The Shadow Magazine

In all, 325 issues appeared, each containing a lead novel featuring Lamont Cranston, "The Shadow", as well as a small number of short stories and other features. Most of the novels were written by Walter B. Gibson (under the byline Maxwell Grant) although a small number were written by Lester Dent, Bruce Elliott and Theodore Tinsley (all under the Grant byline). There were also three reprint volumes entitled The Shadow Annual in the 1940s.

For most of its life there was also a parallel Canadian reprint edition, although full details of this are unclear. From 1931 to 1936 (or thereabouts) it seems to have reprinted the US issues from 5-6 months previously, while the only issue seen in the late 1930's is a direct reprint of the US issue of the same date. Following the War Exchange Conservation Act of 1940 which banned the direct import of US pulps, a new series started with (very poorly) redrawn cover art. This ran on a monthly basis from the middle of 1941 to late 1944 (at least) reprinting consecutive US issues starting from early 1941 (and thus continually falling further behind as the US magazine was publishing twice monthly during this period).

A British reprint edition ran for about a dozen isues under the name Street & Smith's Shadow Mystery Magazine. It then changed its name to Street & Smith's Mystery Detective reprinting stories from a variety of US magazines, running to a total of 40 issues for the two series together.

1931

v1 #1 Apr

v1 #2 Jul-Sep

v1 #3 Oct

v1 #4 Nov

v1 #5 Dec

1932

v1 #6 Jan

v2 #1 Feb

v2 #2 Mar

v2 #3 Apr

v2 #4 May

v2 #5 Jun

v2 #6 Jul

v3 #1 Aug

v3 #2 Sep

1932

v3 #3 Oct 1

v3 #4 Oct 15

v3 #5 Nov 1

v3 #6 Nov 15

v4 #1 Dec 1

v4 #2 Dec 15

1933

v4 #3 Jan 1

v4 #4 Jan 15

v4 #5 Feb 1

v4 #6 Feb 15

v5 #1 Mar 1

v5 #2 Mar 15

v5 #3 Apr 1

v5 #4 Apr 15

v5 #5 May 1

v5 #6 May 15

v6 #1 Jun 1

v6 #2 Jun 15

1933

v6 #3 Jul 1

v6 #4 Jul 15

v6 #5 Aug 1

v6 #6 Aug 15

v7 #1 Sep 1

v7 #2 Sep 15

v7 #3 Oct 1

v7 #4 Oct 15

v7 #5 Nov 1

v7 #6 Nov 15

v8 #1 Dec 1

v8 #2 Dec 15

1934

v8 #3 Jan 1

v8 #4 Jan 15

v8 #5 Feb 1

v8 #6 Feb 15

v9 #1 Mar 1

v9 #2 Mar 15

v9 #3 Apr 1

v9 #4 Apr 15

v9 #5 May 1

v9 #6 May 15

v10 #1 Jun 1

v10 #2 Jun 15

1934

v10 #3 Jul 1

v10 #4 Jul 15

v10 #5 Aug 1

v10 #6 Aug 15

v11 #1 Sep 1

v11 #2 Sep 15

v11 #3 Oct 1

v11 #4 Oct 15

v11 #5 Nov 1

v11 #6 Nov 15

v12 #1 Dec 1

v12 #2 Dec 15

1935

v12 #3 Jan 1

v12 #4 Jan 15

v12 #5 Feb 1

v12 #6 Feb 15

v13 #1 Mar 1

v13 #2 Mar 15

v13 #3 Apr 1

v13 #4 Apr 15

v13 #5 May 1

v13 #6 May 15

v14 #1 Jun 1

v14 #2 Jun 15

1935

v14 #3 Jul 1

v14 #4 Jul 15

v14 #5 Aug 1

v14 #6 Aug 15

v15 #1 Sep 1

v15 #2 Sep 15

v15 #3 Oct 1

v15 #4 Oct 15

v15 #5 Nov 1

v15 #6 Nov 15

v16 #1 Dec 1

v16 #2 Dec 15

1936

v16 #3 Jan 1

v16 #4 Jan 15

v16 #5 Feb 1

v16 #6 Feb 15

v17 #1 Mar 1

v17 #2 Mar 15

v17 #3 Apr 1

v17 #4 Apr 15

v17 #5 May 1

v17 #6 May 15

v18 #1 Jun 1

v18 #2 Jun 15

1936

v18 #3 Jul 1

v18 #4 Jul 15

v18 #5 Aug 1

v18 #6 Aug 15

v19 #1 Sep 1

v19 #2 Sep 15

v19 #3 Oct 1

v19 #4 Oct 15

v19 #5 Nov 1

v19 #6 Nov 15

v20 #1 Dec 1

v20 #2 Dec 15

1937

v20 #3 Jan 1

v20 #4 Jan 15

v20 #5 Feb 1

v20 #6 Feb 15

v21 #1 Mar 1

v21 #2 Mar 15

v21 #3 Apr 1

v21 #4 Apr 15

v21 #5 May 1

v21 #6 May 15

v22 #1 Jun 1

v22 #2 Jun 15

1937

v22 #3 Jul 1

v22 #4 Jul 15

v22 #5 Aug 1

v22 #6 Aug 15

v23 #1 Sep 1

v23 #2 Sep 15

v23 #3 Oct 1

v23 #4 Oct 15

v23 #5 Nov 1

v23 #6 Nov 15

v24 #1 Dec 1

v24 #2 Dec 15

1938

v24 #3 Jan 1

v24 #4 Jan 15

v24 #5 Feb 1

v24 #6 Feb 15

v25 #1 Mar 1

v25 #2 Mar 15

v25 #3 Apr 1

v25 #4 Apr 15

v25 #5 May 1

v25 #6 May 15

v26 #1 Jun 1

v26 #2 Jun 15

1938

v26 #3 Jul 1

v26 #4 Jul 15

v26 #5 Aug 1

v26 #6 Aug 15

v27 #1 Sep 1

v27 #2 Sep 15

v27 #3 Oct 1

v27 #4 Oct 15

v27 #5 Nov 1

v27 #6 Nov 15

v28 #1 Dec 1

v28 #2 Dec 15

1939

v28 #3 Jan 1

v28 #4 Jan 15

v28 #5 Feb 1

v28 #6 Feb 15

v29 #1 Mar 1

v29 #2 Mar 15

v29 #3 Apr 1

v29 #4 Apr 15

v29 #5 May 1

v29 #6 May 15

v30 #1 Jun 1

v30 #2 Jun 15

1939

v30 #3 Jul 1

v30 #4 Jul 15

v30 #5 Aug 1

v30 #6 Aug 15

v31 #1 Sep 1

v31 #2 Sep 15

v31 #3 Oct 1

v31 #4 Oct 15

v31 #5 Nov 1

v31 #6 Nov 15

v32 #1 Dec 1

v32 #2 Dec 15

1940

v32 #3 Jan 1

v32 #4 Jan 15

v32 #5 Feb 1

v32 #6 Feb 15

v33 #1 Mar 1

v33 #2 Mar 15

v33 #3 Apr 1

v33 #4 Apr 15

v33 #5 May 1

v33 #6 May 15

v34 #1 Jun 1

v34 #2 Jun 15

1940

v34 #3 Jul 1

v34 #4 Jul 15

v34 #5 Aug 1

v34 #6 Aug 15

v35 #1 Sep 1

v35 #2 Sep 15

v35 #3 Oct 1

v35 #4 Oct 15

v35 #5 Nov 1

v35 #6 Nov 15

v36 #1 Dec 1

v36 #2 Dec 15

1941

v36 #3 Jan 1

v36 #4 Jan 15

v36 #5 Feb 1

v36 #6 Feb 15

v37 #1 Mar 1

v37 #2 Mar 15

v37 #3 Apr 1

v37 #4 Apr 15

v37 #5 May 1

v37 #6 May 15

v38 #1 Jun 1

v38 #2 Jun 15

1941

v38 #3 Jul 1

v38 #4 Jul 15

v38 #5 Aug 1

v38 #6 Aug 15

v39 #1 Sep 1

v39 #2 Sep 15

v39 #3 Oct 1

v39 #4 Oct 15

v39 #5 Nov 1

v39 #6 Nov 15

v40 #1 Dec 1

v40 #2 Dec 15

1942

v40 #3 Jan 1

v40 #4 Jan 15

v40 #5 Feb 1

v40 #6 Feb 15

v41 #1 Mar 1

v41 #2 Mar 15

v41 #3 Apr 1

v41 #4 Apr 15

v41 #5 May 1

v41 #6 May 15

v42 #1 Jun 1

v42 #2 Jun 15

1942

v42 #3 Jul 1

v42 #4 Jul 15

v42 #5 Aug 1

v42 #6 Aug 15

v43 #1 Sep 1

v43 #2 Sep 15

v43 #3 Oct 1

v43 #4 Oct 15

v43 #5 Nov 1

v43 #6 Nov 15

v44 #1 Dec 1

v44 #2 Dec 15

1943

v44 #3 Jan 1

v44 #4 Jan 15

v44 #5 Feb 1

v44 #6 Feb 15

v45 #1 Mar 1

1943

v45 #2 Apr

v45 #3 May

v45 #4 Jun

v45 #5 Jul

v45 #6 Aug

v46 #1 Sep

v46 #2 Oct

v46 #3 Nov

v46 #4 Dec

1944

v46 #5 Jan

v46 #6 Feb

v47 #1 Mar

v47 #2 Apr

v47 #3 May

v47 #4 Jun

v47 #5 Jul

v47 #6 Aug

v48 #1 Sep

v48 #2 Oct

v48 #3 Nov

v48 #4 Dec

1945

v48 #5 Jan

v48 #6 Feb

v49 #1 Mar

v49 #2 Apr

v49 #3 May

v49 #4 Jun

v49 #5 Jul

v49 #6 Aug

v50 #1 Sep

v50 #2 Oct

v50 #3 Nov

v50 #4 Dec

1946

v50 #5 Jan

v50 #6 Feb

v51 #1 Mar

v51 #2 Apr

v51 #3 May

v51 #4 Jun

v51 #5 Jul

v51 #6 Aug

v52 #1 Sep

v52 #2 Oct

v52 #3 Nov

v52 #4 Dec

1947

v52 #5 Jan

v52 #6 Feb/Mar

v53 #1 Apr/May

v53 #2 Jun/Jul

v53 #3 Aug/Sep

v53 #4 Oct/Nov

v53 #5 Dec/Jan

1948

v53 #6 Feb/Mar

v54 #1 Apr/May

v54 #2 Jun/Jul

v54 #3 Aug/Sep

v54 #4 Fall

1949

v54 #5 Winter

v54 #6 Spring

v55 #1 Summer

The Shadow Annual

1942
1943
1947

The Shadow (Canada)

1931

Sep

1932

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

1933

Jun 1

Jun 15

1933

Jul 1

Jul 15

Aug 1

Aug 15

Sep 1

Sep 15

Oct 1

Oct 15

Nov 1

Nov 15

Dec 1

Dec 15

1934

Jan 1

Jan 15

Feb 1

Feb 15

Mar 1

Mar 15

Apr 1

Apr 15

May 1

May 15

Jun 1

Jun 15

1934

Jul 1

Jul 15

Aug 1

Aug 15

Sep 1

Sep 15

Oct 1

Oct 15

Nov 1

Nov 15

Dec 1

Dec 15

1935

Jan 1

Jan 15

Feb 1

Feb 15

Mar 1

Mar 15

Apr 1

Apr 15

May 1

May 15

Jun 1

Jun 15

1935

Jul 1

Jul 15

Aug 1

Aug 15

Sep 1

Sep 15

Oct 1

Oct 15

1936

Sep 15

1941

v1 #1 Jul

v1 #2 Aug

v1 #3 Sep

v1 #4 Oct

v1 #5 Nov

v1 #6 Dec

1942

v1 #7 Jan

v1 #8 Feb

v1 #9 Mar

v1 #10 Apr

v1 #11 May

v1 #12 Jun

v2 #1 Jul

v2 #2 Aug

v2 #3 Sep

v2 #4 Oct

v2 #5 Nov

v2 #6 Dec

1943

v3 #1 Jan

v3 #2 Feb

v3 #3 Mar

v3 #4 Apr

v3 #5 May

v3 #6 Jun

v3 #7 Jul

v3 #8 Aug

v3 #9 Sep

v3 #10 Oct

v3 #11 Nov

v3 #12 Dec

1944

v4 #1 Jan

v4 #2 Feb

v4 #3 Mar

v4 #4 Apr

v4 #5 May

v4 #6 Jun

v4 #7 Jul

v4 #8 Aug

v4 #9 Sep

Street & Smith's Shadow Mystery Magazine (UK)