The Shadow knows! And since 1930, the mysterious vigilante has been
thrilling us with adventure after adventure, battling away at evil and
entertaining us all the way. The Shadow, as a character, was created due to
demand. Originally, The Shadow was the radio announcer for Street & Smith’s
Detective Stories radio show. Audiences loved the idea and began asking
for The Shadow magazine, a publication which at the time, did not yet exist.

In response, Street & Smith brought on Walter B. Gibson, who,
working under the pen name of Maxwell Grant, wrote over 280 of the 325 Shadow
books over a span of twenty years. The popularity of the character grew,
spawning hard and soft cover novels, Big Little Books, comic books, a newspaper
strip and countless premiums.

Often overlooked and not as well-known due
to its scarcity, The Thriller Library was published by Amalgamated Press
Limited. The March 26, 1938 issue features the debut of The Shadow in that
publication’s title. The cover was graced with a striking image of The Shadow
with gun drawn towering over text and the story title Enter the Shadow.
The full length story by Maxwell Grant features eleven illustrations done in
black and white.

A rare piece to be sure, this early Shadow publication
is now out of the shadows and in the spotlight, where it should
be.