My Life In Fandom: Razorfist's Shadowcast Hits Episode 4

Razorfist presents Episode 4 of The Shadowcast.

"The Shadowcast continues exploring the origins of The Dark Avenger with his first appearances on Film and Radio! 1937's THE SHADOW STRIKES... and Orson Welles' first appearance as The Shadow in DEATH HOUSE RESCUE!"

And yes, of course I'm embedding the episode.

I love listening to Razorfist talk about The Shadow like this. The time he takes to get his information, line up his notes, and do his presentation is not trivial. This is how you make use of history for the masses; this is how you take the past and make it something people want to know. You put the past into a present context, and Razorfist did this by (a) making the consistent assertion of The Shadow being Batman's predecessor and superior (done here once) and (b) showing how The Shadow's past prominence made the present pop culture complex possible by demonstrating proof of concept.

That's not Razorfist's explicit goal in this episode, but that is what is shown. Because this podcast series builds on his first two previous videos on the character, it's presumed that you're familiar with what's said therein. This episode focuses on fleshing out the explosion of the presence of The Shadow beyond the pulp magazine that originated the enterprise, with asides to stillborn attempts to do so, and not so much on others' creative theft of the same or the collapse of that presence after the 1950s.

I hope these come out more often, with a maximum frequency of the magazine itself: bi-weekly. Monthly would do, given all else Razorfist does for his channels as well as making time for what he does away from the camera, but nonetheless I'm looking forward to the next episode. Good podcast series here, folks; subscribe and so on.