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Publication Order of Doc Savage Books

as Kenneth Robeson
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 Standalone Novels

Dead at the Take-Off (1946)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Lady to Kill (1947)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Lady Afraid (1950)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cry at Dusk (1952)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Lady in Peril (1959)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Hades & Hocus Pocus (1979)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Sinister Ray (1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Honey in his Mouth (2009)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Genius Jones (2015)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Library Collections

Hell's Hoofprints: The Complete Western Trails Tales of Lester Dent (2009)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Dead Men's Bones: The Air Adventure Stories of Lester Dent (2009)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Skull Squadron: The Air War Stories of Lester Dent (2009)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Fists of Fury: The Adventures of Curt Flagg (2011)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Terror, Inc.: The Weird Mysteries of Lent Dent (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Lester Dent's Zeppelin Tales (2006)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Weird Adventures Of The Blond Adder (2010)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Radio Western Adventures (2010)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Hell in Boxes: The Exploits of Lynn Lash and Foster Fade (2012)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Doc Savage Collections

Doc Savage: The Lost Radio Scripts Of Lester Dent (2007)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Wild Adventures Of Pat Savage Books

as Kenneth Robeson
Six Scarlet Scorpions (As:Kenneth Robeson) (2016)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of The Avenger Books

Justice, Inc. (1939)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Yellow Hoard (1939)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Sky Walker (1939)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Devil's Horns (1939)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Frosted Death (1940)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Blood Ring (1940)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Stockholders in Death (1940)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Glass Mountain (1940)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Tuned for Murder (1940)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Smiling Dogs (1940)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
River of Ice (1940)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Flame Breathers (1940)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Murder on Wheels (1940)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Three Gold Crowns (1941)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
House of Death (1941)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Hate Master (1941)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Nevlo (1941)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Death in Slow Motion (1941)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Pictures of Death (1941)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Green Killer (1942)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Happy Killers (1942)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Black Death (1942)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Wilder Curse (1942)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Midnight Murder (1942)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Man From Atlantis (1974)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Red Moon (1974)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Purple Zombie (1974)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Dr. Time (1974)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Nightwitch Devil (1974)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Black Chariots (1974)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Cartoon Crimes (1974)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Blood Countess (1975)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Death Machine (1975)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Glass Man (1975)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Iron Skull (1975)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Demon Island (1975)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Roaring Heart of the Crucible (By: Nancy Holder,Will Murray,Greg Cox,Joe Gentile,Mel Odom) (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Wild Adventures Of Doc Savage Books

with Will Murray, as Kenneth Robeson
Python Isle (As: Kenneth Robeson) (1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
White Eyes (As:Kenneth Robeson) (1992)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Frightened Fish (As: Kenneth Robeson) (1992)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Jade Ogre (As: Kenneth Robeson) (1992)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Flight into Fear (As: Kenneth Robeson) (1993)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Whistling Wraith (As: Kenneth Robeson) (1993)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Forgotten Realm (As:Kenneth Robeson) (1993)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Desert Demons (As:Kenneth Robeson) (2011)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Horror in Gold (As: Kenneth Robeson) (2011)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Infernal Buddha (As:Kenneth Robeson) (2012)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Death's Dark Domain (As:Kenneth Robeson) (2012)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Miracle Menace (As:Kenneth Robeson) (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Skull Island (With: Will Murray) (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Phantom Lagoon (As:Kenneth Robeson) (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The War Makers (As:Kenneth Robeson) (2014)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Ice Genius (As:Kenneth Robeson) (2014)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Sinister Shadow (As:Kenneth Robeson) (2015)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Secret of Satan's Spine (As:Kenneth Robeson) (2015)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Glare of the Gorgon (As:Kenneth Robeson) (2016)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Empire of Doom (As:Kenneth Robeson) (2017)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Mr. Calamity (As:Kenneth Robeson) (2018)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Anthologies

Famous Fantastic Mysteries(2017)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Black Mask(2017)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Thrilling Adventure Yarns(2019)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Miami Noir(2020)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Lester Dent is an American author of fiction. He was born October 4, 1904, in La Plata, Missouri. He is also known for his writings under the pen name Kenneth Robeson.

Dent initially was going to be a banker and intended to go to school for business. However, when he was standing in line in order to apply, he found out that telegraph operators made more than bankers and decided to switch to telegraphy. But while working for the A.P. he discovered that writers made a lot by writing stories for pulp magazines and started writing stories during slow hours.

He began writing for Dell Publishing exclusively for $500 a month. However, Dell ended their pulp magazine run. From there he moved to N.Y.C. and it is there that he worked with Henry Ralston to develop the Doc Savage Magazine. Ralston was the head of a leading pulp publisher called Street and Smith and had contacted Dent about the idea of writing a magazine about an adventure hero. Like his Dell deal, Dent got $500 and later $750 per novel.

Their magazine ran for sixteen years, from 1933 to 1949. In that time, it published 181 novel-length stories. The majority of these were written by Lester Dent himself under the pen name of Kenneth Robeson. He composed 159 novel-length stories over the course of those years. One of these stories involved the creation of his famous character Doc Savage, a superhuman scientist and adventurer, of which he was the main author. Dent passed away March 11, 1959.

Doc Savage is known for being a genius as well as one of the most remarkable living man. His intellect is only surpassed by his great physical strength. He was trained from birth to be fantastic at science and pursue it as a career. He is described as a strange individual, which makes sense. He is not anything like a normal man his age would be. All of his training combined to make him smarter and stronger than others.

Savage was a product of science that had been entered into a structured life of training ever since he was born and was young. This genius had spent two hours a day doing intense exercises that would help his muscles develop but also would help with his mental sharpness and physical senses. He had studied all areas when he was young as well, trades, professions, sciences, and more, to achieve a knowledge that was far above average. Now Savage protects those who cannot protect themselves.

Dent also released mystery novels in many genres. One was the Chance Molloy series, which featured an airline owner that was entirely self-made. Dent’s life was pretty adventurous as well, as he had done everything from treasure hunting in the Caribbean to living on a schooner for years and prospecting in the Southwest for gold as well as starting up an aerial photography company and belonging to the Explorer’s Club.

He has written many standalone novels as well as collaborated with other authors on other works. His short stories have also been featured in a number of collections. His work also came out in a book called The Lost Radio Scripts of Lester Dent.

The Man of Bronze is the first book in the Doc Savage series. Readers get introduced to pulp fiction hero Doc Savage, who is always ready to take on the powers in the world that want to take over the world. Doc Savage is fighting the survivors of a lost civilization from the ancient times and is engaged in lethal combat with them above the New York skyline.

Doc Savage must travel to the lost valley in order to track down a rumored treasure and for the purpose of destroying the strange Red Death once and for all. Can he do it? Pick up The Man of Bronze by Lester Dent as Keith Robeson to find out!

The Thousand-Headed Man is the second book in the Doc Savage series by Lester Dent under his house name Kenneth Robeson. Doc Savage is on a journey this time on the way to the Indo-Chinese jungles with the help of a great crew and a black Chinaman who is very mysterious.

They are going to Indo-China to try and achieve their goal of destroying the Thousand-headed Man. Doc Savage, the genius, marvel of strength, and product of science is back in this pulp fiction novel from Robeson. Born from birth as a product of science to the career that he has now, every bit of science that he could use was incorporated in his training and he had not had a life that was normal, as he had spent every day since childhood training and studying.

Now Doc Savage spends his life trying to help those that are in trouble. It is his work to help the oppressed and show up to confront those who would be fine doing evil and are beyond the reach of the law. Through all of this, Doc Savage has made it his unending quest to never accept gifts or money for the work that he does.

Savage had set up five assistants long ago. These men were each a specialist in their line of work and shared among them a passion for adventure and excitement as well as an admiration for the bronze man that was their chief and kept their group together. These five specialize in different areas and each help the Doc in a different way.

Some men like food, some like money, and some like art. Doc Savage likes adventure and putting himself in peril to save others that are in danger. He devotes his life to making himself better to the best of his ability so that all may benefit from his work.

His goal is to lend assistance to people that need it and only focus on justice. With courage and consideration and all that he holds dear, Doc Savage’s goal is to do right to all and wrong no one. Find out what happens by picking up The Thousand-Headed Man and seeing what Doc Savage and his team of assistants accomplish!

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