The Mystery on the Snow / The King Maker

Doc Savage: Double Features #15, 16

by Kenneth Robeson (House Name), Lester Dent, Harold A. Davis

From May and June of '34. Up in Canada, people are disappearing and dying on the frozen tundra, with hardly a sign or a footprint to mark the cause. Doc investigates and tangles the devious Stroam. Then, Doc's offered a new job, as head of state in Calbia, where rival forces are vying to take over the throne. All the crew gets in on the action in this one. With the original illustrations. The Mystery on the Snow In one of his most important adventures, the Man of Bronze journeys north to Canada, and in her magnificent wilderness solves a billion-dollar riddle: Who or What has committed murder -- and worse -- to possess the secret of the miracle called Benlanium? The King Maker In the Kingdom of Calbia, the most far-flung plot of the century is already under way. The Man of Bronze and his daring companions join the revolutionary forces of Conte Cozonac but soon find themselves the intended victims of the most fearsome weapons the world has ever seen

About the author

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. 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.

Reviews

[Ronald · Rating 4 out of 5]

read mystery on the snow between fall 1974 & spring 1975