Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?

The Shadow knows.

 

Years ago in Tibet, mild-mannered man-about-town

 Lamont Cranston

learned the power to cloud men's minds, so they cannot see him.

This secret is known only to his beautiful assistant, Margo Lane.

He uses his powers only for good, striking terror into the hearts of wrong-doers.

 

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I too, clouded minds for many years.

I used my power only for good.

How?

As a kid, I deciphered The Shadow's coded messages.

Sprawled in front of an ancient Philco,

I heard The Shadow give numbers to his followers.

I translated each number to letters of the alphabet.

No, I cannot tell you our secrets.

I became a mild-mannered man.

A man-about-town, who lived in the woods.

With no Margo, I learned to answer my own phone and type.

I cloaked myself in a secret identity.

Page Six.

A phantom. 

 On radio, The Shadow was once sponsored by Blue Coal.

Coal was a thing, kids.

"The fuel of the future," ads claimed.

 I was young and dumb.

Blue Coal.

Ask for it by name.

So cool.

Turns out they dyed the coal at the mine.

It was a branding scam.

Who knew?

LINK: The Shadow knows...

You can't see me now, can you?

Nailed it.