List of The Shadow stories

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[edit] Pulp Magazine Novels

A list of pulp magazine novels featuring The Shadow. All of these novels were written by Walter B. Gibson, unless otherwise noted, and originally appeared in “The Shadow Magazine” and its variants, published by Street and Smith. Novels that have been reprinted are noted accordingly-see "Reprint history" below for more information.

[edit] Belmont Books paperback novels

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.

[edit] Anthologies

Finally listed are two short stories featuring The Shadow, and published as anthology items. These have been numbered 335 and 336. Both of these short stories were written by Walter B. Gibson.

  • 335. The Riddle of the Rangoon Ruby, published June 1, 1979 in "The Shadow Scrapbook" anthology
  • 336. Blackmail Bay, published February 1, 1980 in "The Duende History of The Shadow Magazine" anthology

[edit] Reprint history

The first reprints of the original pulp stories to appear after the original stories ended in 1949 appeared in The Weird Adventures of The Shadow, published in 1966 by Grosset and Dunlop. The anthology, however, considerably edited the 3 stories contained therein.

From 1969 to 1970, Bantam Books published 7 reprints of early Shadow stories. The stories contained minor edits.

In 1974, Pyramid Books began reprinting early Shadow stories. The series, which consisted of 23 volumes, lasted through 1978.

In 1975, 2 Shadow stories were published in a facsimile magazine published by Dover.

8 Shadow stories were reissued in hardcover anthologies by the Doubleday Crime Club in the 1970s. These reprints are notable for giving sole credit to Walter Gibson as the author, rather than using the Maxwell Grant pseudonym on the cover.

In 2006, Nostalgia Ventures began reprinting the original pulps in near-replica editions. Each issue reprints 2 stories and contains the original interior illustrations from the pulps as well as the original covers on the front and back.