Male : Novelist of mystery works. He also wrote books under his own name on games, psychic phenomena, true crime, puzzles and magic

Nationality : American Place of Birth : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Date of Birth : 1897 Date of Death : 1985 Age : 88

Pseudonyms : Real Name = Walter Brown Gibson

Other Work : Magician

Education : Peddie Institute & Colegate University, New York

"The Shadow" Novels
(All are published in US unless stated)
1934-1941
The Living Shadow (1934 Street & Smith)
The Eyes of the Shadow (1935 S & M)
The Shadow Laughs (1935 S & M)
The Shadow and the Living Death (1940 Whitman Pb)
The Shadow and the Master of Evil (1941 Whitman Pb)
The Shadow and the Ghost Maker (1941 Whitman Pb)

1963-1970
Return of the Shadow (1963 Belmont Pb) - by Walter B Gibson
The Shadow Strikes (1964 Belmont Pb)
Shadow Beware (1965 Belmont Pb)
Cry Shadow ! (1965 Belmont Pb)
The Shadow's Revenge (1965 Belmont Pb)
Mark of the Shadow (1966 Belmont Pb)
Shadow Go Mad ! (1966 Belmont Pb)
The Weird Adventures of the Shadow (1966 Grosset & Dunlap)
Night of the Shadow (1966 Belmont Pb)
Destination Moon (1967 Belmont Pb)
The Living Shadow (1969 Bantam Books Pb)
The Eyes of the Shadow (1969 Bantam Pb)
The Shadow Laughs ! (1969 Bantam Pb)
The Death Tower (1969 Bantam Pb)
Grove of Doom (1969 Tempo Books Pb)
The Ghost Makers (1970 Bantam Pb)
Gangdom's Doom (1970 Bantam Pb)
Hidden Death (1970 Bantam Pb)

1971-1975
The Living Shadow (1974 Pyramid Books Pb)
The Black Master (1974 Pyramid Pb)
Mobsmen on the Spot (1974 Pyramid Pb)
Hands in the Dark (1975 Pyramid Pb)
Double Z (1975 Pyramid Pb)
The Crime Cult (1975 Pyramid Pb)
The Red Menace (1975 Pyramid Pb)
Mox (1975 Pyramid Pb)
The Romanoff Jewels (1975 Pyramid Pb)
The Silent Seven (1975 Pyramid Pb)
Two Adventures of the Dhadow (1975 Dover Pb)
The Mask of Mephisto and Murder By Magic (1975 Doubleday) - by Walter B Gibson

1976-1977
The Living Shadow (1976 New English Library, UK Pb)
The Black Master (1976 NEL Pb)
Mobsmen on the Spot (1976 NEL Pb)
Hands in the Dark (1976 NEL Pb)
Kings of Crime (1976 Pyramid Pb)
Shadowed Millions (1976 Pyramid Pb)
Green Eyes (1977 Pyramid Pb)
The Creeping Death (1977 Pyramid Pb)
Gray First (1977 Jove Books Pb)
The Shadow's Shadow (1977 Pyramid Pb)
Fingers of Death (1977 Jove Pb)
Murder Trail (1977 Jove Pb)
Zemba (1977 Jove Pb)
Charg, Monster (1977 Jove)

After 1978
The Wealth Seeker (1978 Jove)
The Death Giver (1978 Jove)
A Quarter of Eight and The Freak Show Murders (1978 Doubleday) - by Walter B Gibson
The Mother Goose Murders and Crime Over Casco (1979 Doubleday) - by Walter B Gibson
Norgil : More Tales of Prestidigitection (1979 Mysterious Press)
Jade Dragon and House of Ghosts (1981 Doubleday) - by Walter B Gibson
The Shadow and the Golden Master (1984 Mysterious Press) - by Walter B Gibson
The Shadow by James Luceno (1994 Arrow Books £4.99) - novelisation of screenplay
The Shadow by Les Martin (1994 Random House) - novelisation of screenplay

READING
Frank Eisgruber Jnr : Gangland's Doom (1974 Robert Weinberg, US) - pb
Walter B Gibson : The Shadow Scrapbook (1979 Harvest / HBJ)
Will Murray : The Duende History of the Shadow Magazine (1980 Odyssey US) - pb
Robert Sampson : The Night Master (1982 Pulp Press) - pb
J Randolph Cox : Man of Magic and Mystery - A Guide to the Work of Walter B Gibson
(1988 Scarecrow Press)
Shadowed Pages (1992 Golden Perils Press) - pb