>>98623198Michael Kaluta's comics are a little sparse on the plotting side but he likes to often have The Shadow use his natural skills to create experiments and set up the defeat of the villains, much like the pulp version but not as clever, but then again, in that department, no one is really going to top the version that was written by an actual pro magician with insider knowledge on spycraft and Houdini's secrets.
But it's fun to watch sequences where The Shadow silently gathers clues and sets up traps like the chessmaster he's supposed to be.
