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Doc Savage

Doc Savage Magazine #1 (March, 1933)
Publication information
Publisher Street and Smith
First appearance 1933
Created by Lester Dent
Henry Ralston
John Nanovic
In story information
Alter ego Clark Savage, Jr. Street & Smith or Street & Smith Publications Inc was a New York City publisher specializing in inexpensive paperbacks and magazines referred to as pulp fiction In Comic books and other stories with a long history first appearance refers to the first occurrence to feature a Fictional character. Lester Dent ( October 12, 1904 &ndash March 11, 1959) was a prolific pulp fiction author of numerous stories best known as the main
Team affiliations Fabulous Five
Notable aliases The Man of Bronze
Abilities Peak physical abilities
scientist

Doc Savage is a fictional character, one of the pulp heroes of the 1930s and 1940s. With regard to living things, a body is the integral physical material of an individual A scientist, in the broadest sense refers to any person that engages in a systematic activity to acquire Knowledge or an individual that engages in such practices Pulp magazines (or pulp fiction; often referred to as "the pulps" were inexpensive Fiction magazines He was created by writer Lester Dent. Lester Dent ( October 12, 1904 &ndash March 11, 1959) was a prolific pulp fiction author of numerous stories best known as the main

Contents

Overview

Doc Savage Magazine was printed by Street and Smith Publications from March 1933 to the summer of 1949 for a total of 181 issues. All the stories were reprinted by Bantam Books as paperbacks, beginning in 1964. Bantam also published a heretofore-unknown story, The Red Spider, which featured an older and more subdued Doc, more man than superman. However, fans wanted more of the original Doc, so Bantam commissioned an additional eight novels (based on notes or outlines left by series author Lester Dent).

Doc has appeared in comics and a movie, on radio, and as a character in numerous other works, and continues to inspire authors and artists in the adventure and fantasy realms.

The basic concept of a man trained from birth to fight evil was created by Street and Smith Publications executive Henry Ralston and Editor John Nanovic, to further capitalize on the success of their other pulp hero magazine success, The Shadow. Street & Smith or Street & Smith Publications Inc was a New York City publisher specializing in inexpensive paperbacks and magazines referred to as pulp fiction Ralston and Nanovic wrote a short premise establishing the broad outlines of the character they envisioned, but Doc Savage was only fully realized by the author chosen to write the series, Lester Dent. Dent wrote most of the 181 original novels, hidden behind the "house name" of Kenneth Robeson. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Kenneth Robeson was the house name used by Street and Smith Publications as the author of their popular character Doc Savage and later The Avenger (Will Murray wrote seven of the Savage novels published after Dent's death, also using the Robeson pseudonym. Will Murray (born 1953 is the author of more than fifty novels and a scholar of pulp fiction. )

Doc Savage, whose real name is Clark Savage, Jr. , is a physician, surgeon, scientist, adventurer, inventor, explorer, researcher, and musician — a renaissance man. A team of scientists assembled by his father trained his mind and body to near-superhuman abilities almost from birth, giving him great strength and endurance, a photographic memory, mastery of the martial arts, and vast knowledge of the sciences. A superhuman is an entity with intelligence or abilities exceeding normal human standards Eidetic memory, photographic memory, or total recall is the ability to recall Images Sounds, or objects in Memory Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for Combat. Doc is also a master of disguise and an excellent imitator of voices, though he admits to having trouble with women's voices. "He rights wrongs and punishes evildoers. " Dent described the hero as a mix of Sherlock Holmes' deductive abilities, Tarzan's outstanding physical abilities, Craig Kennedy's scientific education, and Abraham Lincoln's goodness. Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in Publication in 1887 Tarzan is a Fictional character, an archetypal Feral child raised in the African jungle by Apes who later returns to civilization only to Professor Craig Kennedy is a character created by Arthur B Reeve. Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal Dent described Doc Savage as manifesting "Christliness. Christ is the English term for the Greek ( Khristós) meaning "the anointed " " Doc's character and world-view is displayed in his oath, which goes as follows[1]:

“ Let me strive every moment of my life to make myself better and better, to the best of my ability, that all may profit by it. Let me think of the right and lend all my assistance to those who need it, with no regard for anything but justice. Let me take what comes with a smile, without loss of courage. Let me be considerate of my country, of my fellow citizens and my associates in everything I say and do. Let me do right to all, and wrong no man. ”

His office is on the 86th floor of a New York City skyscraper, implicitly the Empire State Building, reached by Doc's private high-speed elevator. The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco Skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street Doc owns a fleet of cars, trucks, aircraft, and boats which he stores at a secret hangar on the Hudson River, under the name The Hidalgo Trading Company, reached from his office by a pneumatic-tube system called the "flea run. The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk, the Great Mohegan by the Iroquois, or as the Lenape Native Americans called it in Unami " He sometimes retreats to his Fortress of Solitude in the Arctic—which pre-dates Superman's similar hideout of the same name. The Fortress of Solitude is the occasional Headquarters of Superman in DC Comics. The Arctic is the Region around the Earth 's North Pole, opposite the Antarctic region around the South Pole. Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon The Fortress of Solitude is the occasional Headquarters of Superman in DC Comics. All of this is paid for with gold from a Central American mine given to him by the local Mayans in the first Doc Savage story. The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican Civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the Pre-Columbian Americas (Doc and his assistants learned the little-known Mayan dialect of this people, allowing them to communicate privately when others might be listening. )

Doc's greatest foe, and the only one to appear in two of the original pulp stories, was the Russian-born John Sunlight. John Sunlight is a Fictional character and is the Archenemy of the heroic Doc Savage. Early villains were bent on ruling the world, but a late change in format had Savage operating more as a private investigator breaking up smaller crime rings. A private investigator or private detective (often shortened to PI or private eye) is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake In the last Doc Savage story written by Dent, Up from Earth's Center, Doc Savage fights a character who is believed to be the Devil, in the company of two self-confessed demons. The Devil is the

In early stories some of the criminals captured by Doc received "a delicate brain operation" to cure their criminal tendencies. The criminals returned to society fully productive and unaware of their criminal past. A non-canonical comic book series published in the 1980s states these were actually lobotomies. This article is not about Literary canons of influential works of fiction but about the concept of a canon which defines the world of a particular fictional series A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative A lobotomy ( Greek: lobos Lobe of Brain, tomos "cut/slice" is a form of Psychosurgery, also known as a leukotomy or In the 1975 film Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze, Doc uses acupuncture. History Antiquity In China, the practice of acupuncture can perhaps be traced as far back as

Dent, the series' principal author, had a mixed regard for his own creations. Though usually protective of his creations, he could be derisive of his pulp output. In interviews, he stated that he harbored no illusions of being a high-quality author of literature; for him, the Doc Savage series was simply a job, a way to earn a living by "churning out reams and reams of sellable crap. " In Jim Steranko's History of Comics, it was revealed that Dent used a formula to write his Doc Savage stories that had his heroes continually getting in and out of trouble. James Steranko (born 5 November, 1938, Reading Pennsylvania, United States) is an American Graphic artist, Comic

Some of the gadgets described in the series became reality, including telephone answering machines, the automatic transmission, night vision goggles, and hand-held automatic weapons. Basic principle A traditional landline telephone system also known as "plain old telephone service" (POTS, commonly handles both signaling and audio information An answering machine, also known as an answerphone, ansaphone or ansafone (especially in UK and British commonwealth countries or telephone answering An automatic transmission (commonly "AT" or "Auto" is an Automobile Gearbox that can change Gear ratios automatically as the vehicle A night vision device (NVD is an Optical instrument that allows images to be produced in levels of light approaching total darkness An automatic firearm is a Firearm that automatically extracts and ejects the fired cartridge case and loads a new case usually through the energy of the fired

Appearance

In the text of the pulp novels Doc Savage is described as a giant but so well proportioned that this is not apparent unless he is standing next to an object that can be used as a reference. Doc's skin is bronzed "by tropical suns", with dark bronze, close-cropped hair and hypnotic gold-flecked eyes. The effect is summed up by his epithet "The Man of Bronze". An epithet (from Greek ἐπίθετον - epitheton, neut of ἐπίθετος - epithetos, "attributed added" is a In fact, in the first issue (The Man of Bronze, March 1933), a sniper observing through a window initially mistakes Doc for a bronze sculpture. His height and weight varied, with later books listing his height as 6 ft 6 in (1. 98 m). Doc is usually described as wearing a normal suit but no hat. He wears a special waistcoat underneath his shirt in which he carries an assortment of gadgets.

The covers of the Street and Smith Pulp magazines, initially painted by Walter M. Street & Smith or Street & Smith Publications Inc was a New York City publisher specializing in inexpensive paperbacks and magazines referred to as pulp fiction Pulp magazines (or pulp fiction; often referred to as "the pulps" were inexpensive Fiction magazines Baumhoffer, depict Doc as an athletic man with a standard hair style of the period (a side parting and wayward lock of hair on the right). He is often shown in various states of dress but a shirt and khaki trousers are common. The look of Doc Savage was based on film actor Gary Cooper. Frank James “Gary” Cooper (May 7 &ndashMay 13) was an American film actor and iconic star

The covers of the Bantam Books paperback reprints, by illustrator James Bama, depict Doc as a slightly older muscular man with bronze skin and a crew cut with a very pronounced widow's peak. Bantam Books is a major US publishing house owned by Random House and is part of the Bantam Dell Publishing Group James Bama (born 1926 is an American Artist known for his realistic paintings and etchings of Western subjects A widow's peak (widow's brow is a descending V-shaped point in the middle of the hairline (above the forehead He is usually shown wearing jodhpurs and a partially ripped shirt. Jodhpurs are tight-fitting Trousers that reach to the ankle where they end in a snug cuff and are worn primarily for horseback riding. Bama based his version of Doc Savage on model/actor Steve Holland. Steve Holland ( January 8, 1925 - May 10, 1997) was an American actor and male Paperback, magazine and fashion model

The real Doc Savage

While visiting John L Nanovic, the editor of the Doc Savage magazine, writer-researcher Will Murray learned that Doc Savage may have been, in part, based on a real-life person named Richard Henry Savage (1846–1903). Will Murray (born 1953 is the author of more than fifty novels and a scholar of pulp fiction. Like his fictional namesake, Savage was a true renaissance man—soldier, engineer, diplomat, lawyer, novelist, civic leader, and war hero.

Richard Henry Savage was born on June 12, 1846, in Utica, New York, the son of Richard Savage and Jane Moorhead Savage (née Ewart). Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Utica is a City in the American state of New York, and the County seat of Oneida County. His ancestors were English, Scottish and Irish, and his grandfather, a civil engineer, arrived in America around 1805. The English people (from the adjective in Englisc) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to England who predominantly speak English The Scots people ( Scots Gaelic: Albannaich) are a Nation and an Ethnic group indigenous to Scotland. The Irish people ( Irish: Muintir na hÉireann, na hÉireannaigh, na Gaeil) are a Western European Ethnic group who originate A civil engineer is a person who practices Civil engineering, one of the many engineering professions

Savage graduated from West Point in 1868 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. "USMA" redirects here For other uses see USMA (disambiguation The United States Military Academy (also known as USMA, Second Lieutenant is the lowest commissioned officer Military rank in many Armed forces. The United States Army Corps of Engineers ( USACE) is a federal agency and a major Army command made up of some 34600 Civilian and 650 Military personnel He joined the Egyptian army as a major in 1871. The Egyptian Army is the largest service branch within the Egyptian military establishment. He subsequently served as U. S. vice consul in Marseilles and Rome. Marseille, ( English alt Marseilles mɑrˈseɪ — French: maʁsɛj locally — Provençal Occitan: Marselha maʀˈsijɔ Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 On January 2, 1873, he married Anna Josephine Scheible of Berlin, Germany. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.

Later, Savage served on the Texas-Mexico frontier and as a chief engineer on a railroad in California, retiring in 1884. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Following his retirement in 1884, Savage traveled extensively, visiting Turkey, Japan, China, Russia, Asia Minor, Korea, and Honduras. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Anatolia (Anadolu Ανατολία Anatolía) or Asia minor, comprising most of modern Turkey, is the geographic region bounded by the Black Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. Honduras in Spanish, República de Honduras) is a democratic republic in Central America.

Returning to the United States in 1891, and a confidant of President Ulysses S. Grant, Savage was given several diplomatic appointments around the world. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Ulysses S Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27 1822 &ndash July 23 1885 was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States Savage could talk of all the wild spots in the world that he had visited and had many personal mementos of his strange life.

Savage wrote his first novel, My Official Wife (1891), which proved to be his most famous. Savage wrote over 40 books, including Our Mysterious Passenger and Other Stories (1899), which was published by Street and Smith a year after a 17-year-old Henry W. Street & Smith or Street & Smith Publications Inc was a New York City publisher specializing in inexpensive paperbacks and magazines referred to as pulp fiction Ralston, the future co-creator of Doc Savage, joined the firm.

Savage became senior Captain of the 27th U. Senior Captain is a rare military rank which is used in some countries Armed forces. S. Volunteer Infantry and was appointed Brigadier General and Chief Engineer of Spanish War Veterans in 1900. Brigadier General is the lowest ranking General Officer in some countries usually sitting between the ranks of Colonel and Major General.

After living such an adventurous life, Savage was run over by a horse-drawn wagon while crossing Sixth Avenue in New York City, on October 3, 1903, dying eight days later at the age of 57. The City of New York Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting

Ralston also created The Avenger a. This article refers to the Fictional character. For Swedish band Amon Amarth 's album see The Avenger (album. k. a. Richard Henry Benson.

The Fabulous Five and Pat

Doc's companions in his adventures (the "Fabulous Five") are:

  1. Industrial chemist Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Blodgett "Monk" Mayfair and his pet pig, Habeas Corpus. A chemist is a Scientist trained in the Science of Chemistry. Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Blodgett "Monk" Mayfair is a member of the band of associates of the Heroic pulp fiction character Doc Savage. Habeas corpus (ˈheɪbiəs ˈkɔɹpəs ( Latin: command that you have the body is the name of a legal action or Writ, through which a person can seek relief Monk got his name from his simian appearance, notably his long arms, and was covered with red hair.
  2. Lawyer Brigadier General Theodore Marley "Ham" Brooks and his pet monkey, Chemistry. A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person Theodore Marley "Ham" Brooks is a Fictional associate of the 1930s and 1940s pulp hero Doc Savage. Ham (the shyster, as Monk referred to him) got his name after teaching Monk some French swear words to innocently use on a French general. Shortly afterwards, a large joint of ham went missing and turned up among Brooks' things, so he was blamed and got that nickname.
  3. Construction engineer Colonel John "Renny" Renwick. A civil engineer is a person who practices Civil engineering, one of the many engineering professions Col John "Renny" Renwick is a Fictional associate of 1930s and 1940s pulp hero Doc Savage. Renny had fists like buckets of gristle and bone and no wooden door could withstand them.
  4. Electrical engineer Major Thomas J. "Long Tom" Roberts. Electrical engineering, sometimes referred to as electrical and electronic engineering, is a field of Engineering that deals with the study and application of Major Thomas J "Long Tom" Roberts was a Fictional associate of 1930s and 1940s pulp hero Doc Savage. "Long Tom" got his nickname from an incident with a World War I cannon of that nick-name. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Long Tom was a sickly-looking character, but fought like a wildcat.
  5. Archaeologist and geologist William Harper "Johnny" Littlejohn. Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos A geologist is a contributor to the Science of Geology, studying the physical structure and processes of the Earth and planets of the solar system William Harper "Johnny" Littlejohn was a Fictional associate of 1930s and 1940s pulp hero Doc Savage. Johnny used long words ("I'll be superamalgamated!" was a favourite saying). Johnny wore a monocle in early adventures (one eye having been blinded in World War I). World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Doc later performed corrective surgery.

The men were never called the "Fabulous Five" within the novels, only on the back covers of the reprints.

In later stories, a number of the aides were working elsewhere so could not go on adventures, and finally it was just Monk and Ham. There was always banter between the two of them, particularly when a pretty young girl was present and Monk talked of Ham's (fictitious) thirteen half-wit children.

Doc's cousin Patricia "Pat" Savage, who has Doc's bronze skin, eyes and hair, also joins Savage for many of his adventures, despite Doc's best efforts to keep her away from danger. Patricia "Pat" Savage is the cousin of the fictional 1930s and 1940s hero Doc Savage. Pat chafes under these restrictions, or indeed any effort to protect her simply because she is female.

Publication history

See the List of Doc Savage novels for a complete bibliography. This is a list of Doc Savage novels, created primarily by Lester Dent.

James Bama's covers featuring Steve Holland on many of the Bantam reprints defined the character to a generation of readers.
James Bama's covers featuring Steve Holland on many of the Bantam reprints defined the character to a generation of readers. James Bama (born 1926 is an American Artist known for his realistic paintings and etchings of Western subjects Steve Holland ( January 8, 1925 - May 10, 1997) was an American actor and male Paperback, magazine and fashion model

All of the original stories were reprinted in paperback form by Bantam Books in the 1960s through 1990s. Bantam Books is a major US publishing house owned by Random House and is part of the Bantam Dell Publishing Group About sixty of the paperback covers were painted in extraordinary monochromatic tones by James Bama, whose updated vision of Doc Savage with the exaggerated widow's peak captured, at least symbolically, the essence of the Doc Savage novels. The first 96 paperbacks reprinted one of the original novels per book. Actor and model Steve Holland who had played Flash Gordon in a 1953 television series was the model for Doc on all the covers. Steve Holland ( January 8, 1925 - May 10, 1997) was an American actor and male Paperback, magazine and fashion model Flash Gordon is the hero of a Science fiction adventure Comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond, which was first published on January 7, The next 15 paperbacks were "doubles," reprinting two novels each (these were actually shorter novellas written during paper shortages of World War II). The last of the original novels were reprinted in a numbered series of 13 "omnibus" volumes of four to five stories each. It was one of the few pulp series to be completely reprinted in paperback form.

The Red Spider was a Doc Savage novel written by Dent in April 1948 about the Cold War with the Soviet Union. Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The story was killed in 1948 by new editor Daisy Bacon, though previous editor William de Grouchy had commissioned it. It was forgotten until 1975, when Doc Savage scholar Will Murray found hints of its existence. Will Murray (born 1953 is the author of more than fifty novels and a scholar of pulp fiction. After a two-year search, the manuscript was located among Dent's papers. It finally saw print in July 1979 as Number 95 in Bantam's Doc Savage series. Philip José Farmer wrote the book "Doc Savage: An Apocalyptic Life" which summarized the series with the conceit that Doc actually existed and the novels chronicled his exploits.

After the full series was reprinted, Bantam published a new novel by Philip José Farmer, Escape From Loki (1991), which told the story of how Doc met the Five in World War I. Philip José Farmer (born January 26 1918) is an American Author, principally known for his Science fiction and fantasy Murray produced seven novels from Dent's original outlines. Four more novels were announced, but not published.

The Blackmask eBook and POD website offered large numbers of Doc Savage books for download up to early 2006, when the owner was sued by Conde Nast. The ensuing legal case resulted in the long-term and perhaps permanent closure of the site.

There is an active market for used Doc Savage books in all formats, on eBay and elsewhere. eBay Inc is an American Internet company that manages eBaycom an Online auction and shopping Website in which people and businesses buy and There are also dozens of fan pages and discussion groups on the Internet. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks

Nostalgia Ventures began a new series of Doc reprints (starting November 2006), featuring two novels per book. Each edition came with a choice of original pulp style or more modern cover and includes new essays as introductions and afterwords.

Radio

Two Doc Savage radio series were broadcast during the pulp era. The first, in 1934, was a 15-minute serial which ran for 26 episodes. The 1943 series was based not on the pulps but on the comic book version of the character. No audio exists from either series, although some scripts survived. In 1985, National Public Radio aired The Adventures of Doc Savage, as 13 half-hour episodes, based on the pulps and adapted by Will Murray and Roger Rittner. Will Murray (born 1953 is the author of more than fifty novels and a scholar of pulp fiction.

See the List of Doc Savage radio episodes for a complete playlist. Doc Savage made it to the radio three times 1934-35 1943 and 1985

Comic books

Golden Age

Doug Wildey's cover for Millennium's Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze shows a Doc that is a cross between the Bama paperback design and the pulp version.
Doug Wildey's cover for Millennium's Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze shows a Doc that is a cross between the Bama paperback design and the pulp version. Doug Wildey ( May 2, 1922, Yonkers New York - October 5, 1994, Las Vegas Nevada) was a Cartoonist most famous

Street & Smith published comic book stories of Doc both in the The Shadow comic and his own title. These started with Shadow Comics v1 #1–3 (1940), then moved to Doc Savage Comics. Originally, these stories were based on the pulp version, but with Doc Savage Comics v1 #5 (1941), he was turned into a genuine superhero when he crashed in Tibet and found a mystical gem in a hood. These stories had a Doc who bore little resemblance to the character in the pulps. This lasted through the end of Doc Savage Comics in 1943 after 20 issues, and briefly with his return to Shadow Comics in v3 #10 (Jan 44). It was apparently dropped by his second story. He would last until the end of the Shadow Comic, v9 #5 (1948), but did not appear in every issue. He also appeared in at least one issue of Supersnipe Comics.

Modern Age

Post-Golden Age, there have been several Doc Savage comic books:

Motion picture

The cast of Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975) Ron Ely as Doc Savage (foreground), with (background, left to right) Eldon Quick as Johnny, Darrell Zwerling as Ham, William Lucking as Renny, Michael Miller as Monk, and Paul Gleason as Long Tom
The cast of Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975)
Ron Ely as Doc Savage (foreground), with (background, left to right) Eldon Quick as Johnny, Darrell Zwerling as Ham, William Lucking as Renny, Michael Miller as Monk, and Paul Gleason as Long Tom

A campy Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze movie was made in 1975, starring Ron Ely as Doc who confronts smuggler Captain Seas. Dark Horse Comics is one of the largest independent American Comic book publishers behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics Ronald Pierce "Ron" Ely (born June 2, 1938) is the stage name of the American actor and novelist born in Hereford Texas. Eldon Quick is an American Character actor. He is an alumnus of the American Shakespeare Festival and has numerous stage screen and television roles to his credit William Lucking (born June 17 1941) is an American Film, television and stage Actor. Michael or Mike Miller may refer to In business Michael J Miller, executive with Ziff Brothers Investments former editor of PC Magazine Paul Xavier Gleason ( May 4 1939 – May 27 2006) was an American film and television Actor. Doc Savage The Man of Bronze is a 1975 camp Action film starring Ron Ely as pulp hero Doc Savage. Ronald Pierce "Ron" Ely (born June 2, 1938) is the stage name of the American actor and novelist born in Hereford Texas. It was the last film produced by George Pál. George Pal ( February 1, 1908 &ndash May 2, 1980) born György Pál Marczincsák,

In 2007, a fan edit called "Doc SaLvageD: The Fan-Edit of Bronze" was created to minimize the campiness of the original film.

In 1999, there was an announcement that another Doc Savage movie, to feature Arnold Schwarzenegger, was in the works, but it never materialised. Doc Savage The Man of Bronze is a 1975 camp Action film starring Ron Ely as pulp hero Doc Savage. Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger ( German ˌaɐnɔlt aloʏs ˈʃvaɐtsənɛɡɐ born July 30 1947 is an Austrian American Bodybuilder, Actor [2]

Cultural references

Footnotes

  1. ^ How I met Doc Savage. Micah Wright. Retrieved on 2007-05-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.
  2. ^ Doc Savage. Mania's Development Hell. Retrieved on 2007-05-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.

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