The Shadow and the Golden Master is a hardback book which published in 1984 by The Mysterious Press. It was written by Walter B. Gibson, who wrote The Shadow stories using the pen-name Maxwell Grant.
The book itself collects The Shadow's first encounters with the master villain Shiwan Khan as originally published in the September 15, 1939 (The Golden Master) and December 1, 1939 (Shiwan Khan Returns) issues of The Shadow magazine. As it states on the inside flyleaf, "Reproduced in facsimile from their original pulp magazine publication, these two full-length novels are for all who recall the thrilling adventures of The Shadow, and for all those who love tales of non-stop excitement."
Graves Gladney's artwork for the September 15, 1939 issue of The Shadow is used as the cover for the book. On the back of the book is a picture of Walter B. Gibson.
Here are a few examples of pages inside the 114 page book.
The story The Golden Master was used as a basis for the 1994 The Shadow movie! This is a great hardback collection of two stories that pit The Shadow against a master villain. If you get an opportunity to add this book to your Shadow collection, I highly recommend you do so!!
I think it was the Shadow the first to implement the concept of a super villain.
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