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"Doc Savage Magazine (1975-77)"
Marvel's second Doc Savage title was a large-format black-and-white magazine featuring all-new stories.
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| Issue #: | 1 | | Publishing Date: | August 1975 |
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| Title: | The Doom on Thunder Isle! | | Credits: |  Doug Moench (writer), John Buscema (penciler)
Tony De Zuniga (inker), Roger Kastel (cover penciler) | | Score: | ¶¶¶ (out of 5) | | Synopsis: | Late one night a New York skyscraper is destroyed by lightning, the fourth such incident in recent weeks. Later Doc Savage receives a visit from Angelica Tremaine, whose brother Winston, the architect of the destroyed buildings, gave her a coded message for Doc. Angelica’s suspicious boyfriend Tommy Bolt also ...
Sign in to see the full synopsis | | Synopsis Written By: | Peter Silvestro |
| Pro Review: | By Peter Silvestro
The first of Marvel’s original stories contains a first-rate intro to the characters, with the added length affording the leisure to drop in details naturally. The plot is a standard “villain with death ray” affair, with a couple of unusual aspects: the first half is heavily occupied with the solutions to various codes and cryptograms, which, while it presents an unprecedented opportunity to show off the intelligence of Doc and the aides, slows down the story quite a bit, especially as it seems to go on longer than sanity would require. The other aspect is the introduction of the Manimals in the second half; again, it’s different (if not entirely original) but not well integrated into the main story. The art allows a beautiful use of Art Deco design and architecture for a deeper period flavor, John Buscema’s dynamic art is uncharacteristically overshadowed by Tony DeZuniga’s fine inking, which is again, reminiscent of 1930s magazine illustration. Only debit: DeZuniga’s grim and intense Doc looks almost wolf-like and more than a bit scary. Was that really the intention?
Text article: The first part is longer and better, more focused, though Pal’s enthusiasm for the project seems a bit overblown in light of the finished film. The second part is a more scattershot assemblage of questions that serves nicely as a miscellaneous appendix to the first part.
Score: 3 (out of 5) |
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