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The Shadow is a fictional character created by American magazine publishers Street & Smith and writer Walter B. Gibson.Originally created to be a mysterious radio show narrator, [2] and developed into a distinct literary character in 1931 by Gibson, The Shadow has been adapted into other forms of media, including American comic books, comic strips, serials, video games, and at least five ...
The Shadow was the first pulp magazine to try the "hero pulp" format, in which novels about a single character take the lead position in every issue, and its success made it very influential. [6] Street & Smith followed it in 1933 with Doc Savage , in the adventure genre, though with many science-fictional plots. [ 21 ]
Walter Brown Gibson (September 12, 1897 – December 6, 1985) was an American writer and professional magician, best known for his work on the pulp fiction character The Shadow. Gibson, under the pen-name Maxwell Grant , wrote "more than 300 novel-length" Shadow stories, writing up to "10,000 words a day" to satisfy public demand during the ...
A list of pulp magazine novels featuring The Shadow.All these novels were published under the name Maxwell Grant.Unless noted, all were written by Walter B. Gibson and originally appeared in The Shadow Magazine and its variants, published by Street and Smith.
The Shadow (1940) was the ninth serial released by Columbia Pictures. It was based upon the classic radio series and pulp magazine superhero character of the same name.
The website's consensus states: 'Bringing a classic pulp character to the big screen, The Shadow features impressive visual effects, but the story ultimately fails to strike a memorable chord.' [22] On Metacritic it has a score of 50% based on reviews from 30 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [23]
The Golden Master (1939) is an American pulp novel featuring The Shadow, written by Walter Gibson under the house name Maxwell Grant.This was the 182nd Shadow story and it was published in The Shadow Magazine Vol. 31, No. 2 on 15 September 1939.
The character first appeared in Shadow Comics #2 (Feb 1940), and made seven appearances until 1944. [10] In 1975, DC Comics published a comic called Justice, Inc. which starred the Avenger. [11] This was during the time they were also publishing The Shadow. The Avenger also appeared in issue #11 of The Shadow. The first two issues were based on ...