The Silver Shroud (franchise)



The Silver Shroud was a multimedia franchise featuring the eponymous noir superhero fighting villains in a modern-day Boston. It was popularized as a radio drama on Galaxy News Radio that aired in the Boston area before the Great War. It was written by Tina Hopkins for Hubris Comics and Galaxy News Network.

Radio show
The Silver Shroud radio show consisted of 420 episodes (419 regular and one holiday special) written with Tina Hopkins as lead writer. Crossovers with other Hubris properties were created, such as the 2071 Thanksgiving episode The Silver Shroud vs. Captain Cosmos, which pitted the Shroud against The Unstoppables character Captain Cosmos.

It also included a number of minor characters, such as the cryonic villain Mister Abominable from Episode 83 or the Shroud's love interest, the Mistress of Mystery, appearing as of Episode 2.

Known episodes

 * Mechanist story arc
 * 1) A Slaying in Scollay Square
 * 2) The Mystery of Mayor Murphy
 * 3) In the Parlor of Mysteries
 * 4) Fat Fahy’s Folly
 * 5) Into the Robot’s Den
 * 6) The Mechanist Unmasked!

TV show
Although the radio show was a staple of Boston popular culture, it lacked appeal outside the city. In order to tap into these markets, Hubris Comics decided to create a television show based on the drama, bringing in Aaron Babowski, a noted television producer, to aid with the shooting. Due to the Great War, the TV pilot was never completed.

Appearances
The Silver Shroud franchise appears in Fallout 4, Fallout 76, and Fallout Shelter Online.

Behind the scenes

 * The character of the Silver Shroud was created by Bethesda designer Emil Pagliarulo, who also wrote all of the Silver Shroud radio plays in Fallout 4.
 * When Silver Shroud and Mistress of Mystery are spying on the robot-mobster meeting through the skylight, it is revealed that the creator of these robot-mobsters calls himself The Mechanist, similar to the Fallout 3 and Automatron add-on character, the Mechanist.


 * The Silver Shroud, given his appearance and start as a radio program, is heavily influenced by the radio drama and comic book character the The Shadow. Both characters are stealthy vigilantes with a mysterious demeanor, along with similar costumes, gleaming weaponry (The Shadow's M1911 pistols were named "Silver Heat" in the 1994 film reboot of the character), and catchphrases. The Shadow also has an analog to Shroud's Mistress of Mystery in the form of his confidante, Margo Lane.
 * The Silver Shroud appears to be based on The Shadow and The Green Hornet. Like the Silver Shroud, they both had popular radio serials and wore a trench coat and fedora.
 * Silver Shroud's Thompson sub-machine gun may be a tribute to World War II hero Mark Tennant, who was nicknamed the 'Green Hornet' by his fellow soldiers based on the radio serial character.