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{{quote|'''Ying Ko:''' Am I in Hell?
'''Tulku:''' Not yet.}}
* Then you have the Shadow himself.
** His first scene has him foil a three man mob crew from killing Roy Tam. Who accidentally witnessed them murder a police officer. The crime they were about to commit is scary enough as they put him in [[Cement Shoes]] and intend to drop him off a bridge. Despite his begging and pleading even saying he has a family. Just when they are about to drop him, they hear an [[Evil Laugh]] echoing throughout the bridge. They set Roy down and pull their guns out. The Shadow taunts the head guy, Duke, that he knows what he did. Unable to take the laughter Duke shoots at him. First emptying his revolver then firing at him with a Tommy Gun. Taking out nothing but the lights. When Duke thinks he hit the guy, The Shadow appears and beats the hell out of him. Appearing directly from nowhere with each hit, but disappearing when each hit finishes. He demands that Duke confess his murder, but Duke refuses. Prompting the Shadow to vow that if he doesn't he'll be wherever he goes. Going so far to dangle Duke over the bridge by his leg to prove his point. When Duke swears to confess, The Shadow throws him at his car. Then appears to the last two guys, glaring at them. Prompting them to run away. Despite being a good guy, he shows how scary he is to Roy. Roy initially thinks that the Shadow is gonna shoot him in cold blood, panicking at first. Only to find that he was using his guns to clear his Cement Shoes off his feet. Moe's cab arrives, allowing The Shadow to transport him to safety while recruiting him as an agent.
** When he goes to confront Shiwan Khan and his thugs at the Monolith Hotel, Farely is especially afraid because he tried to kill the Shadow before. Farley believes that the Shadow is still pissed at him for doing so. Shiwan demands that Farley kill the Shadow. He's reluctant at first but then Shiwan hands him a tommy gun. As he looks for him, The Shadow appears. Farley had some advantage, knowing that his Shadow is his weak spot as it reveals his location. So he shoots at it first chance he gets. Only for it to fail. Then he sees another Shadow, shooting at it and failing as well. The Shadow laughing the whole time telling him he's everywhere around him. It seems Lamont can't hide his shadow, but can use his power to make multiple clones of it. This drives Farley mad with fear as he empties the gun in all directions. Farley manages to grow a pair and demand The Shadow to come at him and fight like a man. Only for the Shadow to appear in front of him. Reducing him to a stuttering laughing mess. He demands that Farley get out of his sight. Which he obliges. As Farley looks for a way out, The Shadow manifests an Exit sign in one of the windows, saying that's Farley's exit. Farley madly rushes towards it killing himself. Granted he deserved to die, but the way the Shadow messed with him made Death a mercy for him.
* Shiwan Khan is no slouch himself.
** Even before he appears outside of Genghis Khan's Tomb, the tomb itself is intimidating to the curators that they warn the Security Guard not to open it.
** Khan's first appearance has him hypnotize the poor security guard into shooting himself.
** When he doesn't want a record of his Cab ride, rather than use his ability to make the cab driver forget it, he makes him think he ran out of gas. Prompting him to drive into a Gas station, blowing him up and any innocent bystanders along the way. Laughing Evilly as he does it.
** When he first meets Lamont, he first intrigues him since they are both student's of the Tulku. However unlike Lamont who was successfully turned to the side of good, Shiwan hasn't. He also tries every chance he gets to corrupt Lamont and bring him back to his Ying Ko ways. While Lamont is strong willed enough to refuse. As mentioned above some of what [[Horrifying the Horror|Shiwan says got to him.]]
** His intention was to send Margo Lane to kill Lamont, hoping that Lamont would at least kill her in self defence. It doesn't work, but the fact that he was able to control a fellow psychic made him much stronger than Lamont who couldn't even hypnotize her into forgetting about him.
** His plan in general. He plans to blow up New York with an atomic bomb, in an effort to finish Genghis' quest and take over the entire world.
** While he works his plan out on the Empire State Building, a sailor taunts him about his robes. Prompting him to hypnotize the guy into jumping off. Unlike the Cab driver, he makes the poor guy aware of what he is doing and helpless to stop it.
** Worst of all, is that unlike Lamont, he has the ability to control the Phurba. Which he used to kill the Tulku. The only thing that made Lamont snap and attempt to end his life then and there.
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