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In 1941 Bantam Publications published The Shadow and the Voice of Murder by Maxwell Grant, pseudonym for Walter Gibson. The story was first published in the February 15, 1940 issue of The Shadow as “Voice of Death”. Now, seventy years later, the story has been reprinted again. The Shadow Volume 49 (San Antonio, TX: Sanctum Books) has just been published and includes the third Shadow story from 1931 as well as "Voice of Death".
The Bantam Publications book is mentioned but, as is often the case, details are wrong. The year is given as 1942 and it's called "an early Bantam book" which gives the impression that it was published by the later Bantam Books of New York. The illustrated cover is reproduced.
The first three posts in this series highlighted seven of the nine illustrated covers published in 1941 by Bantam Publications of Los Angeles. Here are the last two. Like all but one of the first seven the art is not signed. The back covers are similar to six of the other seven with the the book in hand not listed.
These are the two most famous and expensive Bantams although not the most uncommon. They are the first appearance of The Shadow and Tarzan in mass market format.
Bantam 21
Bantam 21 back
Bantam 23
Bantam 23 back
The 21st book published by Bantam Publications is The Shadow and the Voice of Murder by Maxwell Grant. Pseudonym for Walter Gibson. Paperback original. First published in the February 15, 1940 issue of The Shadow as “Voice of Death”.
In common with all but one of LA Bantam's books The Shadow and the Voice of Murder is 100 pages long and is 110 mm (4 5/16") wide by 152 mm (6") tall. Cover and pages are made from high acid pulp paper. The page collation is:
[1] title page,
[2] List of Chapters,
3-100 The Shadow and the Voice of Murder.
The copyright date, 1940, is noted on the title page.
In common with most LA Bantams there are variant covers, three with text and one illustrated. The three text covers are strong blue/light orange yellow, strong yellowish green/light blue and strong yellowish green/light orange yellow. The last two text and illustrated covers are below.
