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Doc Savage: Double Features #11, 12
Brand of the Werewolf / The Man Who Shook the Earth
The best-selling work in the series. Doc and friends head north for some much-needed vacation, to the homestead of his cousin, Patricia Savage, and Doc's uncle. But sinister forces are at work in Canada, with some creature leaving its werewolf-shaped mark upon its victims. Also, an incredible power is Doc's foe, as he and his aides take on The Man Who Shook the Earth.
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Kenneth Robeson
922 books135 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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December 18, 2012
Doc Savage and his five sidekicks are on a train to visit his uncle in Canada when he receives a strange telegram telling him to go home. Doc becomes suspicious of three passengers who seem to be watching him, and when two of them and his men are nearly killed, the only clue is the mark of a werewolf. Things get even stranger when Doc and his pals arrive at his uncle’s cabin, and they find a fairly new grave and signs of a kidnapping. His uncle has been murdered and his cousin Patricia taken captive, all because of a small ivory cube which is the key to a vast treasure. It takes all of Doc’s considerable skills to put it all together and solve the mystery.
In The Man Who Shook the Earth, two men show up at Doc’s 86th floor pad, but Doc is out, operating on Johnny’s damaged eye. Monk is there to meet them and is suspicious, and when Doc and the gang investigate, they find they are too late to stop a kidnapping and a murder. At the same time, newsboys are hawking papers full of stories about earthquakes in South America, of which nobody pays any mind until the thugs who visited Doc’s office are traced to Chile. Near the city of Antofagasta, several bizarre earthquakes have occurred, mysteriously killing off the owners of nitrate-producing companies. It takes the specialized skills of everyone on Doc’s team to unravel the why, the how, and finally the who behind the murderous earthquakes.
Once again, these two books deliver everything we’ve come to expect from Doc Savage, though the last few stories seemed to be more about solving mysteries than high-octane adventure. It’s nice to see a series that doesn’t deliver the same story every time out, even if a lot of the elements remain the same. Plenty of shoot-outs, fistfights, and superhuman feats abound, with a backdrop of Doc’s cool and unique inventions to liven things up. For a quick, fun, vintage adventure read, Doc Savage is your man.
In The Man Who Shook the Earth, two men show up at Doc’s 86th floor pad, but Doc is out, operating on Johnny’s damaged eye. Monk is there to meet them and is suspicious, and when Doc and the gang investigate, they find they are too late to stop a kidnapping and a murder. At the same time, newsboys are hawking papers full of stories about earthquakes in South America, of which nobody pays any mind until the thugs who visited Doc’s office are traced to Chile. Near the city of Antofagasta, several bizarre earthquakes have occurred, mysteriously killing off the owners of nitrate-producing companies. It takes the specialized skills of everyone on Doc’s team to unravel the why, the how, and finally the who behind the murderous earthquakes.
Once again, these two books deliver everything we’ve come to expect from Doc Savage, though the last few stories seemed to be more about solving mysteries than high-octane adventure. It’s nice to see a series that doesn’t deliver the same story every time out, even if a lot of the elements remain the same. Plenty of shoot-outs, fistfights, and superhuman feats abound, with a backdrop of Doc’s cool and unique inventions to liven things up. For a quick, fun, vintage adventure read, Doc Savage is your man.
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