<P> During the mid-1970s, DC Comics published an "atmospheric interpretation" of the character by writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Michael Kaluta in a 12 - issue series (Nov. 1973 - Sept. 1975). Kaluta drew issues 1 - 4 and 6 and was followed by Frank Robbins and then E.R. Cruz . Attempting to be faithful to both the pulp - magazine and radio - drama character, the series guest - starred fellow pulp fiction hero the Avenger in issue #11 . The Shadow also appeared in DC's Batman #253 (Nov. 1973), in which Batman teams with an aging Shadow and calls the famous crime fighter his "greatest inspiration". In Batman #259 (Dec. 1974), Batman again meets The Shadow, and we learn The Shadow saved Bruce Wayne's life when the future Batman was a boy . </P> <P> The Shadow is also referenced in DC's Detective Comics #446 (1975), page 4, panel 2: Batman, out of costume and in disguise as an older night janitor, makes a crime fighting acknowledgement, in a thought balloon, to the Shadow . </P> <P> In 1986, another DC adaptation was developed by Howard Chaykin . This four issue miniseries, The Shadow: Blood and Judgement, brought The Shadow to modern - day New York . While initially successful, this version proved unpopular with traditional Shadow fans because it depicted The Shadow using Uzi submachine guns and rocket launchers, as well as featuring a strong strain of black comedy and extreme violence throughout . </P> <P> The Shadow, set in our modern era, was continued in 1987 as a monthly DC comics series by writer Andy Helfer (editor of the miniseries); it was drawn primarily by artists Bill Sienkiewicz (issues 1 - 6) and Kyle Baker (issues 8 - 19 and two Shadow Annuals). </P>

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