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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 original novels featuring The Shadow and published as paperback books by Belmont Books. These have been numbered 326 to 334. The first of these novels, Return of the Shadow, was the only one written by Walter B. Gibson. The rest were pastiches written by Dennis Lynds (a.k.a. Michael Collins).
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 Complete Illustrated Book of Close-Up Magic: Professional Techniques Fully Revealed by a Master Magician (1980) Complete Illustrated Book of Card Magic (1969) Professional Magic for Amateurs; The Great Houdini's Book of Magic Tricks, Puzzles and Stunts; Walter B. Gibson’s Encyclopedia of Magic and Conjuring’’ (1976)
Cover to The Living Shadow from The Shadow Magazine #1, April 1931. Art by Modest Stein.. The Living Shadow was the first pulp novel to feature The Shadow.Written by Walter B. Gibson, it was submitted for publication as Murder in the Next Room on January 23, 1931, and published as The Living Shadow in the April 1, [citation needed] 1931 issue of The Shadow Magazine.
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. However, Gibson was asked to use a pen ...