Author Denny O'Neil and artist Mike Kaluta presented their interpretation of atmospheric Walter B.Gibson 's pulp fiction mystery man of the 1930s. The series began with shadow posing as a wealthy socialite Lamont Cranson, to deceive Wall Street broker Osgood Bamber in trusting him. By doing so, the shadow of crime and its solution partner Margo

Voice from the past raises questions that the shadow can not be answered, and leads him to the specific canyons of New York City on a journey that will take him halfway around the globe, from the snowy wastes of Siberia for a couple of the jungles of Guatemala. What is the secret of artichoke?