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The Vanisher (Doc Savage (Bantam) #52)
Twenty convicts vanished without a trace from maximum security cells, and top businessmen suddenly disappeared. The tabloids trumpeted the reign of a small, deformed man — or woman — spotted at the scenes. Strangely, Doc Savage was framed for the disappearances — and then the murders … But the Horrible Hunchback hadn’t counted on the wrath of the mighty Man of Bronze!
Paperback
Published
September 1970
by Bantam Books
(first published 1936)
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This is my first Doc Savage novel. I read some of the comic books back in the 1970s. Those didn't strike me even though I'm a fan of the main artist that drew it. This one also didn't grab me. It is poorly plotted, written and, in general, conceived. It's full of plot holes and bad literary devices. There is all kinds of nonsense where one minute Doc is thinking way ahead of everyone and then suddenly seems not to be able to think at all. The writer worked way to hard to keep the bad guy a myste...more
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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. Many authors wrote under this name, though most Doc Savage stories were written by the author Lester Dent:
William G. Bogart
Evelyn Coulson
Harold A. Davis
Lawrence Donovan
Philip José Farmer
Alan Hathway
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Will Murray
Ron Goulart
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William G. Bogart
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