| The Black Master (Pyramid) | |
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| Author | Walter B. Gibson |
| Illustrator | Jim Steranko |
| Publication date | 1974 |
| Published by | Pyramid Books |
| ISBN | 0515034789 |
| Publication Order | |
| Preceded by The Living Shadow (Pyramid) |
Followed by The Mobsmen on the Spot (Pyramid) |
Plot[]
Five die and many are injured when Wall Street is bombed, followed by Grand Central Station and the subway entrance at Columbus Circle. When a reporter for The Classic claims to have information on the bomber's identity, the office explodes. As the death toll rises, The Shadow races to uncover who is the bomber known as The Black Master.
Characters[]
Featured Characters:
- The Shadow (also disguised as "Henry Arnaud")
Supporting Characters:
- The Shadow's Agents:
Villains:
- The Black Master (Dr. Heinrich Zerndorff; dies)
- Killer Bryan (dies)
- Nick Michaels (dies)
Other Characters:
- Detective Joe Cardona
- Inspector James Burke
- Hardan Raynor (managing editor of the Evening Classic; dies)
- Grimes (the Evening Classic's star reporter; dies)
- Tewkson (reporter for the Evening Classic; dies)
- Michael Sforza
- Pecherkin Grigor
- Isidor Vervick (dies)
- Hubert Banks (dies)
- Dick Pennypacker (dies)
- Glen Houghton (dies)
- George Houston (dies)
- Vervick (dies)
- Perry Warfield (dies)
Locations:
- New York City
- The offices of the Evening Classic (destroyed)
- Grand Central Station
- The Pink Rat
- Wall Street
Items:
Vehicles:
Notes[]
- The Black Master was the eighth pulp magazine story to feature The Shadow. Written by Walter B. Gibson, it was submitted for publication under the same name on November 11, 1931, and originally published as "The Black Master" in the March 1, 1932 issue of "The Shadow Magazine."
- The story was also reprinted in the UK by New English Library.