We also see the uneasy truce between the U.S. operative and the seemingly authority over-reaching Lamont Cranston... just to emphasize that Cranston is indeed a man whose traveled a lot and knows what needs to be done. It leads me to think, just how influential is the Shadow? People listen to Cranston without the need for the Shadow... so one has to wonder just how much more influential he is when he's in scary, gun-totting mode. Of course, I talk as if Cranston and the Shadow are two different people... maybe they are. Others think so (except for the Shadow's inner circle).
About this inner circle, no news yet about them... and Margo Lane is the only one I've seen so far three issues in. Then again, since the mission is overseas, maybe there are not too many resources connected to the Shadow in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Meanwhile the Shadow needs to deal with enemy agents who do not need subtlety - but then again, neither does the Shadow. He even explains that he is at war, thus whatever fate he dishes out to his antagonists are worth it, and need no further explanation.
We are not treated to just one firefight... but two, in this issue, but the kicker of the issue has to be when the Shadow interrogates one of the people he just shot in the head - making us, the readers, realize that there is definitely more to the Shadow than he shows anyone, and writer Garth Ennis is in no hurry to let us know what the Shadow is capable of. Aaron Campbel's art looks a but rushed, and I say this because it can be hard to remember the faces without the obvious tell tales - and even then, it can get fuzzy. The breakdowns are fine, though, and the pacing is still okay. Still, I can't help think that this issue could have possibly been told in a tighter manner. That said, I give Shadow #3 a score of 3 stars out of 5.
The Shadow, Lamont Cranston, Margo Lane and other characters mentioned in this review, including the images shown and published by Dynamite are properties of Dynamite entertainment - not of this reviewer.
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