“The Shadow” to return in Garth Ennis-written Dynamite comic series

Dynamite Entertainment has announced the return of the pulp hero The Shadow in a new ongoing comic-book series to be written by “Preacher” creator Garth Ennis.

Artist Aaron Campbell joins Ennis on the creative team for the comic, which will feature covers by artists Alex Ross,  Howard Chaykin, Jae Lee and former Oklahoman John Cassaday.  “The Shadow” No. 1 is scheduled for release in April.

The series will be set in 1938.  The character wears a wide-brimmed, black fedora and a crimson scarf, has scores of secret operatives, and was last played in films in 1994 by Alec Baldwin.  A new film version of the character is in development, with producer Sam Raimi attached.

“The Shadow is probably the last established character I like that I haven’t gotten around to writing yet, certainly on this side of the Atlantic,” said writer Garth Ennis in a news release. “It makes a kind of bloody, bullet-riddled sense: I always had a feeling our paths would cross sooner or later.”