The Shadow #5 (1974) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Night of Neptune's Death!	cover	1	pencils: Frank Robbins; inks: Frank Robbins; colors: Tatjana Wood	Lamont Cranston, Margo Lane, The Shadow
2	Night of Neptune's Death!	comic story	20	script: Denny O'Neil; pencils: Frank Robbins; inks: Frank Robbins; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Ben Oda	Lamont Cranston, Margo Lane, The Shadow, Burbank, Shrevvy, Harry Vincent
4	DC 100 Pages For Only 60¢	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	colors: ? (background, lettering and tops of cover reproductions only)
10	Thank You, DC Fans, for Making our First Famous Collectors' Editions a Complete Success!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: C. C. Beck, Bob Kane; inks: C. C. Beck, Bob Kane	Batman, Billy Batson, Captain Marvel, Bruce Wayne
12	The Line of DC Super-Stars	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	colors: ? (background, lettering and tops of cover reproductions only)
13	-	letters page	1	script: Denny O'Neil

Plus 11 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Comic Reader #104	1974	On eBay ›

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