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A history of the Doc Savage adventures in pulps, paperbacks, comics, fanzines, radio and film / Robert Michael "Bobb" Cotter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cotter, Bobb.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Savage, Doc (Fictitious character)--In mass media.
- Savage.
- Dent, Lester, 1904-1959--Characters--Doc Savage.
- Dent, Lester.
- Dent, Lester, 1904-1959.
- Heroes in mass media.
- Physical Description:
- v, 233 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2009]
- Summary:
- "Doc Savage series is examined in relation to historical events and changing audience tastes, with special attention on the horror and science-fiction elements. The artwork features illustrations, covers, and original art. Appendices cover Doc Savage paperbacks, pulp magazines, comic books, and fanzines, and a biographical appendix covers all major contributors to the series"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : who is Doc Savage?
- A New Deal, a new hero
- All this and World War, too
- The bronze age meets the atomic age
- The Doc Savage history of comics
- Doc Savage on the air and in the movie(s)
- The fan(zines) of bronze
- The new adventures of Doc Savage.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786441358
- 0786441356
- OCLC:
- 318421114
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