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Grant, Maxwell

A Street & Smith House Name under which Walter B Gibson (whom see for details) wrote some 300 novels, 282 of them about The Shadow. He was followed by Dennis Lynds (whom also see). [JC]

"Maxwell Grant"

works

series

The Shadow

This Checklist, restricted to Shadow tales which have reached book form, is modified from the online SF-Lovers Archives. Single volumes are listed in order of original magazine publication.

• The Living Shadow (New York: Street and Smith, 1931) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared April 1931 The Shadow: The Shadow: hb/George Rozen]
• The Eyes of the Shadow (New York: Street and Smith, 1931) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared July 1931 The Shadow: The Shadow: hb/George Rozen]
• The Shadow Laughs! (New York: Street and Smith, 1931) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared October 1931 The Shadow: The Shadow: hb/George Jerome Rozen]
• The Red Menace: From the Shadow's Private Annals (New York: Pyramid Books, 1975) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared November 1932 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Jim Steranko]
• Gangdom's Doom (New York: Bantam Books, 1970) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared December 1931 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Sandy Kossin]
• The Death Tower (New York: Bantam Books, 1969) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared January 1932 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Sandy Kossin]
• The Silent Seven: From the Shadow's Private Annals (New York: Pyramid Books, 1975) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared February 1932 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Jim Steranko]
• The Black Master (New York: Pyramid Books, 1974) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared March 1932 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Jim Steranko]
• The Mobsmen on the Spot: From the Shadow's Private Annals (New York: Pyramid Books, 1974) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared April 1932 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Jim Steranko]
• Hands in the Dark: From the Shadow's Private Annals (New York: Pyramid Books, 1975) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared May 1932 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Jim Steranko]
• Double Z: From the Shadow's Private Annals (New York: Pyramid Books, 1975) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared June 1932 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Jim Steranko]
• The Crime Cult: From the Shadow's Private Annals (New York: Pyramid Books, 1975) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared July 1932 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Jim Steranko]
• Hidden Death (New York: Bantam Books, 1970) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared September 1932 The Shadow: at this point the magazine schedule switched from monthly to fortnightly: The Shadow: pb/Sandy Kossin]
• Green Eyes: From the Shadow's Private Annals (New York: Pyramid Books, 1977) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared 1 October 1932 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Jim Steranko]
• The Ghost Makers (New York: Bantam Books, 1970) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared 15 October 1932 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Sandy Kossin]
• The Romanoff Jewels: From the Shadow's Private Annals (New York: Pyramid Books, 1975) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared 1 December 1932 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Jim Steranko]
• Kings of Crime: From the Shadow's Private Annals (New York: Pyramid Books, 1976) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared 15 December 1932 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Jim Steranko]
• Shadowed Millions: From the Shadow's Private Annals (New York: Pyramid Books, 1976) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared 1 January 1933 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Jim Steranko]
• The Creeping Death: From the Shadow's Private Annals (New York: Pyramid Books, 1977) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared 15 January 1933 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Jim Steranko]
• The Shadow's Shadow: From the Shadow's Private Annals (New York: Pyramid Books, 1977) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared 1 February 1933 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Jim Steranko]
• Fingers of Death: From the Shadow's Private Annals (New York: Pyramid Books, 1977) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared 1 March 1933 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Jim Steranko]
• Murder Trail: From the Shadow's Private Annals (New York: Jove/HBJ Books, 1977) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared 15 March 1933 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Jim Steranko]
• The Silent Death: From the Shadow's Private Annals (New York: Jove/HBJ Books, 1978) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared 1 April 1933 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Jim Steranko]
• The Shadow's Justice (Missassauga, Ontario: Girasol Collectibles, 2002) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared 15 April 1933 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/]
• The Death Giver: From the Shadow's Private Annals (New York: Jove/HJB Books, 1979) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared 15 May 1933 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Jim Steranko]
• The Weird Adventures of the Shadow: The Grove of Doom (New York: Grosset and Dunlap/Tempo, 1969) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared 1 September 1933 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Jim Steranko]
• Mox: From the Shadow's Private Annals (New York: Pyramid Books, 1975) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared 15 November 1933 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Jim Steranko]
• The Wealth Seeker: From the Shadow's Private Annals (New York: Jove/HBJ Books, 1978) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared 15 January 1934 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Jim Steranko]
• Gray Fist: From the Shadow's Private Annals (New York: Pyramid Books, 1977) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared 15 February 1934 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Jim Steranko]
• Charg, Monster: From the Shadow's Private Annals (New York: Pyramid Books, 1977) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared 1 July 1934 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Jim Steranko]
• Zemba: From the Shadow's Private Annals (New York: Jove/HBJ Books, 1977) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared 1 December 1935 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/Jim Steranko]
• The Crime Oracle/The Teeth of the Dragon: Two Adventures of the Shadow (New York: Dover Publications, 1975) by Walter B Gibson [coll: first appeared in The Shadow, 1 June 1936 and 15 November 1937: The Shadow: pb/George Rozen]
• The Shadow and the Voice of Murder (Los Angeles, California: Bantam Publications, 1940) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared 15 February 1940 The Shadow as "Voice of Death": The Shadow: pb/]
• The Weird Adventures of the Shadow (New York: Grosset and Dunlap/Tempo, 1969) by Walter B Gibson [coll: first appeared in The Shadow between 1933 and 1944: at this point the magazine schedule reverted to monthly: The Shadow: pb/]
• Voodoo Death (New York: Grosset and Dunlap/Tempo, 1969) by Walter B Gibson [first appeared June 1944 The Shadow: The Shadow: pb/]
• Return of the Shadow (New York: Belmont Books, 1963) by Walter B Gibson [a paperback original: The Shadow: pb/]
• The Shadow Strikes (New York: Belmont Books, 1964) by Dennis Lynds [The Shadow: pb/]
• Shadow Beware (New York: Belmont Books, 1965) by Dennis Lynds [The Shadow: pb/]
• Cry Shadow! (New York: Belmont Books, 1965) by Dennis Lynds [The Shadow: pb/]
• The Shadow's Revenge (New York: Belmont Books, 1965) by Dennis Lynds [The Shadow: pb/]
• Mark of the Shadow (New York: Belmont Books, 1966) by Dennis Lynds [The Shadow: pb/]
• Shadow – Go Mad! (New York: Belmont Books, 1966) by Dennis Lynds [The Shadow: pb/]
• The Night of the Shadow (New York: Belmont Books, 1966) by Dennis Lynds [The Shadow: pb/]
• The Shadow Destination: Moon (New York: Belmont Books, 1967) by Dennis Lynds [The Shadow: pb/]
• The Shadow (New York: Westminster, Maryland: Ivy Books, 1967) by Dennis Lynds [tie: novelizing the film: The Shadow: pb/]

Big Little Books

• The Shadow and the Living Death (Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1940) [Big Little Book format: in the publisher's Better Little Book series: hb/]
• The Shadow and the Master of Evil (Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1941) [Big Little Book format: in the publisher's Better Little Book series: hb/]
• The Shadow and the Ghost Makers (Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1942) [Big Little Book format: in the publisher's Better Little Book series: hb/]

omnibus volumes

Listed in order of book publication.

• The Mask of Mephisto/Murder by Magic (Garden City, New York: Doubleday Crime Club, 1975) by Walter B Gibson [coll: stories first published in The Shadow in July and August 1945: The Shadow: hb/Tim Lewis]
• A Quarter of Eight/The Freak Show Murders (Garden City, New York: Doubleday Crime Club, 1978) by Walter B Gibson [coll: stories first published in The Shadow in October 1945 and May 1944: The Shadow: hb/]
• Crime Over Casco/The Mother Goose Murders (Garden City, New York: Doubleday Crime Club, 1979) by Walter B Gibson [coll: stories first published in The Shadow in April and March 1946 respectively: The Shadow: hb/Tim Lewis]
• Jade Dragon/House of Ghosts (Garden City, New York: Doubleday Crime Club, 1981) by Walter B Gibson [coll: stories first published in The Shadow, 15 April 1942 and September 1943: The Shadow: hb/]
• The Shadow and the Golden Master (New York: Mysterious Press, 1984) by Walter B Gibson [coll: stories first appeared in The Shadow September 1939 and December 1939: The Shadow: hb/Graves Gladney]
• The Shadow: The Chinese Disks and Malmordo (Encinitas, California: Nostalgia Ventures, 2006) by Walter B Gibson [coll: stories first published in The Shadow, 1 November 1934 and July 1946: The Shadow: pb/George Rozen]
• The Shadow: The Red Blot and The Voodoo Master (Encinitas, California: Nostalgia Ventures, 2006) by Walter B Gibson [coll: stories first published in The Shadow, 1 June 1933 and 1 March 1936: The Shadow: pb/George Rozen]
• The Shadow: Crime, Insured and The Golden Vulture (Encinitas, California: Nostalgia Ventures, 2006) by Walter B Gibson [coll: stories first published in The Shadow, 1 July 1937 and 15 July 1938: The Shadow: pb/George Rozen]
• The London Crimes/Castle of Doom: Two Classic Adventures of the Shadow (Encinitas, California: Nostalgia Ventures, 2007) by Walter B Gibson [coll: stories first published in The Shadow, 15 September 1935 and 15 January 1936: The Shadow: pb/George Rozen]
• The Murder Master and The Hydra: Two Classic Adventures of the Shadow (Encinitas, California: Nostalgia Ventures, 2007) by Walter B Gibson [coll: stories first published in The Shadow, 15 February 1938 and 1 December 1942: The Shadow: pb/George Rozen]
• The Black Falcon and The Salamanders: Two Classic Adventures of the Shadow (Encinitas, California: Nostalgia Ventures, 2007) by Walter B Gibson [coll: stories first published in The Shadow, 1 February 1934 and 1 April 1936: The Shadow: pb/George Rozen]
• The Road of Crime and Crooks Go Straight: Two Classic Adventures of the Shadow (Encinitas, California: Nostalgia Ventures, 2007) by Walter B Gibson [coll: stories first published in The Shadow, 1 October 1933 and 1 March 1935: The Shadow: pb/George Rozen]
• Lingo and Partners of Peril: Two Classic Adventures of the Shadow (Encinitas, California: Nostalgia Ventures, 2007) by Walter B Gibson [coll: stories first published in The Shadow, 1 April 1935 and 1 November 1936: The Shadow: pb/George Rozen]
• Serpents of Siva and The Magigals Mystery: Two Classic Adventures of the Shadow (Encinitas, California: Nostalgia Ventures, 2007) by Walter B Gibson [coll: stories first published in The Shadow, 15 April 1938 and Winter 1949: The Shadow: pb/George Rozen]

nonfiction

• The Shadow Scrapbook: The Complete Story Behind the Mysterious Shadow of Pulp Magazine and Radio Fame Compiled by His Chief Creator (New York: Jove/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979) by Walter B Gibson as Maxwell Grant [nonfiction: with bibliography: includes short story "The Riddle of the Rangoon Ruby": The Shadow: pb/photographic]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Picture Gallery

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 15:50 pm on 17 January 2025.
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