Crime Classics
Malibu · 1988–1990 · 13 issues
About the series
From 1988 to 1990, Malibu Comics revived the pulp-era mystique of Lamont Cranston and The Shadow in Crime Classics, a 13-issue series that pitted the cloaked vigilante against a gallery of period-appropriate villains. Written primarily by Maxwell Grant and illustrated by Vernon Greene, the series channeled the shadowy, hardboiled tone of the original 1930s radio dramas and pulp magazines. It stands as a faithful, late-era homage to one of pop culture's most enduring avengers of crime.