The Shadow

In this 2017–2018 miniseries from Dynamite Entertainment, Dan Watters and Si Spurrier reimagine the classic pulp hero as a spectral force haunting the criminal underworld of 1930s New York. With moody, expressionistic art by Daniel HDR and Ricardo Jaime, the series strips The Shadow to his eerie core—a vengeful wraith whose whispered threats and bullet-spitting .45s blur the line between man and myth. It matters for its darkly psychological take on the character, leaning into the horror and moral ambiguity that defined his earliest adventures.