SHADOW NOVEL ANNUAL (2025)

"Sanctum Books continues its Tenth Anniversary celebration with its biggest book ever-collecting nearly 200 pages of early pulp thrillers by Walter B. Gibson! First, the invisible hand of 'The Black Master' kills the very men who serve him, leaving no trace except the promise of future murders, in The Shadow's eighth recorded adventure! Then, the Dark Avenger battles an enemy from his past who knows the hidden secrets of the mystery man who became The Shadow! Finally, the Master of Darkness confronts Thade, 'The Death Giver,' a murderous malefactor who spreads death for the sheer love of killing! Plus, Anthony Tollin examines Thade's deadly return in the four-color pages of Shadow Comics!"

"The Knight of Darkness crushes supercrime in thrilling pulp novels by Walter B. Gibson and Theodore Tinsley! First, concealed within an ancient mummy case, The Shadow smuggles himself into a criminal mastermind's 'Crime Crypt' using the same gimmick that Doctor Doom reprises in the 1950 Batman story, '1,001 Trophies of the Batcave.' Then, The Shadow battles 'The Green Terror,' a criminal whose use of scientifically induced fear preceded the Scarecrow's infamous modus operandi. Finally, in a classic radio script that foreshadowed Batman's landmark Ra's Al Ghul saga, Lamont Cranston dies so that The Shadow can go undercover to battle a super-villain who has discovered his secret identity in 'Can the Dead Talk?'"