Dunninger and illusionist Howard Thurston , both close friends of Gibson. [6] Gibson himself claimed the literary inspirations for The Shadow were Bram Stoker 's Dracula and Edward Bulwer-Lytton 's The House and the Brain. [4] MORE:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow COMICS DARK HORSE SHADOW COMICS: http://theshadow21.tripod.com/comics.htm http://theshadow21.tripod.com/ THE SHADOW REPRINTS:  http://www.shadowsanctum.com/pulps.html BACK TO