Doc Savage
Doc Savage , entirely Clark "Doc" Savage Jr. , is the fictional hero in an American adventure novel series that first appeared in 1933 under the title "The Man of Bronze".
Emergence
Developed by Henry W. Ralston and edited by Lester Dent , he became a near- Superman in the fight against the baddies of the world. The novels were published under the pseudonym Kenneth Robeson , regardless of the author . Dent, who wrote most of the 190 novels, described his hero as a cross between Sherlock Holmes with his deductive skills, Tarzan with his outstanding physical talents, Craig Kennedy with his scientific education, and Abraham Lincoln with his Christianity. Doc Savage is a doctor, scientist, adventurer, inventor, researcher and musician - a real universal hero. And like Superman, he also retreats from time to time to his " Fortress of Solitude " in the Arctic . He owes his wealth to a gold mine in Central America, which the natives left to his father and which he inherited from him.
In the novels, Doc Savage, who has his headquarters on the 86th floor of a skyscraper in Manhattan , is supported by the "Famous Five": Lawyer and Brigadier General Theodore Marley "Ham" Brooks and his house ape "Chemistry", industrial chemist Lt. Col. Andrew Blodgett "Monk" Mayfair and his domestic pig " Habeas Corpus ", engineer Col. John "Renny" Renwick (no pets), electrical engineer Col. Thomas J. "Long Tom" Roberts (no pets) and archaeologist and Geologist William Harper "Johnny" Littlejohn (even without a pet). From time to time Doc's cousin Pat joins the group, but he would rather keep them out of dangerous adventures (which doesn't always work).
“Doc Savage” is one of the few booklet series that managed to be reissued in book form between 1960 and 1990 at Bantam Books . The first stories appeared in Germany, greatly abridged to 59 pages, from 1966 as part of the Utopia Zukunftsromane . From 1972 Pabel-Verlag published the novels as paperbacks. They stuck to the original texts of the original editions of Bantam Verlag (now imprint of Penguin Random House ) and brought it to a total of 89 editions.
Publications
In addition to being a novel, the stories about Doc Savage were also implemented as radio plays in 1934 and 1943.
1975 directed Michael Joseph Anderson made the film Doc Savage - The Man of Bronze ( Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze ) with ex-TV Tarzan Ron Ely in the lead role. It was producer George Pal's last production . The tongue-in-cheek introductory march was written by John Philip Sousa , the rest of the film music was written by Don Black and Frank De Vol .
In 1999 the film company Warner Bros. registered four Internet domain names relating to “Doc Savage”. After Chris Hemsworth was first discussed for the title role, Dwayne Johnson announced in May 2016 that he would play the superhero, directed by Shane Black . The start of shooting was postponed several times due to unresolved legal issues. In February 2020, Sony Pictures Television announced that it would produce a TV series around the bronze man.
In the USA, the Street & Smith Verlag published the first comic book adventures around Doc Savage between 1940 and 1949 in a separate series and as part of The Shadow booklet. After some stories were published by Marvel Comics (1972-1977), DC Comics acquired the rights to Doc Savage in 1987. This was followed by four issues in 1991 with Millennum and six in 1995 with Dark Horse Comics .
Books
- 1966
- Utopia Science Fiction 494: Doc Savage and the Red Death (The Man of Bronze) , 1933
- 1967
- Utopia Science Fiction 505: Doc Savage and the Weird Keys (The Thousand-Headed Man) , 1934
- 1972
- 1: The Man of Bronze , 1933
- 1973
- 2: Three Black Keys (The Thousend-Headed Man) , 1934
- 3: The Blue Meteor (Meteor Menance) , 1934
- 4: Wreck in the Ice (The Polar Treasure) , 1933
- 5: Brand of the Werewolf , 1934
- 6: Isle of Slaves (The Fantasic Island) , 1935 by W. Ryerson Johnson
- 7: The Czar of Fear , 1933
- 8: The Spook Legion , 1935
- 9: The Secret in the Sky , 1935
- 10: The City in the Sea (Mystery Under the Sea) , 1936
- 11: Doc in the Trap (The Phantom City) , 1933
- 12: Land of Terror , 1933
- 13: The Death in Silver , 1934
- 14; Oasis of the Lost (The Lost Oasis) , 1933
- 1974
- 15: The Sea of Death (The Sargasso Ogre) , 1933
- 16: The Fortress of Solitude , 1938
- 17: In the Valley of the Red Death (The Red Skull) , 1933
- 18: Devil's Island (Fear Cay) , 1934
- 19: The Motion Menace , 1938 by W. Ryerson Johnson
- 20: The Devil's Playground ( Tomahawk ) , 1941 by Alan Hathway
- 21: The Green Eagle , 1941
- 22: The Monsters , 1941
- 23: The Terror in the Navy , 1937
- 24: Der Superkiller (The Annihilst) , 1934
- 25: The Mad Eyes , 1937 by Lawrence Donovan
- 26: The Inca in Gray (Dust of Death) , 1937 by Harold A. Davis
- 1975
- 27: The Squeaking Goblin , 1934
- 28: The Golden Peril , 1937
- 29: Resurrection Day , 1936
- 30: Hannah, the Witch (Hex) , 1939 by William G. Bogart
- 31: Red Snow , 1935
- 32: Invasion from the Deep (Murder Melody) , 1935 by Lawrence Donovan
- 33: The Flaming Falcons , 1939
- 34: The Dagger in the Sky , 1939
- 35: The Yellow Cloud , 1939 by Evelyn Coulson
- 36: The Sea Magician , 1934
- 37: The South Pole Terror , 1936
- 38: The Land of Fear , 1937 by Harold A. Davis
- 39: Pirate of the Pacific , 1933
- 1976
- 40: The death dwarf (The Vanisher) , 1936
- 41: The Mystic Mullah , 1935 by Richard Sale
- 42: The Vikings of Qui (Quest of Qui) , 1935
- 43: The Feathered Octopus , 1937
- 44: The Land of Always-Night , 1935 by W. Ryerson Johnson
- 45: The Power of Shimba (Land of the Long Juju) , 1937 by Lawrence Donovan
- 46: Death from the volcano (Repel) , 1937
- 47: The Mental Wizard , 1937
- 48: The Man Who Smiled No More , 1936 by Lawrence Donovan
- 49: The Monster on the Dome (World's Fair Goblin) , 1939 by William G. Bogart
- 50: Haunted Ocean , 1936 by Lawrence Donovan
- 51: The Freckled Shark , 1939
- 52: Devil on the Moon , 1938
- 53: Death in Eternal Snow (The Mystery on the Snow) , 1934
- 1977
- 54: Reservoir of Death (Mad Mesa) , 1939
- 55: The All-Knowing One (Murder Mirage) , 1936 by Lawrence Donovan
- 56: The Black Spot , 1936 by Lawrence Donovan
- 57: The Green Death , 1938 by Harold A. Davis
- 58: The Sea Angel , 1937
- 59: The Laughing Death (The Giggling Ghosts) , 1938
- 60: The City Under the Sea (The Red Terrors) , 1938 by Harold A. Davis
- 61: The Midas Man , 1936
- 62: The Eerie Kingdom (The King Maker) , 1934 by Harold A. Davis
- 63: The Boss of Terror , 1940
- 64: The Spotted Men , 1940 by William G. Bogart
- 65: The Angry Ghost , 1940 by William G. Bogart
- 66: The Mountain Monster , 1938 by Harold A. Davis
- 1978
- 67: The Poison Island
- 68: The Stone Man, 1939
- 69: The Cavemen of Crescent City (The Gold Ogre) , 1939
- 70: The Living Fire Menance , 1938 by Harold A. Davis
- 71: The Den of Satan (The Roar Devil) , 1935
- 72: The Magic Island (East) , 1937
- 73: The Flying Goblin , 1940 by William G. Bogart
- 74: The Evil Gnome , 1940
- 75: Cold Death , 1936 by Lawrence Donovan
- 76: The Submarine Mystery , 1938
- 77: The Pirate's Ghost , 1938
- 78: The Spook Hole , 1935
- 79: The Other World , 1940
- 1979
- 80: The Crimson Serpent , 1939 by Harold A. Davis
- 81: The Scourge of Genghis Khan (The Devil Genghis) , 1938
- 82: The Indian Conspiracy (The Majii) , 1935 W. Ryerson Johnson
- 83: The Awful Egg , 1940
- 84: The Metal Master , 1936
- 85: The Seven Agate Devils , 1936 by Martin E. Baker
- 86: The Derrick Devil , 1937
- 87: The Purple Dragon , 1940 by Harold A. Davis
- 88: The Death Tunnel (Tunnel Terror) , 1940 by William G. Bogart
- 1980
- 89: Merchants of Disaster , 1939 by Harold A. Davis
literature
- Marilyn Cannaday: Bigger Than Life. The creator of Doc Savage. Bowling Green State University Popular Press, Bowling Green, Ohio 1990, ISBN 0-87972-471-4 .
- M. Martin McCarey-Laird: Lester Dent. The Man, His Craft And His Market. The Story of the Greatest Writer of the Pulp Era. Hidalgo Publishing, West Des Moines 1994, ISBN 0-9641004-9-5 .
Web links
- Doc Organized (English)
- Doc Savage: The Supreme Adventurer ( Memento from May 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- German fansite
- Doc Savage on the Web (English)
- n-tv article on the announced remake
- Dwayne Johnson's Instagram pic from meeting the director
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ingo Löchel: Doc Savage im Zauberspiegel, accessed April 15, 2020
- ↑ "Doc Savage": Chris Hemsworth ("Thor") in conversation for the lead role as an all-round talent. Filmstarts.de, June 25, 2014
- ↑ Dwayne Johnson Offers Status Update on Shane Black's 'Doc Savage' . Collider.com, April 11, 2018
- ↑ Instead of a "Doc Savage" film with Dwayne Johnson, there will now be a TV series , moviebreak.de, February 20, 2020
- ↑ Doc Savage: New TV series about the pulp hero in work by Felix Böhme on Serienjunkies.de, February 22, 2020
- ↑ Pulp comics: Doc Savage at Street & Smith (English) The Pulp Net, July 28, 2014
- ↑ Doc Savage in Comics (English) Comic Vine, accessed April 15, 2020
- ^ Doc Savage Dark Horse publisher's website, accessed April 15, 2020