The Living Shadow

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Cover to The Living Shadow from The Shadow Magazine #1, April 1931. Art by Modest Stein. Shadow1livingshadow.JPG
Cover to The Living Shadow from The Shadow Magazine #1, April 1931. Art by Modest Stein.

The Living Shadow is 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 . This story introduces the literary version, as opposed to the radio version, of The Shadow.

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Publishing history

Because of this story's significance as the first Shadow story, it has been reprinted more times than any other Shadow tale; the reprintings include:

Summary

Reception

The magazine containing the novel sold out after hitting the newsstands. When the second and third novels also almost sold out, it resulted in the magazine becoming monthly rather than quarterly. [1]

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References

  1. Ray Broadus Browne; Marshall William Fishwick (1983). The Hero in Transition. Bowling Green University Popular Press. pp. 142–143. ISBN   9780879722388.