The Australian Shadow comic book was first published in May 1950 by Frew Publications and ran for two series in Australia.
The final issue in the second series was #168, which makes The Shadow the second longest-running comic title in Australia.
[4] Peter Chapman was again the artist and writer for this new series from the first issue until #63 in 1959, when he left Frew Publications.
The Shadow was also translated into Portuguese and reprinted in La Selva's Selecoes Juvenis, where he was known as "O Sombra".
In 2017, reprints of older stories began in a new series of Giantsize Phantom, with new adventures starting in issue #6[7]