The Shadow #103: The Romanoff Jewels / Crime Under Cover

by Walter B. Gibson

Single Issue Magazine

Published January 1, 2016

About the author

Walter Brown Gibson (September 12, 1897-December 6, 1985) was an American author and professional magician best known for his work on the pulp fiction character The Shadow. Gibson, under the pen-name Maxwell Grant, wrote "more than 300 novel-length" Shadow stories, writing up to "10,000 words a day" to satisfy public demand during the character's golden age in the 1930s and 1940s.

Reviews

[Karl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Two Shadow adventures involving spies and international intrigue. The entertaining "Romanoff Jewels" (3 1/2 stars) involves the Shadow travelling to Russia in a complex battle with rival groups seeking to possess the lost treasure of the Czars. The second feature, "Crime Under Cover" (2 1/2 stars), about a war-related invention, is ok but meanders a bit and has an unappealing character at the center.

[Thxlbx · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 STARS

A classic Shadow pulp that I am bumping a half star due to the very good audio performers.

This is an early Shadow tale, and its establishes the fact that The Shadow has ties to Tsarist Russia. Plenty of action, a plot with a twist here and there...it is a classic pulp tale that reflects when the 1930's very well.

4.5 Stars