The Mystery Shadow

The Mystery Shadow is a 2 parter episode in the first season of 'The Adventures of Red Ryder'. The episode is unique because the person Ryder is after isn't a villain. The episode marks the first appearance of Ryder's mysterious ally, Regulus.

Part 1
Red Ryder is at the steel mill looking for a prison escapee, when he finds Clockwork, Ryder threatens to arrest Clockwork when Clockwork throws down a smoke pellet, but when the smoke clears, Ryder has his hands around Clockwork's neck, reminding Clockwork that when you use a smoke pellet, you have to run.

Ryder takes Clockwork back to Rollins Asylum, when Ryder is about to leave, he notices a shadowy figure on the roof that appeared to be staring at him, but when Ryder tries to tell the guards, the shadowy figure vanishes, Ryder believes that he may be seeing things because he's a bit tired.

The next morning David tries reviewing security footage from the Asylum to see if the shadowy figure was really there, but he sees no shadowy figure on the roof, when David decides to tell Angelo, Angelo reviews the footage himself but also finds no shadowy figure and beliees that David was just seeing things.

That night, while scouting the city in the Ryder-Wing, Ryder notices another shadowy figure on the roof of one of the buildings and drops down to face it, but when he lands on the roof, the figure is gone and in it's place is only some weird symbol, Ryder uses a function in his glasses to take a picture of the symbol and send it to Angelo, but Angelo says that there was no symbol on the picture. Ryder thinks that the shadow and the symbol are an invitation, asking Ryder if he wants to play, to which Ryder responds, 'Yes, I want to play'.

Part 2
David is drawing an image of the symbol on paper and he sticks it on a map of the city, but Angelo insists that there was no symbol on the picture he sent, David says that he knows what he saw before checking any nearby footage from the scene, finding no shadow or symbol, only Ryder arriving and looking confused before snapping a picture of the roof.