The Shadow #18 — Standard cover

Crime SuspenStories #22 collection

The Shadow #18 — Standard cover

Standard cover

The Shadow #18 — Standard cover. Kyle Baker cover reverses the original viewpoint: the Shadow’s severed head fills the foreground and a startled figure stands in the background. Background figure identity is not established from the cover alone.

Cover artist
Kyle Baker
Publisher
DC Comics
Published
December 21, 1988
Cover characters
The Shadow (Lamont Cranston) · Additional identities under review
Homage to
Crime SuspenStories #22
Research status
Partial
Homage type
Direct homage
Catalog ID
CL-CRIME22-0001

Edition details

Exclusive
Not established by reviewed sources
Convention
Not established by reviewed sources
Print Run
Not publicly confirmed
Format / Finish
Standard cover
Country / Language
US / English

Research notes and sources

Reviewed 2026-10-19. Unresolved character names and edition claims are stated explicitly; native image retained without upscaling. Kyle Baker cover reverses the original viewpoint: the Shadow’s severed head fills the foreground and a startled figure stands in the background. Background figure identity is not established from the cover alone.

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