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Shadow creator Walter Gibson likely wrote most of the Blackstone stories in Super-Magician Comics from 1941 until Gibson's 1946 exit from Street & Smith over a contract dispute.  A magician himself, Gibson leaned into his love of all things magic in the title.  Many of Gibson's plots drew from his historical knowledge of the practices[...]

He helped to popularize magic as an entertainment form in the twentieth century, and he was very effective at marketing himself with the help of Shadow creator Walter Gibson among others.  A magician himself, Gibson wrote extensively about magic, including ghost-writing articles for Harry Houdini and Blackstone, and writing comics and a radio show based[...]

1946 was an odd turning point for Street & Smith's Super-Magician Comics.  After longtime writer Walter Gibson exited Street & Smith due to a contract dispute that year, the publisher attempted to replace Blackstone the Magician with a fictional magician named Nigel Elliman in the Super-Magician Comics title.  Legendary magician Harry Houdini was soon added[...]

Shadow creator Walter Gibson likely wrote most of the Blackstone stories in Super-Magician Comics from 1941 until Gibson's 1946 exit from Street & Smith over a contract dispute.  A magician himself, Gibson leaned into his love of all things magic in the title.  In what might be the only fictional comic book plot based around[...]

He helped to popularize magic as an entertainment form in the twentieth century, and he was very effective at marketing himself with the help of Shadow creator Walter Gibson among others.  A magician himself, Gibson wrote extensively about magic, including ghost-writing articles for Harry Houdini and Blackstone, and writing comics and a radio show based[...]

Nick Carter Stories #1 September 14, 1912 from Street & Smith is the first issue of a 160 issue series (1912-1915), which was a reboot of Nick Carter Weekly (1896-1912) — itself an 819 issue series.  The character had previously been featured on the black and white-covered Nick Carter Library (282 issues 1891-1896) after having[...]

10 from longtime publisher of American periodical fiction, Street & Smith When I saw this promo image from Marvel's Avengers of the Wastelands, The Two Avengers was one of the first things to come to mind. The Issue is a regular column about vintage comics and other vintage periodicals from throughout world history.  The idea behind[...]