fiction's legendary Man of Bronze returns in two of his most engrossing adventures, Doc Savage battles geneticallyengineered giants in "The Monsters," the classic pulp thriller that inspired the Hugo Strange story in "Batman", Then, the Man of Bronze and his Iron Crew discover that a metabolismaccelerating elixir is creating an army of superpowered criminals in "The Whisker of Hercules.
" This classic pulp reprint also features the original color pulp covers by Walter Baumhofer and Modest Stein, interior illustrations by Paul Orban, and historical articles by Will Murray.
Finished the first half of this Sanctum reprint, It's been a while since I read The Monsters, but it hasn't lost much in the interim,
Think Food of the Gods but with a criminal slant,
The Whisker of Hercules is pretty straightforward, with a premise we've seen lots of times since this came out in thes.
Makes you wonder which came first: Whisker or the later imitators that used the same idea, While The Monsters was Food of the Gods, this is more akin to Superman vs Savitar, And I only reference Superman because he's the hero who owes a lot of the Man of Bronze, 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 thes 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, Allof the original stories featuring The Avenger were written by Paul Ernst, 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 thes 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, Allof 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 thes, when the series was extended withadditional novels, Ron Goulart was hired to become Robeson, sitelink.