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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 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]
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 ...
On the radio show, The Shadow was Cranston, a "wealthy young man about town." [6] Similarly, Shadow companion Margo Lane arose not from the pulp novels but from the radio program; she was added to offer a contrasting female voice to the show's audience. In 1941 Gibson grudgingly added Margo Lane to the pulp stories, and even hinted at her ...
From 2006 through 2019, Anthony Tollin's imprint Sanctum Books has reprinted all 182 Doc Savage pulp novels, all 24 of Paul Ernst's Avenger novels, the 14 Whisperer novels from the original pulp series and all but three novels of the entire run of The Shadow (most of his publications featuring two novels in one book). [32]
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.
Maxwell Grant was a pen name used by the authors of The Shadow pulp magazine stories from the 1930s to 1960s. [1] [2]Street & Smith, the publishers of The Shadow, hired author Walter B. Gibson to create and write the series based on popular interest in the character who was first used as a radio narrator.
Older fans resented her intrusion, whereas newer readers, perhaps more familiar with the radio show than the pulp novel, accepted her readily. [1] In the novels her name is "Margo", while on radio it is "Margot". In the novels she originally does not know Lamont is the Shadow, whereas on radio she does.