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Doc Savage stories, 213 in total, first appeared in Conde Nast's Doc Savage Magazine pulps. The original series has sold over 20 million copies in paperback form. [1] The first entry was The Man of Bronze, in March, 1933 from the house name "Kenneth Robeson". John L. Nanovic was editor for 10 years, and planned and approved all story outlines.
Doc Savage is a fictional character of the competent man hero type, who first appeared in American pulp magazines during the 1930s and 1940s. Real name Clark Savage Jr., he is a polymathic scientist, explorer, detective, and warrior who "rights wrongs and punishes evildoers."
Western pulp fiction, Doc Savage novels, children's books Walter Ryerson Johnson (October 19, 1901 – May 24, 1995) was a 20th-century American pulp fiction writer and editor. He wrote in many genres, but is probably best known at having been one of the men who wrote Doc Savage novels, under the pseudonym Kenneth Robeson .
The chronology found in Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life by Philip José Farmer places the events of Death in Silver in mid-July 1934. [3] [4] The Complete Chronology of Bronze by Rick Lai sets this adventure in mid-May 1933. [2] The Adventures of Doc Savage: A Definitive Chronology by Jeff Deischer sets Death in Silver in mid-October 1933 [5]
Pat Savage is a recurring supporting character in the Doc Savage pulps outside of "The Fabulous Five". The character is the daughter of Alex Savage, [7] Doc Savage's cousin and only close kin, [8] sharing the bronze hair color and skin tone with him as well as being strikingly beautiful. A police report describes her as, "Five feet seven ...
Doc Savage was an American pulp magazine that was published from 1933 to 1949 by Street & Smith. It was launched as a follow-up to the success of The Shadow, a magazine Street & Smith had started in 1931, based around a single character. Doc Savage ' s lead character, Clark Savage, was a scientist and adventurer, rather than purely a detective.
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Doc Savage, Vol. VI, No. 5, "Murder Mirage" (Jan 1936) A blizzard in July and a dead woman etched in glass lead Doc and crew to Saharan tombs guarded by Bedouins. Doc Savage , Vol. VII, No. 2, "The Men Who Smiled No More" (Apr 1936) Even Doc Savage is stricken helpless by the terrifying menace of The Death's Head Grin.