Shadow Comics

    (Street & Smith, 1940-1949)
™ and ©1943 Street & Smith

The Shadow, created by writer Walter Gibson (a.k.a. Maxwell Grant) for Street and Smith’s pulp The Shadow Magazine in 1933, is one of the most memorable fiction characters of the 20th century. As the first costumed crimefighter, the mysterious Shadow and his agents did battle against underworld menaces throughout the 1930s and 40s in the pulps, radio, movies and comic books. Though the Shadow was a towering influence on Golden Age super-heroes including Batman, his own comic book adventures paled in comparison to his super-peers, not to mention Gibson’s bi-weekly novels or the radio show which starred a young Orson Welles. The shoddy artwork, and dumbed-down pulp stories failed to capture the most important element of the Shadow’s mystique—the overbearing atmosphere of dread and mystery. It would be another 30 years before Michael Kaluta and Dennis O’Neil finally got the character right in DC’s The Shadow comic.
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  • 1
    #1
    Painted cover by George Rozen
    Mar 1940
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Vernon Greene
    Vol. 1, #1; Frank Merriwell
    No copies available
  • 2
    #2
    Painted cover by George Rozen
    Apr 1940
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Vernon Greene
    Vol. 1, #2; 1st Appearance of Cap Fury
    No copies available
  • 3
    #3
    Painted cover by George Rozen
    May 1940
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Vernon Greene
    Vol. 1, #3; 1st Appearance of Norgil the Magician; Frank Merriwell
    No copies available
  • 4
    #4
    Painted cover by George Rozen
    Jun 1940
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Vernon Greene
    Vol. 1, #4; Frank Merriwell
    No copies available
  • 5
    #5
    Painted cover by George Rozen
    Jul 1940
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Vernon Greene
    Vol. 1, #5; 1st Appearance of The Talking Toad
    No copies available
  • 6
    #6
    Painted cover by George Rozen
    Aug 1940
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Vernon Greene
    Vol. 1, #6
    No copies available
  • 7
    #7
    Nov 1940
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Vernon Greene
    Vol. 1, #7; 1st Appearance of Hooded Wasp; Nick Carter becomes counter-espionage agent
    No copies available
  • 8
    #8
    Jan 1941
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, Saul Robbins, Jerry Tuttle  ·  A: Vernon Greene, Saul Robbins
    Vol. 1, #8
    No copies available
  • 9
    #9
    Mar 1941
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, Jack Storm  ·  A: Vernon Greene, Al Carreno
    Vol. 1, #9; 1st appearance of Captain Death; 1st Appearance of Captain Death; 1st appearance of Professor Lane; 1st Appearance of Professor Lane
    No copies available
  • 10
    #10
    May 1941
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, Wain Sutton, William G. Bogart  ·  A: Vernon Greene, Lafe Thomas, George Tuska
    Vol. 1, #10; 1st Appearance of Dead End Kids; 1st appearance of Iron Gost; 1st Appearance of Iron Gost
    No copies available
  • 11
    #11
    Jul 1941
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, Jerry Devine, Norman A. Daniels, Carl Formes  ·  A: Vernon Greene, Lafe Thomas, George Tuska, Jack Binder
    Vol. 1, #11; 1st Appearance of Danny Garrett
    No copies available
  • 12
    #12
    Sep 1941
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, Carl formes  ·  A: Vernon Greene, Lafe Thomas, Jack Binder, George Tuska, Al Carreno
    Vol. 1, #12; 1st Appearance of Spike Stevens
    No copies available
  • 13
    #13
    Oct 1941
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, Carl Formes  ·  A: Vernon Greene, Lafe Thomas, Pete Riss
    Vol. 2, #1
    No copies available
  • 14
    #14
    Nov 1941
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Vernon Greene, Nick DeStephano
    Vol. 2, #2
    No copies available
  • 15
    #15
    Mar 1942
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Otto Binder, George Marcoux, R. Creighton Buck  ·  A: Vernon Greene, Robert McCarty, George Marcoux, Nick DeStephano
    Vol. 2; Vol. 2, #3; 1st appearance of Supersnipe; 1st Appearance of Supersnipe; #3
    No copies available
  • 16
    #16
    May 1942
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Otto Binder, George Marcoux, Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Vernon Greene, Pete Riss, George Marcoux, Robert McCarty, William Smith
    Vol. 2, #4
    No copies available
  • 17
    #17
    Jul 1942
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Otto Binder, George Marcoux, Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Jack Binder, George Marcoux, Robert McCarty, Vernon Greene
    Vol. 2, #5
    No copies available
  • 18
    #18
    Sep 1942
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, Ed Gruskin  ·  A: Jack Binder
    Vol. 2, #6
    No copies available
  • 19
    #19
    Oct 1942
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Vernon Greene, Jack Binder, Nick DeStefano
    Vol. 2, #7
    No copies available
  • 20
    #20
    Nov 1942
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Otto Binder  ·  A: Jack Binder, Nick DeStefano
    Vol. 2, #8
    No copies available
  • 21
    #21
    Dec 1942
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, ed Gruskin  ·  A: Jack Binder, Vernon Greene, Nick DeStefano
    Vol. 2; 1st appearance of Beebo; #9
    No copies available
  • 22
    #22
    Jan 1943
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, Ed Gruskin, George Marcoux  ·  A: Jack Binder, August Froehlich, George Marcoux
    Vol. 2, #10; Preview of the story Museum Murder in Jan 1943 issue of The Shadow Magazine
    No copies available
  • 23
    #23
    Feb 1943
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Jack Binder, August Froehlich
    Vol. 2, #11
    No copies available
  • 24
    #24
    Mar 1943
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Jack Binder, August Froehlich, Vernon Greene
    Vol. 2, #12
    No copies available
  • 25
    #25
    Apr 1943
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Vernon Greene, Jack Binder
    Vol. 3, #1
    No copies available
  • 26
    #26
    May 1943
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Vernon Greene
    Vol. 3, #2
    No copies available
  • 27
    #27
    Jun 1943
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, Ed Gruskin, William G. Bogart  ·  A: Jack Binder
    Vol. 3, #3; 1st appearance of Honey Wasp (Babe)
    No copies available
  • 28
    #28
    Jul 1943
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, Ed Gruskin, Bruce Elliott  ·  A: Jack Binder, Al Bare
    Vol. 3, #4
    No copies available
  • 29
    #29
    Aug 1943
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, Ed Gruskin, Bruce Elliott  ·  A: Jack Binder, Al Bare
    Vol. 3, #5
    No copies available
  • 30
    #30
    Sep 1943
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, Bruce Elliott, Ed Gruskin  ·  A: Jack Binder, Al Bare, Jimmy Thompson
    Vol. 3, #6
    No copies available
  • 31
    #31
    Oct 1943
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, Ed Gruskin, Bruce Elliott, Ned Strong  ·  A: Jack Binder, Al Bare, Charles Cole
    Vol. 3, #7
    No copies available
  • 32
    #32
    Nov 1943
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, Bill Elliot  ·  A: Charles Coll, Jack Binder, Jimmy Thompson
    Vol. 3, #8
    No copies available
  • 33
    #33
    Dec 1943
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Charles Coll, Al Bare, Jimmy Thompson
    Vol. 3, #9
    No copies available
  • 34
    #34
    Jan 1944
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, Bruce Elliott, Ed Gruskin  ·  A: Charles Coll, John Meditz, Charles Boland
    Vol. 3, #10
    No copies available
  • 35
    #35
    Feb 1944
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Charles Coll, John Meditz
    Vol. 3, #11
    No copies available
  • 36
    #36
    Mar 1944
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Charles Coll, John Meditz
    Vol. 3, #12
    No copies available
  • 37
    #37
    Apr 1944
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Charles Coll, John Meditz
    Vol. 4, #1
    No copies available
  • 38
    #38
    May 1944
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Charles Coll, Al Bare, John Meditz
    Vol. 4, #2
    No copies available
  • 39
    #39
    Jun 1944
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Charles Coll, Al Bare, John Meditz
    Vol. 4, #3
    No copies available
  • 40
    #40
    Bondage Cover
    Jul 1944
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Charles Coll, Al Bare, John Meditz, Charles Wessell
    Vol. 4, #4
    No copies available
  • 41
    #41
    Aug 1944
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Charles Coll, Al Bare
    Vol. 4, #5
    No copies available
  • 42
    #42
    Sep 1944
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Al Bare, John Meditz
    Vol. 4, #6
    No copies available
  • 43
    #43
    Oct 1944
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Al Bare, John Meditz
    Vol. 4; 1st appearance of Mr. 13 (Gary Grey); #7
    No copies available
  • 44
    #44
    Nov 1944
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Charles Coll, John Meditz, Thorton Fisher
    Vol. 4, #8
    No copies available
  • 45
    #45
    Dec 1944
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Charles Coll, Al Bare, John Meditz, Thorton Fisher
    Vol. 4, #9
    No copies available
  • 46
    #46
    Jan 1945
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, Thorton Fisher  ·  A: Charles Coll, Al Bare, Thorton Fisher, John Meditz
    Vol. 4, #10
    No copies available
  • 47
    #47
    Feb 1945
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, Thorton Fisher  ·  A: Charles Coll, Al Bare, Thorton Fisher
    Vol. 4, #11
    No copies available
  • 48
    #48
    Mar 1945
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Charles Coll, Al Bare, John Meditz
    Vol. 4, #12
    No copies available
  • 49
    #49
    Apr 1945
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Charles Coll, John Meditz
    Vol. 5; 1st appearance of Flatty Foote; #1
    No copies available
  • 50
    #50
    May 1945
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Charles Coll, Al Bare, John Meditz, Ejay
    Vol. 5, #2
    No copies available
  • 51
    #51
    Jun 1945
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, Thorton Fisher  ·  A: Charles Coll, Al Bare, John Meditz, Ejay, Thorton Fisher
    Vol. 5; 1st appearance of Bing Dahlgren; #3
    No copies available
  • 52
    #52
    Jul 1945
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Charles Coll, Al Bare, John Meditz, Ejay
    Vol. 5, #4
    No copies available
  • 53
    #53
    Aug 1945
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, Thorton Fisher  ·  A: Charles Coll, Thorton Fisher, Ejay, Al Bare
    Vol. 5, #5
    No copies available
  • 54
    #54
    Sep 1945
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Charles Coll, Al Bare, Ejay
    Vol. 5, #6
    No copies available
  • 55
    #55
    Oct 1945
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, Thorton Fisher  ·  A: Charles Coll, Thorton Fisher, Ejay
    Vol. 5, #7
    No copies available
  • 56
    #56
    Nov 1945
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Charles Coll, Al Bare, Ejay
    Vol. 5, #8
    No copies available
  • 57
    #57
    Dec 1945
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Charles Coll, Ejay
    Vol. 5, #9
    No copies available
  • 58
    #58
    Jan 1946
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Charles Coll, Ejay
    Vol. 5, #10
    No copies available
  • 59
    #59
    Feb 1946
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, Charles Wessell, Thorton Fisher  ·  A: Charles Coll, Charles Wessell, Thorton Fisher
    Vol. 5, #11
    No copies available
  • 60
    #60
    Mar 1946
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, Thorton Fisher, Charles Wessell  ·  A: Charles Coll, Ejay, Thorton Fisher, Charles Wessell
    Vol. 5, #12
    No copies available
  • 61
    #61
    Apr 1946
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, Thorton Fisher  ·  A: Charles Coll, Ejay, Thorton Fisher
    Vol. 6, #1
    No copies available
  • 62
    #62
    May 1946
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, Thorton Fisher  ·  A: Charles Coll, Al Bare, Ejay, Thorton Fisher
    Vol. 6, #2
    No copies available
  • 63
    #63
    Jun 1946
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson, Thorton Fisher  ·  A: Charles Coll, Al Bare, Ejay, Thorton Fisher
    Vol. 6, #3
    No copies available
  • 64
    #64
    Jul 1946
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Charles Coll, Al Bare, Ejay
    Vol. 6, #4
    No copies available
  • 65
    #65
    Aug 1946
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Charles Coll, Al Bare, Ejay
    Vol. 6, #5
    No copies available
  • 66
    #66
    Sep 1946
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Charles Coll, Ejay
    Vol. 6, #6
    No copies available
  • 67
    #67
    Oct 1946
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Charles Wessell  ·  A: Charles Coll, Ejay, Charles Wessell, Thorton Fisher
    Vol. 6, #7; Chick Carter story; Dangerous Ben Thompson story; Doc Savage story; Flatty Foote story; The Shadow story
    No copies available
  • 68
    #68
    Nov 1946
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Walter B. Gibson  ·  A: Charles Coll, Ejay
    Vol. 6, #8
    No copies available
  • 69
    #69
    Dec 1946
    Cover: $0.10
    A: Charles Coll, Charles Wessell
    Vol. 6, #9
    No copies available
  • 70
    #70
    Jan 1947
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Thorton Fisher  ·  A: Charles Coll, Thorton Fisher, Ejay
    Vol. 6, #10
    No copies available
  • 71
    #71
    Feb 1947
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Thorton Fisher  ·  A: Charles Coll, Thorton Fisher, Ejay
    Vol. 6, #11
    No copies available
  • 72
    #72
    Mar 1947
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Thorton Fisher  ·  A: Bob Powell, Thorton Fisher, Ejay
    Vol. 6, #12
    No copies available
  • 73
    #73
    Apr 1947
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Bob Powell  ·  A: Charles Coll, Bob Powell, Ejay
    Vol. 7, #1
    No copies available
  • 74
    #74
    May 1947
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Bruce Elliott  ·  A: Charles Coll, Jimmy Thompson, Bob Powell
    Vol. 7; 1st appearance of Parson Pete; #2
    No copies available
  • 75
    #75
    Bondage Cover
    Jun 1947
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Bob Powell, Bruce Elliott, Thorton Fisher  ·  A: Bob Powell, Ejay, Thorton Fisher
    Vol. 7, #3
    1 copy for $12.75
  • 76
    #76
    Jul 1947
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Bob Powell, Bruce Elliott  ·  A: Bob Powell
    Vol. 7, #4
    No copies available
  • 77
    #77
    Aug 1947
    Cover: $0.10
    A: Charles Coll, Ejay
    Vol. 7, #5
    No copies available
  • 78
    #78
    Sep 1947
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Alfred M. Klein, Bob Powell  ·  A: Bob Powell, Ray Evans, Charles Coll
    Vol. 7, #6
    No copies available
  • 79
    #79
    Oct 1947
    Cover: $0.10
    A: Charles Coll
    Vol. 7, #7
    No copies available
  • 80
    #80
    Nov 1947
    Cover: $0.10
    Vol. 7, #8
    No copies available
  • 81
    #81
    Dec 1947
    Cover: $0.10
    Vol. 7, #9
    No copies available
  • 82
    #82
    Jan 1948
    Cover: $0.10
    Vol. 7, #10
    No copies available
  • 83
    #83
    Feb 1948
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Joe Bates Smith  ·  A: Bob Powell
    Vol. 7, #11
    No copies available
  • 84
    #84
    Mar 1948
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Frank Kane  ·  A: Bob Powell
    Vol. 7, #12
    No copies available
  • 85
    #85
    Apr 1948
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Lawrence Crowley  ·  A: Bob Powell
    Vol. 8, #1
    No copies available
  • 86
    #86
    May 1948
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Joe Bates Smith  ·  A: Bob Powell
    Vol. 8, #2
    No copies available
  • 87
    #87
    Jun 1948
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Joe Bates Smith  ·  A: Bob Powell
    Vol. 8, #3
    No copies available
  • 88
    #88
    Jul 1948
    Cover: $0.10
    Vol. 8, #4
    No copies available
  • 89
    #89
    Aug 1948
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Hector Chevigney  ·  A: Bob Powell
    Vol. 8, #5
    No copies available
  • 90
    #90
    Sep 1948
    Cover: $0.10
    Vol. 8, #6
    No copies available
  • 91
    #91
    Oct 1948
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Stedman Coles  ·  A: Bob Powell
    Vol. 8, #7
    No copies available
  • 92
    #92
    Nov 1948
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Peter Barry  ·  A: Bob Powell
    Vol. 8, #8
    No copies available
  • 93
    #93
    Dec 1948
    Cover: $0.10
    Vol. 8, #9
    No copies available
  • 94
    #94
    Jan 1949
    Cover: $0.10
    Vol. 8, #10
    No copies available
  • 95
    #95
    Feb 1949
    Cover: $0.10
    Vol. 8, #11
    No copies available
  • 96
    #96
    Mar 1949
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Bruce Elliott  ·  A: Bob Powell
    Vol. 8, #12
    No copies available
  • 97
    #97
    Apr 1949
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Bruce Elliott  ·  A: Bob Powell
    Vol. 9, #1
    No copies available
  • 98
    #98
    May 1949
    Cover: $0.10
    Vol. 9, #2
    No copies available
  • 99
    #99
    Jun 1949
    Cover: $0.10
    Vol. 9, #3
    No copies available
  • 100
    #100
    Jul 1949
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Bruce Elliott  ·  A: Bob Powell, Dick Rockwell
    Vol. 9, #4
    No copies available
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