Number 10 opens with a card effect designed for magicians who perform for magicians. It’s a two part selection that will fool your friends at the club. It does involve a setup as well as a gaffed deck. It would be greatly improved by those who have read Giobbi’s deck switching book. J.G. Thompson’s Silver… Continue reading

All of the magic in May 15, 1942 edition is “Chinese” themed or as Chinese themed magic was in the mid-twentieth century. This was the time of slapping some pseudo characters on a prop and calling it a mystery of the east. Magic dealer, U. F. Grant was infamous for his spray painted characters on… Continue reading

Number 7, dated April 17, 1947, marks the first submission by Shaman to the Phoenix. He’d made contributions to the Jinx in the past but this was his first here. While there’s evidence that Annemann, Gibson, and Elliott all contributed magic under the name, there was a performer who went by the name Shaman. Dennis… Continue reading