The Shadow Knows: 1931-04-01 The Living Shadow

1931-04-01 - The Living Shadow

First Published: April 1st, 1931 as The Shadow - A Detective Magazine.

Written by: Walter B. Gibson under the pseudonym of Maxwell Grant

Also Contains:

Crime Detection in the Philippines by Charles, A Freeman

The Green Light by Walter B. Gibson

The Bounty Racket by Captain Bruce

Synopsis:

HARRY Vincent doesn't feel he has anything left to live for. On a foggy night in New York, he stands in the middle of a bridge, on the verge of jumping off. When two powerful arms grab him and pull him off the ledge.

WHO is this mysterious man who has saved the life of Harry Vincent? This man who seems to be cloacked in shadows and can all but read Harry's mind?

“YOUR life,” said the stranger’s voice slowly, “is no longer your own. It belongs to me now.”

“I SHALL make it useful. But I shall risk it, too. Perhaps I shall lose it, for I have lost lives, just as I have saved them. This is my promise: life, with enjoyment, with danger, with excitement, and—with money. Life, above all, with honor. But if I give it, I demand obedience. Absolute obedience. You may accept my terms, or you may refuse. I shall wait for you to choose.”

HARRY gives his obedience and get's thrown into a strange world of violence, murder, robbery and intrigue. Is his new master working on the side of the law or on the side of the crooks?

ONLY The Shadow Knows!

From the back of the Pyramid Edition

WHO KNOWS WHAT EVIL LURKS IN THE HEARTS OF MEN?

THE SHADOW KNOWS. But no one knows THE SHADOW. Cloaked in darkness and mystery, the man in black is a legend to those who have felt his remorseless hand: The Underworld. One step outside the law and many leagues ahead of the police in the battle against crime, he haunts the forbidding canyons of Manhattan with a mocking laugh that strikes terror into the souls of the guilty everywhere.

With his invisible network of crimefighters who have pledged him their loyalty —and their lives, THE SHADOW stalks a trail of blood that begins with a strange Chinese coin and ends with a king’s ransom in jewels. A fortune leading straight into the trap of a brilliant master criminal who has just pulled the job of a lifetime—in another man's skin! Has THE SHADOW met his match at last?

Other Printings:

1932 - The Ideal Library