The Shadow was one of the first and longest lasting Hero Pulps character and one of the longest lasting. In addition to a record of 325 complete novels dedicated to a single, recurring character, The Shadow has been the subject of books, comics and movies. The original author, Walter Gibson, wrote 282 of those pulp volumes, averaging a 60,000 word novel every other week for more than ten years.

A sampling, in book form, of the products The Shadow spawned. Yes, that's Orson Welles on the left. He's the one who intoned on the radio show 'Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of men?...'