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Doc Savage Sanctum Editions #67
The Invisible-Box Murders & Target for Death
When Doc is accused of serial murders, Pat and his aides must unearth the deadly secret behind The Invisible-Box Murders!
The Man of Bronze journeys to Honolulu after a strange letter makes Lieutenant Sally Trent a Target for Death.
Plus: The Hang String, a short story by Lester Dent, and historical essays by Will Murray.
The Man of Bronze journeys to Honolulu after a strange letter makes Lieutenant Sally Trent a Target for Death.
Plus: The Hang String, a short story by Lester Dent, and historical essays by Will Murray.
112 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2013
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About the author
Kenneth Robeson
908 books133 followersKenneth Robeson was the house name used by Street and Smith Publications as the author of their popular character Doc Savage and later The Avenger. Though most Doc Savage stories were written by the author Lester Dent, there were many others who contributed to the series, including:
William G. Bogart
Evelyn Coulson
Harold A. Davis
Lawrence Donovan
Alan Hathway
W. Ryerson Johnson
Lester Dent is usually considered to be the creator of Doc Savage. In the 1990s Philip José Farmer wrote a new Doc Savage adventure, but it was published under his own name and not by Robeson. Will Murray has since taken up the pseudonym and continued writing Doc Savage books as Robeson.
All 24 of the original stories featuring The Avenger were written by Paul Ernst, using the Robeson house name. In order to encourage sales Kenneth Robeson was credited on the cover of The Avenger magazine as "the creator of Doc Savage" even though Lester Dent had nothing to do with The Avenger series. In the 1970s, when the series was extended with 12 additional novels, Ron Goulart was hired to become Robeson.
William G. Bogart
Evelyn Coulson
Harold A. Davis
Lawrence Donovan
Alan Hathway
W. Ryerson Johnson
Lester Dent is usually considered to be the creator of Doc Savage. In the 1990s Philip José Farmer wrote a new Doc Savage adventure, but it was published under his own name and not by Robeson. Will Murray has since taken up the pseudonym and continued writing Doc Savage books as Robeson.
All 24 of the original stories featuring The Avenger were written by Paul Ernst, using the Robeson house name. In order to encourage sales Kenneth Robeson was credited on the cover of The Avenger magazine as "the creator of Doc Savage" even though Lester Dent had nothing to do with The Avenger series. In the 1970s, when the series was extended with 12 additional novels, Ron Goulart was hired to become Robeson.
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September 23, 2025
This Doc Savage novel was a fairly entertaining book as Doc Savage books go. All of Doc Savage’s crew are included in this adventure, including Pat Savage, Doc’s cousin. For what though? Pat makes an appearance at the start of the novel, is captured along with Ham and a couple of other characters. She remains captured and out I’d view until the end of the story. What have her included at all then? That is a disappointment. As far as the mystery, it was an interesting journey with the usual MO for Doc Savage books. The identity of the mastermind isn’t resolved until the end. All of the action occurs in New York City and its surroundings. One thing is different in this book. Doc actually gets angry a few times. The author is giving Doc some emotion finally. It will be interesting to see if Doc will be given more emotions in later books in the series.
The Invisible Box Murders was authore by Lester Dent and published November 1941.
The Invisible Box Murders was authore by Lester Dent and published November 1941.
January 27, 2021
The Invisible Box Murders: A bit different in that our hero is implicated in and has to evade apprehension while he is attempting to solve a series of murders. I must admit that the motive of the ultimate villain was unclear to me.
Target for Death is a relatively quick adventure with at time, post-WWII, early Cold War, noirish feels.
The bonus backup story, The Hang String, is an early uniformly hardboiled (with dashes of humor) quickie by Dent (the primary Robeson) that ran in an early issue of The Shadow.
Target for Death is a relatively quick adventure with at time, post-WWII, early Cold War, noirish feels.
The bonus backup story, The Hang String, is an early uniformly hardboiled (with dashes of humor) quickie by Dent (the primary Robeson) that ran in an early issue of The Shadow.
June 28, 2024
Two of the better entries in the series are collected into a single volume. First. "The Invisible-Box Murders" pits Doc and his gang against a murderer - and the police, who believe that none other than Doc is guilty of the crimes. Then Doc and company come to the rescue of a young nurse, who is sent a mysterious letter that people will kill for. And yet, it seems to be worthless. Lots of action and fun in the two tales that readers should enjoy.
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April 13, 2024reading "The Invisible-Box Murders", better than average tale where titular boxes are found near bodies
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January 3, 2016Interesting entries. Typical for the 40s, where the stories became grounded in realistic plots. This is the time of World War II and the fantastic aspects of Doc's adventures paled compared to what was going on in the world at the time.
Lester Dent is still the better writer of the two, with William G. Bogart turning in a straight-forward tale with Target for Death. Bogart's best Doc novel is probably The Flying Goblin, which is also one of his earliest.
Lester Dent is still the better writer of the two, with William G. Bogart turning in a straight-forward tale with Target for Death. Bogart's best Doc novel is probably The Flying Goblin, which is also one of his earliest.
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