The Living Shadow

Cover to "The Living Shadow" from The Shadow Magazine #1, April 1931. Art by Modest Stein.

"The Living Shadow" was the first pulp magazine story to feature The Shadow. Written by Walter B. Gibson, it was submitted for publication as "Murder in the Next Room" on January 23, 1931, and published as "The Living Shadow" in the April 1, 1931 issue of "The Shadow Magazine". This story introduces the literary version, as opposed to the radio version, of The Shadow.

Publishing history

Because of this story's significance as the first Shadow story, it has been reprinted more times than any other Shadow tale; the reprintings include:

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