Doc Savage Books In Order
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The Man of Bronze | (1933) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Land of Terror | (1933) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Quest of the Spider | (1933) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Polar Treasure | (1933) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pirate of the Pacific | (1933) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Red Skull | (1933) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lost Oasis | (1933) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sargasso Ogre | (1933) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Czar of Fear | (1933) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Phantom City | (1933) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Brand of the Werewolf | (1934) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Man Who Shook the Earth | (1934) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Meteor Menace | (1934) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Monsters | (1934) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mystery on the Snow | (1934) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The King Maker | (1934) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Thousand-Headed Man | (1934) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Squeaking Goblin | (1934) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fear Cay | (1934) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death in Silver | (1934) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sea Magician | (1934) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Annihilist | (1934) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mystic Mullah | (1935) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Red Snow | (1935) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Land of Always-Night | (1935) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Spook Legion / The Ghost Legion | (1935) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Secret in the Sky | (1935) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Roar Devil | (1935) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Quest of Qui | (1935) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spook Hole | (1935) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Majii | (1935) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dust of Death | (1935) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Melody | (1935) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fantastic Island | (1935) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Mirage | (1936) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mystery Under the Sea | (1936) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Metal Master | (1936) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Men Who Smiled No More | (1936) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Seven Agate Devils | (1936) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Haunted Ocean | (1936) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Black Spot | (1936) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Midas Man | (1936) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cold Death | (1936) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The South Pole Terror | (1936) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Resurrection Day | (1936) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Vanisher | (1936) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Land of Long Juju | (1937) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Derrick Devil | (1937) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mental Wizard | (1937) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Terror in the Navy | (1937) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mad Eyes | (1937) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Land of Fear | (1937) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
He Could Stop the World | (1937) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Magic Island / Ost | (1937) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Feathered Octopus | (1937) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Repel / The Deadly Dwarf | (1937) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Golden Peril | (1937) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Living-Fire Menace | (1938) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mountain Monster | (1938) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Devil on the Moon | (1938) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Pirate's Ghost | (1938) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Motion Menace | (1938) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Submarine Mystery | (1938) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Giggling Ghosts | (1938) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Munitions Master | (1938) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Red Terrors | (1938) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fortress of Solitude | (1938) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Green Death | (1938) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Devil Genghis | (1938) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mad Mesa | (1939) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Yellow Cloud | (1939) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Freckled Shark | (1939) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
World's Fair Goblin | (1939) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Gold Ogre | (1939) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Flaming Falcons | (1939) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Merchants of Disaster | (1939) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Crimson Serpent | (1939) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Poison Island | (1939) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Stone Man | (1939) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hex | (1939) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dagger in the Sky | (1939) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Other World | (1939) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Angry Ghost | (1940) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Spotted Men | (1940) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Evil Gnome | (1940) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Boss of Terror | (1940) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Awful Egg | (1940) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Flying Goblin | (1940) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tunnel Terror | (1940) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Purple Dragon | (1940) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Devils of the Deep | (1940) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Awful Dynasty | (1940) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Men Vanished | (1940) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Devil's Playground | (1941) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bequest of Evil | (1941) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The All-White Elf | (1941) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Golden Man | (1941) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Pink Lady | (1941) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Headless Men | (1941) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Green Eagle | (1941) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mystery Island | (1941) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mindless Monsters | (1941) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Birds of Death | (1941) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Invisible Box Murders | (1941) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Peril in the North | (1941) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Rustling Death | (1942) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Men of Fear | (1942) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Too-Wise Owl | (1942) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Magic Forest | (1942) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pirate Isle | (1942) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Speaking Stone | (1942) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Man Who Fell Up | (1942) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Three Wild Men | (1942) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fiery Menace | (1942) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Laugh of Death | (1942) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
They Died Twice | (1942) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Devil's Black Rock | (1942) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Time Terror | (1943) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Waves of Death | (1943) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Black, Black Witch | (1943) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The King of Terror | (1943) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Talking Devil | (1943) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Running Skeletons | (1943) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mystery on Happy Bones | (1943) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mental Monster | (1943) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hell Below | (1943) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Goblins | (1943) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Secret of the Su | (1943) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Spook of Grandpa Eden | (1943) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
According to Plan of a One-Eyed Mystic | (1944) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Had Yellow Eyes | (1944) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Derelict of Skull Shoal | (1944) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Whisker of Hercules | (1944) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Three Devils | (1944) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Pharaoh's Ghost | (1944) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Man Who Was Scared | (1944) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Shape of Terror | (1944) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Weird Valley | (1944) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jiu San | (1944) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Satan Black | (1944) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lost Giant | (1944) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Violent Night / The Hate Genius | (1945) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Strange Fish | (1945) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ten Ton Snakes | (1945) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cargo Unknown | (1945) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rock Sinister | (1945) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Terrible Stork | (1945) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
King Joe Cay | (1945) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wee Ones | (1945) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Terror Takes 7 | (1945) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Thing That Pursued | (1945) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trouble on Parade | (1945) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Screaming Man | (1945) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Measures for a Coffin | (1946) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Se-Pah-Poo | (1946) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Terror and the Lonely Widow | (1946) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Five Fathoms Dead | (1946) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death is a Round Black Spot | (1946) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Colors for Murder | (1946) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fire and Ice | (1946) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Three Times a Corpse | (1946) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Exploding Lake | (1946) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death in Little Houses | (1946) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Devil is Jones | (1946) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Disappearing Lady | (1946) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Target for Death | (1947) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Death Lady | (1947) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Danger Lies East | (1947) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
No Light to Die By | (1947) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Monkey Suit | (1947) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Let's Kill Ames | (1947) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Once Over Lightly | (1947) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I Died Yesterday | (1948) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Pure Evil | (1948) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Terror Wears No Shoes | (1948) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Angry Canary | (1948) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Swooning Lady | (1948) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Green Master | (1949) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Return From Cormoral | (1949) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Up From Earth's Center | (1949) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Red Spider | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Wild Adventures Of Doc Savage Books
Python Isle | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
White Eyes | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Frightened Fish | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Jade Ogre | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Flight into Fear | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Whistling Wraith | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Forgotten Realm | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Desert Demons | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Horror in Gold | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Infernal Buddha | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death's Dark Domain | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Miracle Menace | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Skull Island | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Phantom Lagoon | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The War Makers | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ice Genius | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sinister Shadow | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Secret of Satan's Spine | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Glare of the Gorgon | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Empire of Doom | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mr. Calamity | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doc Savage is a fictional character created by Kenneth Robeson, a house name by Street and Smith Publications as the author of their popular character Doc Savage. Doc Savage was originally published during the 1930’s and 1940’s in the American Pulp Magazines. This heroic and adventurous character would later be featured in other media like radio, coming books, and later the adventures were reprinted for modern day audiences in a series of paperback novels. The paperback copies sold over 20 million copies worldwide by early 1980’s and since then Doc Savage has remained one of the most adored characters in the United States and has been referenced in many popular culture and novels. Savage is considered as the forerunner of the modern superheroes.
All of the original stories of Doc Savage were reprinted in paperback by Bantam Books between the 1960’s to 1990’s, and the series features over hundred books with The Whisker of Hercules marking the last book in the series. The reprints by Bantam Book garnered success, and an adaptation of the books into movies began almost immediately. Doc Savage main enemy in the series is John Sunlight, a Russian born who was introduced in the series in October 1938 in the novel, Fortress of Solitude. One of the key characteristics in Savage books is the threats, regardless of how fantastic they are, they all have a rational explanation. For instance, what is first assumed to be a giant spider is later revealed as a blimp.
In 1975, George Pal produced a film titled Doc Savage: the Man of Bronze that featured Ron Ely playing the role of Doc Savage. Unfortunately, the movie failed and performed poorly at the box office. Another film based on Savage stories includes Doc Savage: The Arch Enemy of Evil.
Shane Black has stated that he will direct a film adaptation of Sony Picture and Original Film based on the Doc Savage series. According to an interview, Black stated that he would like to feature Dwayne Johnson popularly known as “The Rock” as Doc Savage. On 30th May 2016, the renowned Hollywood actor, Johnson confirmed that he would be starring in the film.
The Man of Bronze
The Man of Bronze is the first novel in Doc Savage series featuring a superhero that many have come to refer him as the forerunner of the modern superheroes. He engages in deadly combat with the survivors of an ancient lost civilization. Then he is later joined by his crew as he embarks on a journey to find a lost treasure and destroy what is known as the Red Death.
Savage is a great inspiration for the 21st-century superheroes, more so Superman, even though he does not have any superpowers. However, he is highly trained, and this renders him into a superhuman. The first novel in the series features some elements of superheroes that would later inspire the likes of Jack Bannon and Dr. Quest
This first book is full of Anachronisms, and the inclusion of what many in the current world would consider as racist attitude. It is crucial to note that the book was written in different times and through years many things have evolved meaning that some of the details in the novel mean no offense.
In his missions, we regularly find Doc Savage backed up by his talented friends known as the Fabulous Five who are all experts in their fields, but they are never as good as Doc himself. The plot is well crafted, and there is more than Savage coming home from his fortress of solitude to find his friends gathers after the mysterious death of his father. This sends Doc Savage and the “Fabulous Five” on a deadly revenge mission against villains who want him and his friends dead.
Through this first installment, we also get a chance to know about an ancient kingdom that has been lost to the modern world. We also catch a glance of aerial gunfights, jumping out of skyscrapers, shark punching and get to know more about Savage, a man who says no to romance because it would interfere with his work.
The Thousand-Headed Man
Aided by a mysterious Chinaman, Doc Savage and his crew embark on an epic journey to the jungles of Indo-China in a desperate move to bring an end to the famous, Thousand-headed man.
Doc Savage is a man of mysterious origins and a strange individual an intelligent and a man of fabulous physical strength. He is, in other words, the product of science, for since birth he had been trained for only one purpose- the only one career which he now follows.
Every trick known to science had been incorporated in his early training, and his life was far from the usual one that humans live. Right from childhood, he dedicated two hours of intense training each single day; exercises intended not only to develop his muscles but also to improve his mental sharpness and physical senses. All his early life, Doc Savage had been dedicated to studying under masters of sciences, trades, profession until he possessed knowledge that not a single human being could.
The result of this upbringing led to the “birth” of a man who was an excellent combination of physical capacity and scientific genius. Mysterious even than the man himself was the career which Doc Savage life was dedicated- the art of helping others who are in trouble, helping those oppressed, and dealing with the villains who thought they were above the law. Doc Savage did all these “services” to the society without even accepting a dime even under any circumstances.
He assembled a group of five men to serve as his assistants- five individuals who were professional experts in their respective line of duties. The desire for adventure, excitement, and admiration for their leader was what held this group together and kept it surviving even the periods of great tribulations. Some men crave for art, money, women and some society- but for these five men, trouble was their specialization and fortunately for them, there was plenty of trouble around Doc as his path was always filled with danger, peril, and thrilling adventure.
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why are the bantam books of doc savage so outrageously high i would love to buy them but they are financially out of reach. shame
I started collecting these back in junior high. I have the complete collection all in like new condition, and all in plastic sleeves. This includes the double issues, and the four-story omnibus ones that they printed toward the end of the run. I even have the 21 newer ones by Will Murray written as Kenneth Robeson, Lester Dent unfinished works. Bantam started doing this in the late 60s, and they were actually only about $.45 each at that time. Guess times have changed.