| GIBSON, WALTER |
| | Source (some data) |
| | | Additions & corrections: Anthony Tollin May 2006 & Will Murray June 2006 | NULL |
| | Name and vital stats |
| | | GIBSON, WAYNE [1897-1985] (writer; artist; publisher) | NULL |
| | Pen names |
| | | In comics and pulps: MAXWELL GRANT | NULL |
| | | In other media: ANDY ADAMS; C.B. CROWE; DOUGLAS BROWN | NULL |
| | | In other media: FELIX FAIRFAX; JOHN ABBINGTON | NULL |
| | | In other media: GAUTIER LE BRUN; ISHI BLACK; JOHN ABBINGTON | NULL |
| | | In other media: MABORUSHI KINEJI; P.L. RAYMOND | NULL |
| | | In other media: WILBER GASTON; RUFUS PERRY; CLIFF HOWE? (house name at ACE) | NULL |
| | Education |
| | | B.A. Colgate University; Pratt Institute [Brooklyn] | NULL |
| | Influences |
| | | Horatio Alger; Oz books; Sherlock Holmes; magic; Dracula | NULL |
| | Member |
| | | Cartoonists Guide; Graphic Arts Guide, member: Executive Board | NULL |
| | | International Brotherhood of Magicians; Magicians Guild | NULL |
| | | Mystery Writers of America; Society of American Magicians | NULL |
| | Print Media (non-comics) |
| | | Artist: Crossword puzzle magazines | NULL |
| | | Editor: 1927-28 Tales of Magic & Mystery | > 27 28 |
| | | Editor: 1928 True Strange Stories | > 28 |
| | | Editor: 1952 Fantastic Science Fiction | > 52 |
| | | Editor: 1953 Houdini on Magic | > 53 |
| | | Editor: 1965 Fine Art of Murder | > 65 |
| | | Editor: 1965 Fine Art of Spying | > 65 |
| | | Editor: 1966 Fine Art of Robbery | > 66 |
| | | Editor: 1966 Fine Art of Swindling | > 66 |
| | | Editor: 1969 Rogue's Gallery... | > 69 |
| | | Editor: 1976 Original Houdini Scrapbook | > 76 |
| | | Editor: Book: 1979 Shadow Scrapbook (with Anthony Tollin) | > 79 |
| | | Editor: Magicians | NULL |
| | | Writer: Books and articles on magic & games, including Hoyle's Modern Encylopedia of Card Games | NULL |
| | | Writer: Books: 1921 After Dinner Tricks | > 21 |
| | | Writer: Books: 1921 Practical Card Tricks | > 21 |
| | | Writer: Books: 1927 Book of Secrets, Miracles . . . | > 27 |
| | | Writer: Books: 1927 The Bunco Book | > 27 |
| | | Writer: Books: 1930 Brain Tests . . . | > 30 |
| | | Writer: Books: 1930 Houdini's Escapes | > 30 |
| | | Writer: Books: 1948 Professional Magic for Amateurs | > 48 |
| | | Writer: Books: 1956 The Key to Hypnotism | > 56 |
| | | Writer: Books: 1966 The Master Magicians... | > 66 |
| | | Writer: Books: 1970 Family Games America Plays | > 70 |
| | | Writer: Ghosted Thurston's autobiography c1930 | > 30 |
| | | Writer: Newspaper: 1922-32 Philadelphia Public Ledger | > 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 |
| | | Writer: Novels: 1931-79 Created the Shadow & most characters in nearly 300 stories; | > 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 |
| | | Writer: Novels: 1960s Man from U.N.C.L.E. series | > 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 |
| | | Writer: Novels: Biff Brewster series; The Coronation Murders; House of Death | NULL |
| | | Writer: Novels: Shadow series: The Black Master; The Death Giver; The Death Tower | NULL |
| | | Writer: Novels: Shadow series: The Eyes of the Shadow; Fingers of Death | NULL |
| | | Writer: Novels: Shadow series: The Gangdom's Doom; Hands in the Dark; The Hidden Death | NULL |
| | | Writer: Novels: Shadow series: The Living Shadow; The Mobsmen on the Spot | NULL |
| | | Writer: Novels: Shadow series: The Red Menace; The Shadow Laughs | NULL |
| | | Writer: Novels: Shadow series: The Shadowed Millions; The Silent Seven | NULL |
| | | Writer: Short stories: 1928-29 True Strange Stories magazine | > 28 29 |
| | | Writer: Short stories: 1937-40 Norgil series | > 37 38 39 40 |
| | | Writer: Short story: 1983 Games magazine | > 83 |
| | Performing Arts |
| | | Magician: Magic Radio Program for Philadelphia's WIP 1922 | > 22 |
| | | Magician: Wrote material for Houdini, Blackstone and Thurston | NULL |
| | | Star/Host/Narrator: ABC's Strange 1955 summer series | > 55 |
| | | Writer: Radio: [plots] Blackstone the Magician Detective; The Avenger | NULL |
| | | Writer: Radio: [plots] Chick Carter; Frank Merriwell; Nick Carter | NULL |
| | | Writer: Radio: Inaugurated Nick Carter | NULL |
| | Additional biography |
| | | Comic Book Marketplace #119 | NULL |
| | | Comics Journal #105 Feb., 1986 [obituary] | NULL |
| | | Contemporary Authors, vol. 110, p. 204 | NULL |
| | | Man of Magic and Mystery: Guide to...W.B. Gibson 1988 | NULL |
| | | Walter B. Gibson and the Shadow 2003 biography | NULL |
| | Honors |
| | | Inkpot Award (San Diego Comicon) 1977 | > 77 |
| | Syndication |
| | | BRUCE GENTRY [Sunday] (wr/) 1952 for ARROW: THE FAMILY COMIC WEEKLY / Colony Pubs / Post-Hall | > 52 |
| | | CAPTAIN GALAXY [Sunday] (wr/) 1953 for ARROW: THE FAMILY COMIC WEEKLY / for GIBSON & FUNNIES INC. | > 53 |
| | | DICKIE DEAN [Sunday] (wr/) 1953 | > 53 |
| | | HANDY FAMILY, THE (wr/) 1955- co-creator for General Features | > 55 |
| | | RICK KANE, SPACE MARSHALL (wr/) 1951-52 | > 51 52 |
| | | SHADOW, THE [daily] (wr/) 1940-42 for Ledger Syndicate | > 40 41 42 |
| | | Various features including crossword puzzles (wr/) 1920s for Leger Syndicate; as many as 42 features per week | > 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 |
| | Comics in other media |
| | | BATMAN (wr/) 1953 in ARROW: THE FAMILY COMIC WEEKLY 1953 8-page tabloid through GIBSON & FUNNIES, INC. | > 53 |
| | | BRUCE GENTRY (wr/) 1953 in ARROW: THE FAMILY COMIC WEEKLY, 8-page tabloid | > 53 |
| | | CAPTAIN GALAXY (wr/) 1953 in ARROW: THE FAMILY COMIC WEEKLY, 8-page tabloid | > 53 |
| | | DEBBIE DEAN (wr/) 1953 in ARROW: THE FAMILY COMIC WEEKLY, 8-page tabloid | > 53 |
| | Promotional comics |
| | | BLACK PHANTOM AND CHINA BOY~ (wr/) 1950s mini-comic premiums for Wisco by VITAL | > 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 |
| | | BLACKSTONE~ (wr/) 1950s mini-comic premiums for Wisco by VITAL | > 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 |
| | | JIM SOLAR, SPACE SHERRIFF~ (wr/) 1950s nineteen Wisco mini premiums by VITAL | > 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 |
| | Comics Studio (Shop) |
| | | GIBSON STUDIO (own/) c1943-c46 | > 43 44 45 46 |
| | ACE PERIODICALS |
| | | SPACE ACTION~ (wr/) 1952 | > 52 |
| | AMERICAN COMICS GROUP |
| | | OUT OF THE NIGHT~ (wr/) early-1950s | > 50 51 52 53 |
| | AVON COMICS |
| | | ROBOTMEN OF THE LOST PLANET~ (wr/) 1952 | > 52 |
| | | ROCKET TO THE MOON~ (wr/) 1951 | > 51 |
| | | SAINT, THE (wr/) c1951-c52 | > 51 52 |
| | | SPACE DETECTIVE~ (wr/) 1951-52 | > 51 52 |
| | | SPACE PATROL (wr/) 1952 | > 52 |
| | | STRANGE WORLDS~ (wr/) c1951-c52 | > 51 52 |
| | CHARLTON COMICS |
| | | CRIME AND JUSTICE~ (wr/) early-1950s | > 50 51 52 53 |
| | | DR. NEFF, THE ORIGINAL GHOST-BREAKER (wr/) 1952/55 | > 52 55 |
| | | HOT RODS AND RACING CARS~ (wr/) c1951-c52 | > 51 52 |
| | | LAWBREAKERS~ (wr/) c1951-52 | > 51 52 |
| | | RACKET SQUAD IN ACTION~ (asst ed/wr/) 1952-53 | > 52 53 |
| | | SPACE ADVENTURES~ (wr/) c1952-c53 | > 52 53 |
| | | SPURS JACKSON AND HIS SPACE VIGILANTES (wr/) 1952-53 in SPACE WESTERN | > 52 53 |
| | | STRONG BOW (wr/) 1952-53 | > 52 53 |
| | | Text (wr/) 1952 in RACKET SQUAD IN ACTION [imprint: CAPITOL] | > 52 |
| | | THING, THE~ (wr/) 1952-53 | > 52 53 |
| | | Weird/Horror (wr/) 1952-53 in THE THING! | > 52 53 |
| | D.S. PUBLISHING |
| | | EXPOSED~ (wr/) c1948-49 | > 48 49 |
| | DC COMICS |
| | | BATMAN AND ROBIN (wr/) 1949-50 probably 2 stories in BATMAN #69: Buttons of Doom; and Batman Expose | > 49 50 |
| | | MYSTERY IN SPACE~ (wr/) c1952 | > 52 |
| | | REAL FACT COMICS~ (wr/) 1949 | > 49 |
| | | STRANGE ADVENTURES~ (wr/) 1952 | > 52 |
| | | Text (wr/) 1981 | > 81 |
| | EC COMICS |
| | | BLACKSTONE (wr/) 1947 | > 47 |
| | FARRELL PUBLICATIONS |
| | | BATTLE REPORT~ (wr/) c1952-53 | > 52 53 |
| | | VOODOO~ (wr/) c1952-53 | > 52 53 |
| | FAWCETT COMICS |
| | | CAPTAIN MARVEL (wr/) 1951 in MARVEL FAMILY #63 | > 51 |
| | | SAM HILL PRIVATE EYE~ (wr/) c1950-51 | > 50 51 |
| | FEATURE COMICS |
| | | JUSTICE TRAPS THE GUILTY~ (wr/) late-1940s-early-50s | > 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 |
| | | TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET (wr/) c1955 | > 55 |
| | FICTION HOUSE COMICS |
| | | MOVIE COMICS~ (wr/) c1946-47 | > 46 47 |
| | | Various features (wr/) 1940s in PLANET COMICS | > 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 |
| | HARVEY COMICS |
| | | Backup feature (wr/) late-1940s-early-50s in KERRY DRAKE | > 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 |
| | | WARFRONT~ (wr/) 1950s | > 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 |
| | HILLMAN PERIODICALS |
| | | TOP SECRETS~ (wr/) 1952 | > 52 |
| | LEV GLEASON |
| | | CHIP GARDNER (wr/) 1950-51 for CRIME DOES NOT PAY #87-103 | > 50 51 |
| | | CRIME AND PUNISHMENT~ (wr/) c1950-51 | > 50 51 |
| | | YOU SOLVE IT (pen/ink/) 1950-51 | > 50 51 |
| | | YOU SOLVE IT (wr/) 1950-51 | > 50 51 |
| | MAGAZINE ENTERPRISES |
| | | ASTONISHING COMICS~ (wr/) 1950s | > 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 |
| | | STRAIGHT ARROW (wr/) early-1950s | > 50 51 52 53 |
| | MARVEL COMICS |
| | | Backup feature (wr/) c1951-52 in SPACE SQUADRON | > 51 52 |
| | | BLACKSTONE (wr/) 1948 | > 48 |
| | | JOURNEY INTO UNKNOWN WORLDS~ (wr/) 1950s | > 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 |
| | | SPACE SQUADRON~ (wr/) c1951-52 | > 51 52 |
| | | SPACE WORLDS~ (wr/) 1952 | > 52 |
| | NOVELTY COMICS |
| | | CADET, THE (wr/) c1944 | > 44 |
| | | DICK COLE (wr/) c1943-c44 | > 43 44 |
| | QUALITY COMICS |
| | | G.I. BATTLE~ (wr/) early-1950s | > 50 51 52 53 |
| | | Various features (wr/) 1940s in POLICE COMICS | > 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 |
| | ST. JOHN PUBLISHING |
| | | AUTHENTIC POLICE CASES~ (wr/) 1950s | > 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 |
| | STREET & SMITH COMICS |
| | | AIR ACE~ (wr/) 1944-47 | > 44 45 46 47 |
| | | Backup feature (wr/) 1947-49 in RED DRAGON | > 47 48 49 |
| | | BILL BARNES, AMERICA'S AIR ACE (wr/) 1940-43 | > 40 41 42 43 |
| | | BLACKSTONE (wr/) 1943-46 | > 43 44 45 46 |
| | | ELLIMAN, ACE OF MAGIC (wr/) 1946 | > 46 |
| | | GHOST BREAKERS starring DR. BILL NEFF (wr/) 1948-49 | > 48 49 |
| | | NICK CARTER (wr/) 1940-49 | > 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 |
| | | NORGIL (wr/) 1940-41 | > 40 41 |
| | | ROD ROGER AND HIS RANGERS (wr/) 1942 | > 42 |
| | | SHADOW, THE (wr/) 1940-47 started with #2 | > 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 |
| | | SUPERSNIPE (wr/) 1940s occasionally | > 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 |
| | | Text (wr/) 1942 | > 42 |
| | | TRUE SPORT PICTURE STORIES~ (wr/) 1942-46 | > 42 43 44 45 46 |
| | | Various features (wr/) 1941-47 in SUPER-MAGICIAN | > 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 |
| | TOBY PRESS |
| | | BUCK ROGERS (wr/) 1951 | > 51 |
| | ZIFF-DAVIS COMICS |
| | | Backup feature (wr/) 1952 in CRUSADER FROM MARS | > 52 |
| | | SPACE BUSTERS~ (wr/) 1952 | > 52 |