Walter Brown Gibson Septem December 6, was an American author and professional magician best known for his work on the pulp fiction character The Shadow Gibson, under the pen name Maxwell Grant, wrote than novel length Shadow stories, writing up to 10, words a day to satisfy public demand during the character s golden age in the s and s. And who knew The Shadow better than his creator, Walter B. Gibson. Relatively few people have heard of Gibson, but many more are familiar with The Shadow having heard the program on the Blue Coal Radio Program in the s and read the Street Smith Shadow novels. Walter B. Gibson's life and career come out from behind The Shadow in this biography. It covers his youth in Philadelphia, his Cited by: 3. · Walter B. Gibson’s life and career come out from behind The Shadow in this biography. It covers his youth in Philadelphia, his development as a writer and magician, his wives, including the third, (Litzka, who was a harpist and magician in her own right), his time living in Maine and upstate New York, and his later years and death.
Walter Brown Gibson (Septem-December 6, ) was an American author and professional magician best known for his work on the pulp fiction character The Shadow. Gibson, under the pen-name Maxwell Grant, wrote "more than novel-length" Shadow stories, writing up to "10, words a day" to satisfy public demand during the character. Gibson's first pulp novel, The Living Shadow, was 75, words and sold out immediately. After his second novel also flew off the newsstands, the editors revised his contract with a more ambitious schedule: Instead of a quarterly, Gibson would now produce a monthly publication, each averaging about 60, words. Walter Gibson was still writing the story when he was told to have a Chinese angle.) This review is for the copy that appears in The Shadow Double-Novel Pulp Reprints # 'The Living Shadow' 'The Black Hush'.
A Mass Market paperback that reprints a famous Shadow pulp adventure. "The Living Shadow" was the first pulp magazine story to feature The Shadow. Written by Walter B. Gibson, it was submitted for. The Living Shadow was 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 Janu, and published as The Living Shadow in the April 1, issue of The Shadow Magazine. The Living Shadow (The Shadow, #1) Published June by Bantam Books. Mass Market Paperback, pages. Author (s): Walter B. Gibson, Maxwell Grant (Pen Name), Sandy Kossin (Illustrator) ISBN: (ISBN ).
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