Best say hello quick! I'm not going to live long, the way I'm ruining my health. 
- — The Shadow disguised as Nicco, the Cigarette Fiend
The Shadow #2 is an issue of the series The Shadow (Volume 1) with a cover date of January, 1974.
Synopsis for "Freak Show Murders"
The Shadow and Margo Lane work undercover at a carnival to ferret out the costumed villain known as the Harlequin.
Appearing in "Freak Show Murders"
Featured Characters:
- The Shadow (disguised as Nicco, The Cigarette Fiend)
Supporting Characters:
- The Shadow's Agents
- Margo Lane
- Burbank
Antagonists:
- The Harlequin (Dies)
Other Characters:
- Milton Treft (Dies)
- The Sorber Carnival
- Pop Sorber
- Alhambra, Queen of Snakes
- Benzare, The Knife Thrower
- Panchini, The Tattooed Man
- Steve Kilroy (disguised as Ajax, The Wild Man)
- Damaon and Pythias, The Inseparable Twins (Dies)
Locations:
- South Carolina
- Titusville
Items:
Vehicles:
Notes
- This story is adapted from Walter B. Gibson's pulp story, Freak Show Murders originally published May 1, 1944 in The Shadow Magazine (Vol. 47 #3). It has also been published as a Shadow novel by Doubleday Crime Club publishers (#279).
- Reprinted in Private Files of the Shadow.
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