Lingo

The Shadow Pulp #75

by Maxwell Grant (Pseudonym), Walter B. Gibson

Genres: Pulp

Paperback

Published April 1, 1935

About the author

Maxwell Grant was a pseudonym often used by Walter B. Gibson to write stories of "The Shadow".

Reviews

[Jeff J. · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pulp novel featuring The Shadow. A gang war erupts in New York City providing an opportunity for The Shadow. Much chaos ensues.

[James Crawford · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a rather unusual Shadow story in that instead of fighting one or a set of specific crooks the story centers around the various crooks fighting amongst themselves, all to see who will be the top ruler of the group.

Jericho makes one of his infrequent appearances. Clyde Burke and Harry Vincent are also involved in the story. Part of it takes place in Chinatown.

One of the main crooks is Lingo Queed who wants to be the top man but finds that the position comes with a lot of peril. It's basically 'king of the mountain' among the members of the various mobs.

The Shadow does some really scary stuff way on top of a building. He's also really good in playing various crooks against each other. It's a good story helped even more by it's being so unusual.

[Little Timmy · Rating 5 out of 5]

When it comes to pulp heroes there are 2 or 3 great standouts and the Shadow is one of those. The stories are fast paced and action filled. The mystery just adds to the excitement. With his army of agents to help the Shadow never lets you down for a great read. Highly recommended

[Ronald]

read some time in 2009