The Shadow Scrapbook (Harvest/HBJ Book) [Paperback]

Walter Brown Gibson (Author), Anthony Tollin (Other Contributor)

Product Details

• Paperback: 162 pages
• Publisher: Harcourt; First Edition edition (January 1979)
• ISBN-10: 0156814757
• ISBN-13: 978-0156814751
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #254,308 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A real gem!, March 30, 2001

By 

Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
(HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)    (VINE VOICE)    (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: The Shadow Scrapbook (Harvest/HBJ Book) (Paperback)

This book turned out to be so much more than I had hoped, containing information on all aspects of the Shadow. The book begins with Gibson's excellently written history of his writing of the shadow stories, has a list of Shadow novels, shows Shadow covers (many in color!), discusses the Shadow's agents, shows illustrations, and then has a never before published Shadow story: The Riddle of the Rangoon Ruby! Then the book covers the Shadow radio show, includes a list of all broadcasts, and has the scripts of two broadcasts (The Death House Rescue-1937, and the White Legion-1938). Then the Shadow movies are covered, and the Shadow comics; including a whole comic adventure entitled the Mystery of the Sealed Box. Finally there are notes on codes used by the Shadow, and various old-time Shadow merchandise.

See? Everything you could want! This is book is a real gem, and must have for any Shadow fan. I enjoyed Gibson's story of writing the Shadow beyond anything I could have imagined, and absolutely loved the Rangoon Ruby. I sincerely hope that they someday reissue this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential For Shadow Fans!, March 29, 2006

By 

bOoKwOrM (usa) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: The Shadow Scrapbook (Harvest/HBJ Book) (Paperback)

Written by Walter Gibson and Anthony Tollin, this gem of a book contains a wealth of essays,critical analyses of many aspects of the Shadow,and of course,there are plenty of pictures throughout(most pulp magazine covers are in black and white, only a select number are in color). This book also reprints a portion of a Shadow newspaper comic from the 40's(in black and white).
Lastly,the 'Scrapbook' contains a Shadow short story called "The Riddle of The Rangoon Ruby"(written by Walter Gibson, and appears nowhere else).

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fabulous great for everyone, May 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Shadow Scrapbook (Harvest/HBJ Book) (Paperback)

It was a great book i didnt like The Shadow at first then i read this and i found The Shadow cool now im trying to get everything of The Shadow. Even my friends who didnt enjoy The Shadow found this interesting. My son liked The Shadow before I did so we actually got it for him and i started reading and I started enjoying it too. A must for fans and everyone. Walter Gipson is a great novelist (wrote the shadow magazine pulps) he was wonderful writer for The Shadow magazine pulps.