Secrets of the Unknown #197
In "The Shadow vs the RXG Spymaster!!," Secret Service agent Lamont Cranston—known to the world as The Shadow—teams up with Commissioner Weston to stop the notorious Shiwan Khan from stealing the blueprints for the U.S.'s newest fighter jet, the RXG. Written by Robert Bernstein and illustrated by John Rosenberger, with inks by Rosenberger and letters by John Duffy, this 1981 thriller blends Cold War intrigue with classic pulp suspense. The cover, by Paul Reinman, captures the high-stakes tension of a shadowy clash between mastermind and mystery.
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Secret Service agent Lamont Cranston, secretly The Shadow, working with Commissioner Weston, tries to prevent international criminal mastermind Shiwan Khan from stealing the plans for the United States' newest fighter plane, the RXG.
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