The Shadow Belmont Book Covers

Belmont Books printed a series of The Shadow stories in the 1960s.  Here's a look at book covers and brief information about each one.

Return of The Shadow was published September 1, 1963.  It was written by Walter B. Gibson who had penned the vast majority of the original Shadow stories in the pulp magazines.  Interestingly, Gibson uses his own name and not his pen name of Maxwell Grant for this book!

The Shadow Strikes was published October 1, 1964 and was written by Dennis Lynds.  Lynds used the Maxwell Grant pen name for this story and the rest of The Shadow stories he wrote.  (I've written two articles about this book which you can read here and here.)

Shadow Beware was published January 1, 1965 and was written by Dennis Lynds.

Cry Shadow! was published April 1, 1965 and was written by Dennis Lynds.   As you can see, it uses the same Shadow silhouette on the cover as the previous book.

The Shadow's Revenge was published October 1, 1965 and written by Dennis Lynds.  This cover uses artwork from the November 1, 1936 The Shadow magazine! 

Here's the original artwork from the
Nov 1, 1936 Shadow magazine

Mark of The Shadow was published May 1, 1966 and was written by Dennis Lynds.  This cover features a more classic looking Shadow!

Shadow-Go Mad! was published September 1, 1966 and written by Dennis Lynds.   

The Night of The Shadow was published November 1, 1966 and was written by Dennis Lynds.  I like the back cover with the big yellow question mark!

The Shadow-Destination: Moon was published March 1, 1967 and was written by Dennis Lynds.   Interestingly, it wasn't until July 20, 1969 that man first landed on the moon!

It's interesting to see how the covers started with a more modern (1960s) look but by the end of the series they had transitioned to a more classical Shadow artwork covers.  I've not been able to find a lot of information about the series and how well received it was - but I'll keep digging and sharing what I find.