"The Return of The Shadow"

 I've read this novel a few times over the decades.  Why?  Because, like the definition of insanity, I hope each time I get a different result.  I don't, of course.  This just isn't a real Shadow novel.  Now it ain't as bad as the Elliott stuff or the series that this kicked off.  It's just not what I've come to expect when it comes to a Gibson story.  The cover art is nice enough.  Very of it's time trying to be pulpy.  But none of it rings true.  At least to me.  Others may very much enjoy catching up with this, the last full length novel Gibson penned of this, the greatest pulp character of all time.

The last Sanjulian Shadow image I can find

 Looks like this could be The Shadow from 1963's "Return of The Shadow".  Total nose job!

Some covers

These may be of interest to anyone who skulks into this little room with the blue light. "Gangdom's Doom" sports one of my favorite covers simply because it made The Shadow seem real to me. A bit like Bama's covers for the Doc Savage reprints. Alas, the Night Master shouldn't really be seen as real but as unreal, a feeling up the back of one's neck. That glimpse out of the corner of your eye only to find there is nothing there when you turn quickly. Nothing there but inky shadows.