ZEMBA. (#19 in Series; Vintage Paperback Reprint of the SHADOW Pulp Series; );

Canada: Jove Publication / HBJ Book, 1977. Book. Illus. by STERANKO, Jim / James - Painted Cover Art.. As New. Soft cover. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!.. 160 Pages; "It began with a murderous game of cat-and-mouse played on trains burtling between London and Paris. When the game was over, three men were dead, and the terrible truth was clear: the most critical military secrets of the Western powers were in the hands of the legendary Parisian arch-criminal, Gaspard Zemba! The police mission: find and destroy Zemba. But how? His henchmen roamed every street and alley in Paris, yet he himself was so cunning, so elusive that no officer of the law had ever seen him, much less approhended him. Here indeed was a master of darkness, without peer in the world. Except one. One whose astonishing skills at moving by night and disguising his person were employed in the service of good, not evil. One whose lightning-fast hands wielded the blazing automatics of justice, not crime. One whose implacable pursuit was the despair of villains everywhere - The Shadow! A strange creature clad in black, with the power to cloud men's minds which he learned in the Orient, and a mocking laugh which is the avenger's chilling note of triumph. The Shadow is one of the most exciting suspense figures of all time." >> [Equivalent Strict Overstreet Comic Guide Grade is; NM-, 9.2; Original Owner Collection, an UN-Read Example]; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall..