The Shadow: "The Golden Vulture" and "Crime, Insured" [Paperback]

Maxwell Grant (Author), Walter B. Gibson (Author), Lester Dent (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2006

Gilded death strikes ruthlessly and brings The Shadow to Miami to investigate the suicides that weren't suicides!

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Nostalgia Ventures; 1 edition (July 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932806482
• ISBN-13: 978-1932806489
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #341,283 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great return of an old Hero, January 7, 2007

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M. Piper "Paper-based Adventurer" (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Shadow: "The Golden Vulture" and "Crime, Insured" (Paperback)

Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?

The Shadow Knows!

The Shadow is a classic hero from the 1930's and 40's. He hasn't been seen since the 1994 film.

Well, now The Shadow is Back! in all his dark and mysterious glory! This book contains two full Shadow Novels from the original 1930's pulps.

The first novel, "Crime, Insured", introduces experienced and new Shadow fans to his brand of crime fighting, and also introduces quite a few of the people that are in his network of agents. The Shadow's agents are people who he has saved at some time in the past and they agreed to help him when he asked for it. The agents in this story are some of his most common and frequently used people. The story basically revolves around an insurance agency who thought of a new insurance scheme, where they insure the criminal for the crime they plan to commit! This is a great introduction to the shadow, and is full of action that shows how the Shadow operates. How the story wraps up adds a great surprise twist at the end!

The second story, "The Golden Vulture", was written by Lester Dent, and then edited by Walter Gibson. This story mixes the technology tricks that Doc Savage fans will recognize as Lester Dent's forte with the mysterious methods of The Shadow. This was the story that won Lester Dent the contract to write Doc Savage! A Great Shadow Story by two great authors!

If you like fast-driving action, mystery and heroic action, you'll love this book. If you are a fan of the Dark Knight, come see one of his first inspirations!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Golden Vulture and Crime Insured, March 25, 2007

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Kathy Anderson "Bookworm" (Fairbanks, AK United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Shadow: "The Golden Vulture" and "Crime, Insured" (Paperback)

Make sure you have time because when you start this book you will not stop until finished. The plots are viable today. I love the informative features regarding the writers.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Shadow back in print at last!, July 7, 2007

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Parker (At Large) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Shadow: "The Golden Vulture" and "Crime, Insured" (Paperback)

The Shadow is back after a long absence from book shelves, movies and television. The Shadow has been out of print since the early 1970's, when Pyramid books published 23 paperback reprints of the classic pulps, with beautiful Jim Steranko covers.

Now we have a fine series of reprints, with two novels for the price of one, reprinted with the original covers and interior illustrations. If you have never read a novel of the Shadow, then "Crime, Insured!" is a great introduction to the series. It is among the most fast paced and well written of the series which consisted of about 325 novels, mostly written by Walter Gibson, under the pen name Maxwell Grant.

For those who only know the Shadow from the old radio series, or the mediocre 1994 Alec Baldwin film, then prepare to meet the true Shadow. No mental powers which "cloud mens minds" here, just detective skills, muscle, and twin automatics. You'll also be intoduced to one of the most mysterious characters in popular fiction bar none.

Pulp fiction at its best. Buy it and read it. You won't regret it!