in:''' ''The Road of Crime''
* InsurrectionistInheritor: Graham's EvilUncle is mortally wounded during a robbery attempt. Before dying of his wounds, he changes his will to leave his entire $10,000,000 fortune to Graham out of respect for how Graham became an even bigger crook than him (from a certain point of view) and gave him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech while he was dying (emphasizing that he intervened with the robbery to get revenge on the robbers, his old gang, rather than to save his hated uncle).
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's a cocky bank robbery crew leader who can be self-righteous and HotBlooded toward decent people, but he is unhappy with crime, can be protective of good people, and when he inherits a fortune, he uses it for philanthropy.
* RedemptionEqualsLife: He escapes the Shadow multiple times throughout the book, and the Shadow stays on his trail, only to spare (and even aid) Graham after seeing that he is striving to change his ways and help the good people of his hometown.
* ThirdActStupidity : In his first several chapters, he plans ingenious bank robberies, spots the Shadow during a surveillance job where the stealthy Shadow doesn't want to be seen, and shows keen instincts in many other places, but in the final act, he nearly sets himself up for an obvious InheritanceMurder and is willing to trust a near-stranger who he knows worked for his EvilUncle instead of genuinely trustworthy people he's known for many years.
!! The Golden Vulture
->'''Appears in:''' ''The Golden Vulture''
* BitchInSheepsClothing: His alter ego is that of a helpful, concerned, and honest citizen.
* CrazyPrepared: He has intricate methods of spying on his extortion targets (treacherous servants, peepholes, microphones, magnifying glasses, etc.), rigs his [[ShoePhone communication statuettes]] with cameras and explosive detonators so he can use them as weapons against any enemies who find them, and has one of his subordinates pose as him to divert his enemies.
* NoHonorAmongThieves: He plans to kill all his accomplices so he won’t have to share his loot.
* ShoePhone: His men talk to him with golden vulture statuettes that, once opened up, have radio receivers so they can hear him and television cameras so he can see and hear them.
!! Graham Wellerton
->'''Appears in:''' ''The Road of Crime''
* InsurrectionistInheritor: Graham's EvilUncle is mortally wounded during a robbery attempt. Before dying of his wounds, he changes his will to leave his entire $10,000,000 fortune to Graham out of respect for how Graham became an even bigger crook than him (from a certain point of view) and gave him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech while he was dying (emphasizing that he intervened with the robbery to get revenge on the robbers, his old gang, rather than to save his hated uncle).
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's a cocky bank robbery crew leader who can be self-righteous and HotBlooded toward decent people, but he is unhappy with crime, can be protective of good people, and when he inherits a fortune, he uses it for philanthropy.
* RedemptionEqualsLife: He escapes the Shadow multiple times throughout the book, and the Shadow stays on his trail, only to spare (and even aid) Graham after seeing that he is striving to change his ways and help the good people of his hometown.
* ThirdActStupidity : In his first several chapters, he plans ingenious bank robberies, spots the Shadow during a surveillance job where the stealthy Shadow doesn't want to be seen, and shows keen instincts in many other places, but in the final act, he nearly sets himself up for an obvious InheritanceMurder and is willing to trust a near-stranger who he knows worked for his EvilUncle instead of genuinely trustworthy people he's known for many years.
!! The Golden Vulture
->'''Appears in:''' ''The Golden Vulture''
* BitchInSheepsClothing: His alter ego is that of a helpful, concerned, and honest citizen.
* CrazyPrepared: He has intricate methods of spying on his extortion targets (treacherous servants, peepholes, microphones, magnifying glasses, etc.), rigs his [[ShoePhone communication statuettes]] with cameras and explosive detonators so he can use them as weapons against any enemies who find them, and has one of his subordinates pose as him to divert his enemies.
* NoHonorAmongThieves: He plans to kill all his accomplices so he won’t have to share his loot.
* ShoePhone: His men talk to him with golden vulture statuettes that, once opened up, have radio receivers so they can hear him and television cameras so he can see and hear them.
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* HyperCompetentSidekick: Cliff is particularly effective as TheMole on many occasions, such as in the early scenes of ''Crime Insured'', where he learns valuable information at multiple turns and saves the Shadow's life in a shootout. He is also the only one of the Shadow’s agents in that book to fight back and nearly escape when criminals capture the Shadow's lieutenants.
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* GutFeeling: Hawkeye has very accurate hunches and tends to be ProperlyParanoid about various criminals as a result.
* ReformedCriminal: Hawkeye is an ex-crook who became honest out of fear that the Shadow would kill him one day if he didn't. Later, he develops a genuine respect for society, a bond with crimefighters, and contempt for society's worst criminals.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: He is often tasked by the Shadow with following people and can spot inconspicuous criminals with either his keen eyes or GutFeeling instincts.
* ReformedCriminal: Hawkeye is an ex-crook who became honest out of fear that the Shadow would kill him one day if he didn't. Later, he develops a genuine respect for society, a bond with crimefighters, and contempt for society's worst criminals.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: He is often tasked by the Shadow with following people and can spot inconspicuous criminals with either his keen eyes or GutFeeling instincts.
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* GeniusBruiser: Druke is the Shadow’s burliest agent, but is also smart enough to run an employment agency and perform competent undercover work.
* IOweYouMyLife: Druke's first appearance reveals that he serves the Shadow out of gratitude for the Shadow saving him from being murdered by hoodlums in the past.
* IOweYouMyLife: Druke's first appearance reveals that he serves the Shadow out of gratitude for the Shadow saving him from being murdered by hoodlums in the past.
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* TokenMinority: He is the only recurring black character in the seires [[UnbuiltTrope long before the idea had really taken shape]].
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* TokenMinority: He is the only recurring black character in the seires [[UnbuiltTrope Long long before the idea had really taken shape]].
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* FountainOfExpies: So, so many. Literature/TheAvenger, TheOctopus, Literature/DocSavage, Literature/TheSpider, TheMaskedDetective and… [[Franchise/{{Batman}} some flash-in-the-pan costumed detective who dressed as a bat]]. Seriously, nearly every superhero in some way owes his or her creation to The Shadow.
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->'''Portrayed by:''' James [=LaCurto=], Frank Readick, Jr., Robert Hardy Andrews (1930-34 radio programs), Creator/OrsonWelles, Steve Courtleigh, John Archer, Bret Morrison, Bill Johnstone (1937-54 radio program), Rod [=LaRocque=] (serials), Victor Jory, Kane Richmond (1940s films), Tom Helmond (1954 TV pilot), Richard Derr (1958 film), Creator/AlecBaldwin (1994 film)
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->'''Portrayed by:''' James [=LaCurto=], Frank Readick, Jr., Robert Hardy Andrews (1930-34 radio programs), Creator/OrsonWelles, Steve Courtleigh, John Archer, Bret Morrison, Bill Johnstone (1937-54 radio program), Rod [=LaRocque=] (serials), Victor Jory, Creator/VictorJory, Kane Richmond (1940s films), Tom Helmond (1954 TV pilot), Richard Derr (1958 film), Creator/AlecBaldwin (1994 film)
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* DemotedToExtra: While he was a major character in the novels, he only had a few cameos in the radio series, with very few lines (most of which were "yes, sir" in response to Commissioner Weston giving him orders).
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The radio scripts had her name as "Margo''t''" Lane, in honor of Broadway star Margot Stephenson, whom she was named after, and who poprtrayed the character briefly in 1938. Walter Gibson, however, used the other, just as valid, phonetic spelling in the pulps.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The radio scripts had her name as "Margo''t''" Lane, in honor of Broadway star Margot Stephenson, whom she was named after, and who poprtrayed portrayed the character briefly in 1938. Walter Gibson, however, used the other, just as valid, phonetic spelling in the pulps.
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rich idiot with no day job was disambiguated by TRS. Not sure how to salvage this one.
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* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Harry is well taken care of and does not have to work, at least not outside whatever duties his status as an agent for The Shadow has him perform.
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* CoolCar: Being a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob, he owns at least one very nice limousine, which the Shadow makes free use of.
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* CoolCar: Being a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob, MillionairePlayboy, he owns at least one very nice limousine, which the Shadow makes free use of.
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* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: It’s not really stated outright what Cranston’s actual source of wealth is, whether inherited, thrift or investments. The Shadow takes advantage of Cranston’s globetrotting ways to use Cranston’s identity. The radio Cranston's wealth is similarly mysterious, though it’s hinted that it’s most likely a vast inheritance, given that he spent much time in Tibet and elsewhere training and not running a business.
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* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: MillionairePlayboy: It’s not really stated outright what Cranston’s actual source of wealth is, whether inherited, thrift or investments. The Shadow takes advantage of Cranston’s globetrotting ways to use Cranston’s identity. The radio Cranston's wealth is similarly mysterious, though it’s hinted that it’s most likely a vast inheritance, given that he spent much time in Tibet and elsewhere training and not running a business.
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* BreakoutVillain: Definitely the most well known, and enduring of The Shadow's adversaries. Despite his fairly sparse appearances in the pulps, he has gone on to re-appear heavily in the comics and even the 1994 film, where he is the main antagonist.
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* BreakoutVillain: Definitely the most well known, and enduring of The Shadow's adversaries. Despite his fairly sparse appearances in the pulps, he has gone on to re-appear heavily in the comics comics, novels and even the 1994 film, where he is the main antagonist.
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* BreakoutVillain: Definitely the most well known, and enduring of The Shadow's adversaries. Despite his fairly sparse appearances in the pulps, he has gone on to re-appear heavily in the comics and even the 1994 film, where he is the main antagonist.
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AgnesMoorehead, Margot Stevenson, Marjorie Anderson, Lesley Woods, Grace Matthews and Gertrude Warner (1937-54 radio show) Paula Raymond (1954 TV pilot), Veda Ann Borg, Barbara Reed (1940s' films) Creator/PenelopeAnnMiller (1994 film)
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AgnesMoorehead, Margot Stevenson, Marjorie Anderson, Lesley Woods, Grace Matthews and Gertrude Warner (1937-54 radio show) show), Veda Ann Borg (1940 serial), Barbara Reed (1946 films), Paula Raymond (1954 TV pilot), Veda Ann Borg, Barbara Reed (1940s' films) Creator/PenelopeAnnMiller (1994 film)
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Pulps-exclusive characterSab Shimono (1994 film)
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Alan Reed, Creator/KeenanWynn (1937-54 radio show), Creator/PeterBoyle (1994 film)
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Alan Reed, Creator/KeenanWynn (1937-54 radio show), Lew Hearn (1938 film), Tom Dugan, George Chandler (1946 films), Creator/PeterBoyle (1994 film)
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Pulps-exclusive characterEdward Peil Sr. (1940 serial), Joseph Crehan, James Flavin (1946 films)
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->'''Portrayed by:''' James [=LaCurto=], Frank Readick, Jr., Robert Hardy Andrews (1930-34 radio programs), Creator/OrsonWelles, Steve Courtleigh, John Archer, Bret Morrison, Bill Johnstone (1937-54 radio program), Rod [=LaRocque=] (serials), Victor Jory, Kane Richmond (1940s films), Tom Helmond (1954 TV pilot), Creator/AlecBaldwin (1994 film)
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->'''Portrayed by:''' James [=LaCurto=], Frank Readick, Jr., Robert Hardy Andrews (1930-34 radio programs), Creator/OrsonWelles, Steve Courtleigh, John Archer, Bret Morrison, Bill Johnstone (1937-54 radio program), Rod [=LaRocque=] (serials), Victor Jory, Kane Richmond (1940s films), Tom Helmond (1954 TV pilot), Richard Derr (1958 film), Creator/AlecBaldwin (1994 film)
