(urth) Timeline and the Shadow
David Duffy
David.Duffy at qimr.edu.au
Tue Dec 23 14:58:20 PST 2008
On Tue, 23 Dec 2008, Dave Tallman wrote:
> According to the timelines that Roy Lackey and I worked out...
WRT the timeline, I can't remember if you included
"A hundred and fifty-odd years ago there was a man called Cranston..."
puts the present day at
"The Shadow debuted on July 31, 1930" [Wikipedia] + 150 = 2080
Knowing nothing about the Shadow, that article through up a lot of
features to look for, most of which others have already noted.
But, apropos clones
"One of these identities was Lamont Cranston, a 'wealthy young man about
town.' In the pulps, Cranston was a separate character; Allard frequently
disguised himself as Cranston and adopted his identity. While Cranston
traveled the world, Allard assumed his identity in New York. Apparently,
the disguise worked well because Allard and Cranston bore something of a
resemblance to each other.
"His other disguises included businessman Henry Arnaud, elderly gentleman
Isaac Twambley, and Fritz, a doddering old janitor who works at Police
Headquarters in order to listen in on conversations."
He had 'the mysterious power to cloud men's minds, so they could not see
him', a master of hypnotism, dresses in dark clothes, is violent against
criminals, but is fighting for good.
David Duffy.
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