Shadow 02 Revolution - Gischler Victor; Campbell Aaron

2013, 156pp, Paperback. In very good condition. The Shadow has always known what evil lurks in the hearts of men... until now! When his mystic powers fail, the original masked crime-fighter travels the globe alongside his sidekick, WWI ace pilot Miles Crofton, on a bloody search for answers. From Nepal, where the Shadow's efforts to reconnect with his spiritual masters leads to a confrontation with opium smugglers, they travel to the frontlines of the Spanish Civil War in pursuit of arms dealers and a would-be dictator. Who is the maniacal El Rey, who plots to rise from the debris of war as his battle-ravaged nation's supreme ruler? And how will the Shadow dispense justice when he discovers that a former flame is El Rey's brutal enforcer, the Black Sparrow? Hard-boiled crime novelist Victor Gischler raises the definitive pulp hero to new heights of crime noir glory! Collects the complete six-issue comic book storyline from The Shadow #7-12. Bonus material includes an extensive cover gallery featuring an all-star assembly of Eisner Award-winning artists such as Alex Ross, Francesco Francavilla, John Cassaday, and Darwyn Cooke, plus Tim Bradstreet, Michael Golden, Jack Herbert, and Sean Chen. [The Shadow Volume 2: Revolution.]