By Walter Gibson. Foreword by Gahan Wilson.
A sinister criminal mastermind announces his impending murders over the radio. Then the Shadow battles the Hydra, a criminal organization that replaces each fallen leader with two new "heads." Also includes the origin of the Shadow's "power to cloud men's minds" from the Golden Age Shadow comics. Two thrilling complete novels by Gibson, writing as Maxwell Grant. Reprinted here with original illustrations by Edd Cartier and Paul Orban. Cover by George Rozen.