List of Doc Savage novels

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Doc Savage Magazine, March 1933, "The Man of Bronze", illustrated by Walter M. Baumhofer.

This is a comprehensive list of the books written about the fictional character Doc Savage originally published in American pulp magazines during the 1930s and 1940s. He was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street & Smith Publications, with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent. The illustrations were by Walter Baumhofer, Paul Orban, Emery Clarke, Modest Stein, and Robert G. Harris.

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Description

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. The early stories were pure pulp "supersagas", [2] as dubbed by Philip José Farmer, with rampaging dinosaurs and lost races, secret societies led by dastardly villains, fantastic gadgets and weapons, autogyros and zeppelins, death-dealing traps and hair-raising escapes, and plots to rule the earth. In the first few stories, Doc and his aides killed enemies without compunction. An editorial decision made them kill only when necessary [3] for a more adventurous kid-friendly magazine, unlike the bloodthirsty competitor The Shadow.

Doc Savage was the lead story, often illustrated with line drawings. Exciting covers were painted in bold colors by Walter M. Baumhofer. Other adventure stories filled up the back, and there was a letters column. Kids could join the Doc Savage Club complete with badge, or follow "The Doc Savage Method Of Self-development" to build muscle and memory. In Depression America, 10-cent pulps with hundred of pages were handed around barracks or bunkhouses or schoolyards, a popular form of entertainment when people were unemployed and poor, and fantastic stories were a pleasant diversion from real life. Lester Dent wrote most of the stories, with fill-ins by Harold A. Davis, Alan Hathway, and William Bogart that were overseen or rewritten by Dent. [4]

By 1938, as the economy improved, pulps were on the wane and faced competition from comic books. During World War II, ordinary men and women performed fantastic deeds daily in exotic corners of the world, and fantastic pulp adventures seemed childish. Charles Moran became editor in 1943 and changed the format to suspense and realism. Doc used fewer gadgets and standard detective tropes. By 1946, in Measures for a Coffin, Doc is busting crooked investment bankers. Doc pared down his team, working mainly with Monk and Ham, and sometimes alone. Successive editors carried this format, and Babette Rosmond retitled the magazine Doc Savage, Science Detective in 1947.

By this time, the Doc stories were shorter than other stories in the magazine. Covers rarely showed Doc anymore, becoming detective-generic, abstract or illustrating non-Doc stories. Dent may have recycled some generic detective stories as Doc tales; King Joe Cay features Doc working alone, in disguise, with no aides, gadgets, or headquarters, and an interest in the ladies. Alan Hathway's grisly The Mindless Monsters reads like a rejected Spider story. Experimenting with new formats, during 1947 Dent wrote five stories with a first-person narrator, an innocent person caught up in a Doc Savage adventure, with one story narrated by Pat Savage, I Died Yesterday. Still, sales fell.

The magazine went bi-monthly in 1947, then quarterly in 1949. Editor William de Grouchy was brought back to revive the magazine, and asked Dent to return to larger-than-life stories. Dent took a new direction, with Doc infiltrating Russia and outwitting "the Ivans". This story, eventually titled The Red Spider in the Bantam run, was killed and shelved by editor Daisy Bacon. She oversaw three pulp-style adventures for the last three issues, but the magazine was cancelled in 1949. In the last story, Up from Earth's Center, Doc delves into a cave in Maine and meets what may be actual demons, and runs screaming in terror. The saga had ended. [5]

Until 1964, when Bantam Books revived the pulps as paperbacks. A huge selling point were the striking photo-realistic covers of a vibrant, widow-peaked, shredded-shirted Doc painted by James Bama and later Bob Larkin, Boris Vallejo, and others. Bantam reprinted all the stories, concluding in 1990, but not in the original publication order, and a few stories were retitled. They started as single volumes with numbers. As the stories got shorter, Bantam combined double novels with numbers, and finally Doc Savage Omnibuses with four or five stories without numbers. The rejected The Red Spider manuscript was discovered in 1975 by Will Murray and published during the Bantam Books print run as #95.

In recent years, Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books, initially in association with Nostalgia Ventures for the first 16 releases, has reprinted all 182 (including the initially unpublished The Red Spider) of the Doc Savage stories from the thirties and forties, usually at least two to a volume, using Baumhofer covers, and some Bama covers for variant editions. The reprint project, 87 volumes in total, was completed in 2016. [6]

Doc Savage Magazine (1933)

YearMonthTitle / Bantam RetitleSeries #AuthorCover ArtistCast
1933Mar The Man of Bronze 1 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1933AprThe Land of Terror2 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1933MayQuest of the Spider3 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1933JunThe Polar Treasure4 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1933JulPirate of the Pacific5 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1933AugThe Red Skull6 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1933SepThe Lost Oasis7 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1933OctThe Sargasso Ogre8 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1933NovThe Czar of Fear9 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1933DecThe Phantom City10 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1934JanBrand of the Werewolf11 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1934FebThe Man Who Shook the Earth12 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1934MarMeteor Menace13 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1934AprThe Monsters14 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1934MayThe Mystery on the Snow15 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1934JunThe King Maker16 Lester Dent / Harold A. Davis Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1934JulThe Thousand-Headed Man17 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1934AugThe Squeaking Goblin18 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1934SepFear Cay19 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1934Oct Death in Silver 20 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Pat
1934NovThe Sea Magician21 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny
1934DecThe Annihilist22 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Pat
1935JanThe Mystic Mullah23 Lester Dent / Richard Sale Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1935FebRed Snow24 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Pat (phone call)
1935MarLand of Always-Night25 Lester Dent / W. Ryerson Johnson Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1935AprThe Spook Legion26 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham
1935MayThe Secret in the Sky27 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1935JunThe Roar Devil28 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny
1935JulQuest of Qui29 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny
1935AugSpook Hole30 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny, (Long Tom,) Pat
1935SepThe Majii31 Lester Dent / J. Allan Dunn Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom
1935OctDust of Death32 Lester Dent / Harold A. Davis Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom
1935NovMurder Melody33 Lawrence Donovan Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1935DecThe Fantastic Island34 Lester Dent / W. Ryerson Johnson Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1936JanMurder Mirage35 Lawrence Donovan Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1936FebMystery Under the Sea36 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny
1936MarThe Metal Master37 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, (Renny, Long Tom)
1936AprThe Men Who Smiled No More38 Lawrence Donovan Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1936MayThe Seven Agate Devils39 Lester Dent / Martin E. Baker Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham
1936JunHaunted Ocean40 Lawrence Donovan Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1936JulThe Black Spot41 Lawrence Donovan Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1936AugThe Midas Man42 Lester Dent Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny
1936SepCold Death43 Lawrence Donovan Walter M. Baumhofer Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Long Tom
1936OctThe South Pole Terror44 Lester Dent John Philip Falter Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1936NovResurrection Day45 Lester Dent Robert George Harris Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1936DecThe Vanisher46 Lester Dent Robert George Harris Doc, Monk, Ham
1937JanLand of Long Juju / Land of Long Ju Ju47 Lawrence Donovan Robert George Harris Doc, Monk, Ham, (Renny,) Johnny, Pat
1937FebThe Derrick Devil48 Lester Dent Robert George Harris Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1937MarThe Mental Wizard49 Lester Dent Robert George Harris Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1937AprThe Terror in the Navy50 Lester Dent Robert George Harris Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1937MayMad Eyes51 Lawrence Donovan Robert George Harris Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1937JunThe Land of Fear52 Lester Dent / Harold A. Davis Robert George Harris Doc, Monk, Ham
1937JulHe Could Stop The World53 Lawrence Donovan Robert George Harris Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1937AugOst / The Magic Island54 Lester Dent Robert George Harris Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1937SepThe Feathered Octopus55 Lester Dent Robert George Harris Doc, Monk, Ham, (Renny, Johnny, Long Tom,) Pat
1937OctRepel / The Deadly Dwarf56 Lester Dent Robert George Harris Doc, Monk, Ham, (Renny, Johnny, Long Tom)
1937NovThe Sea Angel57 Lester Dent Robert George Harris Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1937DecThe Golden Peril58 Lester Dent / Harold A. Davis Robert George Harris Doc, Monk, Ham, (Renny, Johnny,) Long Tom
1938JanThe Living-fire Menace / The Living Fire Menace59 Lester Dent / Harold A. Davis Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1938FebThe Mountain Monster60 Lester Dent / Harold A. Davis Harold Winfield Scott Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom
1938MarDevil on the Moon61 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1938AprThe Pirate's Ghost62 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1938MayThe Motion Menace63 Lester Dent / W. Ryerson Johnson Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom
1938JunThe Submarine Mystery64 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham
1938JulThe Giggling Ghosts65 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1938AugThe Munitions Master66 Harold A. Davis Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom
1938SepThe Red Terrors67 Harold A. Davis Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1938OctFortress of Solitude68 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom
1938NovThe Green Death69 Harold A. Davis Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny
1938DecThe Devil Genghis70 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, (Renny, Johnny)
1939JanMad Mesa71 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1939FebThe Yellow Cloud72 Lester Dent / Evelyn Coulson Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Long Tom, Pat
1939MarThe Freckled Shark73 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny
1939AprWorld's Fair Goblin74 Lester Dent / William G. Bogart Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom, Pat
1939MayThe Gold Ogre75 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham
1939JunThe Flaming Falcons76 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham
1939JulMerchants of Disaster77 Harold A. Davis Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, (Johnny, Long Tom)
1939AugThe Crimson Serpent78 Harold A. Davis Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, (Renny)
1939SepPoison Island79 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Pat
1939OctThe Stone Man80 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Long Tom
1939NovHex81 Lester Dent / William G. Bogart Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, (Renny,) Johnny, Pat
1939DecThe Dagger in the Sky82 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1940JanThe Other World83 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1940FebThe Angry Ghost84 Lester Dent / William G. Bogart Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1940MarThe Spotted Men85 Lester Dent / William G. Bogart Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, (Johnny, Long Tom,) Pat
1940AprThe Evil Gnome86 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, (Johnny)
1940MayThe Boss of Terror87 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom
1940JunThe Awful Egg88 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, (Johnny,) Long Tom
1940JulThe Flying Goblin89 William G. Bogart Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, (Renny, Johnny,) Long Tom
1940AugTunnel Terror90 William G. Bogart Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny
1940SepThe Purple Dragon91 Lester Dent / Harold A. Davis Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny
1940OctDevils of the Deep92 Harold A. Davis Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, (Johnny,) Long Tom
1940NovThe Awful Dynasty93 William G. Bogart Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, (Johnny,) Long Tom, Pat
1940DecThe Men Vanished94 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny, Pat
1941JanThe Devil's Playground95 Alan Hathway Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1941FebBequest of Evil96 William G. Bogart Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Long Tom
1941MarThe All-White Elf97 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny
1941AprThe Golden Man98 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, (Monk, Ham,) Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1941MayThe Pink Lady99 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1941JunThe Headless Men100 Alan Hathway Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Long Tom
1941JulThe Green Eagle101 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1941AugMystery Island102 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1941SepThe Mindless Monsters103 Alan Hathway Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, (Johnny,) Long Tom
1941OctBirds of Death104 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1941NovThe Invisible Box Murders / The Invisible-Box Murders105 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1941Dec Peril in the North106 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1942JanThe Rustling Death107 Alan Hathway Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1942FebMen of Fear108 Lester Dent / Evelyn Coulson Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1942MarThe Too-Wise Owl109 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1942AprThe Magic Forest110 Lester Dent / William G. Bogart Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, (Johnny,) Long Tom
1942MayPirate Isle111 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1942JunThe Speaking Stone112 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, (Monk, Ham,) Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1942JulThe Man Who Fell Up113 Lester Dent Charles deFeo Doc, Monk, Ham, (Renny, Johnny, Long Tom,) Pat
1942AugThe Three Wild Men114 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham
1942SepThe Fiery Menace115 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom, Pat
1942OctThe Laugh of Death116 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, (Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom,) Pat
1942Nov They Died Twice117 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1942DecThe Devil's Black Rock118 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1943JanThe Time Terror119 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny, Pat
1943FebWaves of Death120 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1943MarThe Black, Black Witch121 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny, Pat
1943AprThe King of Terror122 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham
1943MayThe Talking Devil123 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Long Tom
1943JunThe Running Skeletons124 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, (Long Tom)
1943JulMystery on Happy Bones125 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny
1943AugThe Mental Monster126 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1943SepHell Below127 Lester Dent Modest Stein Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1943OctThe Goblins128 Lester Dent Modest Stein Doc, Monk, Ham
1943NovThe Secret of the Su129 Lester Dent Modest Stein.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1943DecThe Spook of Grandpa Eben130 Lester Dent Modest Stein Doc, Monk, Ham, Pat
1944JanAccording to Plan of a One-Eyed Mystic / One-Eyed Mystic131 Lester Dent Modest Stein Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny
1944FebDeath Had Yellow Eyes132 Lester Dent Modest Stein Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny
1944MarThe Derelict of Skull Shoal133 Lester Dent [7] [8] Modest Stein Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny
1944AprThe Whisker of Hercules134 Lester Dent Modest Stein Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1944MayThe Three Devils135 Lester Dent Modest Stein Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny
1944JunThe Pharoah's Ghost / The Pharaoh's Ghost136 Lester Dent Modest Stein Doc, Monk, Ham, (Johnny,) Long Tom
1944JulThe Man Who Was Scared137 Lester Dent Modest Stein Doc, Monk, Ham
1944AugThe Shape of Terror138 Lester Dent Modest Stein Doc, Monk, Ham
1944SepWeird Valley139 Lester Dent Modest Stein Doc, Monk, Ham
1944OctJiu San140 Lester Dent Modest Stein Doc, Monk, Ham
1944NovSatan Black141 Lester Dent Modest Stein Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny
1944DecThe Lost Giant142 Lester Dent Modest Stein Doc, Monk, Ham
1945JanViolent Night / The Hate Genius143 Lester Dent Modest Stein Doc, Monk, Ham, Pat
1945FebStrange Fish144 Lester Dent Modest Stein Doc, Monk, Ham
1945MarThe Ten Ton Snakes145 Lester Dent Modest Stein Doc, Monk, Renny
1945AprCargo Unknown146 Lester Dent Modest Stein Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny
1945MayRock Sinister147 Lester Dent Modest Stein Doc, Monk, Ham
1945JunThe Terrible Stork148 Lester Dent Modest Stein Doc, Monk, Ham
1945JulKing Joe Cay149 Lester Dent Modest Stein Doc, alone
1945AugThe Wee Ones150 Lester Dent Modest Stein Doc, Monk, Ham
1945SepTerror Takes 7151 Lester Dent Modest Stein Doc, Monk, Ham, Pat
1945OctThe Thing That Pursued152 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, alone
1945NovTrouble on Parade153 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, alone
1945DecThe Screaming Man154 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny
1946JanMeasures for a Coffin155 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham
1946FebSe-Pah-Poo156 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham
1946MarTerror and the Lonely Widow157 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny
1946AprFive Fathoms Dead158 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Ham, Renny
1946MayDeath is a Round Black Spot159 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham, Pat
1946JunColors for Murder160 Lester Dent Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham
1946JulFire and Ice161 Lester Dent / William G. Bogart Emery Clarke Doc, Monk, Ham
1946AugThree Times a Corpse162 Lester Dent Charles J. Ravel Doc, Monk, Ham
1946SepThe Exploding Lake163 Lester Dent / Harold A. Davis Charles J. Ravel Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny
1946OctDeath in Little Houses164 Lester Dent / William G. Bogart Charles J. Ravel Doc, Monk, Ham
1946NovThe Devil Is Jones165 Lester Dent Charles J. Ravel Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny
1946DecThe Disappearing Lady166 William G. Bogart Charles J. Ravel Doc, Monk, Ham
1947JanTarget for Death167 William G. Bogart Walter Swenson Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Pat
1947FebThe Death Lady168 William G. Bogart Walter Swenson Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom
1947Mar / AprDanger Lies East169 Lester Dent Walter Swenson Doc, Monk, Ham
1947May / JunNo Light to Die By170 Lester Dent Walter Swenson Doc, Monk, Ham
1947Jul / AugThe Monkey Suit171 Lester Dent Walter Swenson Doc, Monk
1947Sep / OctLet's Kill Ames172 Lester Dent Walter Swenson Doc, Ham
1947Nov / DecOnce Over Lightly173 Lester Dent Walter Swenson Doc, Monk
1948Jan / FebI Died Yesterday174 Lester Dent Walter Swenson Doc, Monk, Pat
1948Mar / AprThe Pure Evil175 Lester Dent Edd Cartier Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny
1948May / JunTerror Wears No Shoes176 Lester Dent Walter Swenson Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom
1948Jul / AugThe Angry Canary177 Lester Dent Walter Swenson Doc, Monk, Ham
1948Sep / OctThe Swooning Lady178 Lester Dent Walter Swenson Doc, Monk, Ham
1949WinterThe Green Master179 Lester Dent George Rozen Doc, Monk, Ham
1949SpringReturn From Cormoral180 Lester Dent George Rozen Doc, Monk, Ham
1949SummerUp From Earth's Center181 Lester Dent George Rozen Doc, Monk, Ham

Doc Savage Magazine (1975)

Magazine Management Co, Inc, a Marvel imprint also called Curtis Magazines, published eight black-and-white illustrated magazines as a movie tie-in. The cover of the first issue was an elaboration of the poster for the 1975 film Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze painted by Roger Kastel, with all of the other covers painted by Ken Barr. So, for eight issues, a Doc Savage magazine reappeared on newsstands. The stories were reprinted in Showcase Presents: Doc Savage [9] and again as Doc Savage Archives: Vol 1. [10]

YearMonthSeries #TitleAuthorArtworkDescription
1975Aug1Doom on Thunder Island Doug Moench John Buscema / Tony DeZuniga The "Silver Ziggurat" destroys skyscrapers with lightning, and leads Doc's crew to a Pacific Island of electrically enhanced tigers and "manimals". Includes an article on the Doc Savage movie and interview with director George Pal.
1975Oct2The Hell Reapers Doug Moench Tony DeZuniga Includes an interview with Ron Ely about his role as Doc Savage.
1976Jan3The Inferno Scheme Doug Moench John Buscema / Tony DeZuniga Includes a solo tale starring Monk, A Most Singular Writ of Habeas Corpus, with art by Rico Rival.
1976Apr4Ghost Pirates from the Beyond Doug Moench Tony DeZuniga / Marie Severin
1976Jul5The Earth-Wreckers! Doug Moench Tony DeZuniga Includes articles "The Pulp Doc Savage" and "An Interview with Mrs. Lester Dent".
1976Oct6The Sky-Stealers! Doug Moench Tony DeZuniga Includes an article on "Renny" by Bob Sampson.
1977Jan7The Mayan Mutations Doug Moench Val Mayerik / Tony DeZuniga Includes an article on "Johnny" by Bob Sampson.
1977Spring8The Crimson Plague! Doug Moench / John Warner / John Whitmore Ernie Chan Final issue.

Doc Savage novels

The list includes original Doc Savage novels either entirely new or developed from Lester Dent's stories and notes.

YearMonthTitleSeries #AuthorNotes
1979JulIn Hell, Madonna / The Red Spider182 Lester Dent Originally submitted on Monday, 3 May 1948 but not published until July 1979 as No. 95 in the Bantam Books paperback series.
1991AugEscape from Loki183 Philip José Farmer
1991Oct Python Isle184 Lester Dent / Will Murray
1992Mar White Eyes185 Lester Dent / Will Murray
1992Jul The Frightened Fish186 Lester Dent / Will Murray
1992OctThe Jade Ogre187 Lester Dent / Will Murray
1993MarFlight into Fear188 Lester Dent / Will Murray
1993JulThe Whistling Wraith189 Lester Dent / Will Murray
1993NovThe Forgotten Realm190 Lester Dent / Will Murray
2011JulThe Desert Demons191 Lester Dent / Will Murray
2011NovHorror in Gold192 Lester Dent / Will Murray
2012MayThe Infernal Buddha193 Lester Dent / Will Murray
2012SepDeath's Dark Domain194 Lester Dent / Will Murray
2013MarSkull Island195 Will Murray
2013SepThe Miracle Menace196 Lester Dent / Will Murray
2013DecPhantom Lagoon197 Lester Dent / Will Murray
2014MayThe War Makers198 Ryerson Johnson / Will Murray
2014SepThe Ice Genius199 Lester Dent / Will Murray
2015JuneThe Sinister Shadow200 Lester Dent / Will Murray
2015NovThe Secret of Satan's Spine201 Lester Dent / Will Murray
2016MayGlare of the Gorgon202 Lester Dent / Will Murray
2017JanEmpire of Doom203 Lester Dent / Will Murray
2018MarMr. Calamity204 Lester Dent / Will Murray
2018MarThe Valley of Eternity205 Lester Dent / Will Murray
2022NovThe Perfect Assassin: A Doc Savage Thriller206 James Patterson / Brian Sitts
2024OctMurder Island : A Doc Savage Thriller207 James Patterson / Brian Sitts

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The Spider was an American pulp magazine published by Popular Publications from 1933 to 1943. Every issue included a lead novel featuring the Spider, a heroic crime-fighter. The magazine was intended as a rival to Street & Smith's The Shadow and Standard Magazine's The Phantom Detective, which also featured crime-fighting heroes. The novels in the first two issues were written by R. T. M. Scott; thereafter every lead novel was credited to "Grant Stockbridge", a house name. Norvell Page, a prolific pulp author, wrote most of these; almost all the rest were written by Emile Tepperman and A. H. Bittner. The novel in the final issue was written by Prentice Winchell.

References

  1. ↑ Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Feb. 1979 issue
  2. ↑ "Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life" by Philip José Farmer, Bantam paperback edition, 1975, page 29.
  3. ↑ "Doc and his men had a fixed policy against taking human life, even in the most heated combat." "The Sargasso Ogre", Bantam Edition, page 42.
  4. ↑ "Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life" by Philip José Farmer, Bantam paperback edition, 1975, Addendum 3, "List of Doc Savage Stories", page 262.
  5. ↑ "Afterword by Will Murray" in "The Red Spider", Bantam, 1979.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ↑ The March 1944 issue was accidentally credited to Lester Dent. This was the only time during the run of the magazine that Dent's real name was used.
  8. ↑ Cannaday 1990, p. 18.
  9. ↑ Moench, Doug; Tony DeZuniga (2011). Showcase Presents: Doc Savage. DC Comics. ISBN   978-1-4012-3125-5 . Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  10. ↑ "Dynamite® Doc Savage Archives Vol. 1 the Curtis Magazine Era Hc".

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