The Red Menace (The Shadow)
Encyclopedia
The Red Menace was the fourth pulp magazine
story to feature The Shadow
. Written by Walter B. Gibson
, it was submitted for publication as "The Shadow and The Reds" on April 17, 1931, and published as "The Red Menace" in the November 1, 1931 issue of The Shadow Magazine.
Pulp magazine
Pulp magazines , also collectively known as pulp fiction, refers to inexpensive fiction magazines published from 1896 through the 1950s. The typical pulp magazine was seven inches wide by ten inches high, half an inch thick, and 128 pages long...
story to feature The Shadow
The Shadow
The Shadow is a collection of serialized dramas, originally in pulp magazines, then on 1930s radio and then in a wide variety of media, that follow the exploits of the title character, a crime-fighting vigilante in the pulps, which carried over to the airwaves as a "wealthy, young man about town"...
. Written by Walter B. Gibson
Walter B. Gibson
Walter Brown Gibson was an American author and professional magician, best known for his work on the pulp fiction character The Shadow...
, it was submitted for publication as "The Shadow and The Reds" on April 17, 1931, and published as "The Red Menace" in the November 1, 1931 issue of The Shadow Magazine.
Summary
- Shadow Disguises: himself, Lamont Cranston
- Shadow Agents: Harry Vincent, Claude Fellows and Burbank.
- Plot: Berchik, the messenger of the late Prince Samanov, is hunted by communist agents of the Russian government, who now want to capture him, torture him, and wrest from him the name of the man who received the Prince's jewels. At the same time, however, they are also out to get the secret plans for an aerial torpedo being designed by Professor Arthur Whitburn in his secret laboratory on Death Island.