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Podcast: Marvel Versus Marvel
Episode: The Shadow (1994) - The World’s First Superhero, The Grandfather Of The Marvel Universe, And The Inspiration For Batman! Part One
Description: Join Rob & Will as they examine the world’s first superhero, The Shadow! We travel back to a world before Superman, before Batman and before the Marvel Universe, to explore the world’s first costumed vigilante hero! We’ll take you behind the page to a time before comic books, we’ll look at the history of Pulp Fiction, and how The Shadow inspired virtually every superhero that came later (especially Batman)! We’ll go behind the scenes to learn about the Orson Welles radio show that introduced the world to the first-ever superhero, the forgotten Shadow movies, and how Hollyw...