Written by Walter Gibson and Anthony Tollin, this gem of a book contains a wealth of essays,critical analyses of many aspects of the Shadow,and of course,there are plenty of pictures throughout(most pulp magazine covers are in black and white, only a select number are in color). This book also reprints a portion of a Shadow newspaper comic from the 40's(in black and white). Lastly,the 'Scrapbook' contains a Shadow short story called "The Riddle of The Rangoon Ruby"(written by Walter Gibson, and appears nowhere else).
A real gem!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
This book turned out to be so much more than I had hoped, containing information on all aspects of the Shadow. The book begins with Gibson's excellently written history of his writing of the shadow stories, has a list of Shadow novels, shows Shadow covers (many in color!), discusses the Shadow's agents, shows illustrations, and then has a never before published Shadow story: The Riddle of the Rangoon Ruby! Then the book covers the Shadow radio show, includes a list of all broadcasts, and has the scripts of two broadcasts (The Death House Rescue-1937, and the White Legion-1938). Then the Shadow movies are covered, and the Shadow comics; including a whole comic adventure entitled the Mystery of the Sealed Box. Finally there are notes on codes used by the Shadow, and various old-time Shadow merchandise.See? Everything you could want! This is book is a real gem, and must have for any Shadow fan. I enjoyed Gibson's story of writing the Shadow beyond anything I could have imagined, and absolutely loved the Rangoon Ruby. I sincerely hope that they someday reissue this book.
fabulous great for everyone
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
It was a great book i didnt like The Shadow at first then i read this and i found The Shadow cool now im trying to get everything of The Shadow. Even my friends who didnt enjoy The Shadow found this interesting. My son liked The Shadow before I did so we actually got it for him and i started reading and I started enjoying it too. A must for fans and everyone. Walter Gipson is a great novelist (wrote the shadow magazine pulps) he was wonderful writer for The Shadow magazine pulps.
great a must for shadow fans
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
like i said its great perfect for any shadow fan includes tons of pictures information about the author and much more
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