#the reason described here for his pilgrimage has literally never been elaborated on elsewhere
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The story of how Lamont Cranston got his power, from a Shadow Comics issue
#the shadow#shadow comics#focus on eyes#the description of the boy seems to match Marpa Tulku in the movie#I wonder if this is actually where they got the idea from#to my knowledge this is the first time we ever got a full backstory on how he clouds minds#he didn't do that in the pulps#and the radio show only gave a little bit of explanation#the reason described here for his pilgrimage has literally never been elaborated on elsewhere#everytime they've done this backstory since then#it's always him winding up at Tibet amidst his travels or being forced into it#never him specifically looking for the temples and asking for help to fight a single defined enemy#he had to communicate with men who did not speak his language or even heard of it#pretty openly contradicts a lot of stuff from the pulps#The S&S comics Shadow sits at like the complete opposite end of most of his modern adaptations#which try to make The Shadow as edgy and violent and tortured as they can#it's 100% sanitized family friendly American Hero Shadow#a product of the Golden Age in it's most mediocre ways#the monks just give the power to him like that#no training required#and apparently they did it because of the complete lack of evil in The Shadow's mind#which is directly opposite to how a lot of modern adaptations tackle his powers#I have conflicting thoughts on this
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