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Would you like Hollywood to produce a new Doc Savage movie?
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Trained from birth to develop his skills to the peak of human perfection and to devote himself to the ideals of justice, he grew up to be a brilliant scientist, a physical marvel, and a fearless adventurer. Now he travels the world with his team of assistants, fighting evil and rescuing the helpless - Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze!
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Doc Savage Website Updates
Doc Savage Meets BatmanJan 4, 10
Doc Savage is back in the world of DC comics, making his long-awaited reurn in BATMAN/DOC SAVAGE SPECIAL #1 a one-shot designed to lead into the miniseries FIRST WAVE!
A synopsis and review of this landmark issue appears here.
And issue one of FIRST WAVE goes on sale March 3!
Happy New Year! Happy New...Doc?Jan 1, 10
A big surprise for the new year: DC is again publishing Doc Savage comics!
Took me completely by surprise: BATMAN/DOC SAVAGE SPECIAL #1 was released in November (with a January cover date) but I only heard about it last week. Fortunately my local comics shop has a copy on the shelf and I snapped it up and read it.
It's the prelude to a new miniseries called FIRST WAVE written by Brian Azzarello, positing an alternate universe in which pulp adventurers, not superheroes, protect the world.
In this issue, Doc Savage comes to Gotham City; his mission: to track down the masked vigilante known as--the Batman!
A fuller synopsis and review will appear over the weekend, but rejoice! After a 15 year hiatus, Doc Savage is back in the comics!
(And I resolve to be more on top of this sort of thing from now on. Really)
End of Year AdditionsDec 26, 09
Greetings from the waning days of 2009!
I've added a couple of things to the site.
First, Speculations in Bronze, a blog by Arthur H. Sippo who likes to delve into the scientific backgrounds of the Doc Savage sagas, examining gadgets, superweapons and settings for scientific accuracy as well as tackling continuity problems. That would be here: http://speculations-in-bronze.blogspot.com/
Second, new Doc Savage fan fiction by Mace Draper launching Doc into the modern era a la DC Comics. His site is here: www.angelfire.com/realm2/docsavage
Now I've got to hurry off: I received a copy of A History of the Doc Savage Adventures in Pulps, Paperbacks, Comics, Fanzines, Radio and Film, by Robert Michael Cotter as a Christmas present from my beloved wife and I've got to read it. Now.
Happy New Year to you all!
Some New MerchandiseNov 27, 09
For the holiday season, here are a few items for your wish list:
The 1975 DOC SAVAGE movie is now available through Warner Bros. Archive program at http://www.wbshop.com/Doc-Savage%3a-The-Man-of-Bronze-+MOD/1000088107,default,pd.html?cgid=
You can save 20% on the DVD if you order it from TCM.com at http://turnerclassic.moviesunlimited.com/product.asp?sku=D25833&shopRef=TCMdb|Title
[Thanks to Mark Heimback-Nielsen for the tip-off on the discount!]
DC has announced that they are releasing Doc Savage: The Silver Pyramid (a collected edition of their original 1988 miniseries) on January 19.
Amazon has it listed at http://www.amazon.com/Doc-Savage-Pyramid-Dennis-ONeil/dp/1401226213/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259327898&sr=8-1
And the best for last (at least for me, I've already got the other two)
A History of the Doc Savage Adventures in Pulps, Paperbacks, Comics, Fanzines, Radio and Film, by Robert Michael Cotter. This is the first full-length serious study of our favorite hero and I'm looking forward to grabbing a copy. On Amazon, it's http://www.amazon.com/History-Savage-Adventures-Paperbacks-Fanzines/dp/0786441356/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I3OBF8BKEDK6LO&colid=4NKI6WEIQM19
Have a happy December, whether you observe a holiday or not!
Details Added to Radio ShowsOct 30, 09
I've added a little something to the section for the 1934 Doc Savage radio show: one-line summaries of the plots of each episode. Now you can get an idea of the type of cases faced by the Man of Bronze when limited to fifteen minutes of action per week. Thanks to reader David Gunn for the suggestion!
Some Honest-to-Goodness Doc Savage News!Oct 30, 09
Ain't It Cool News is reporting that Shane Black (best known for Lethal Weapon) is writing the screenplay for a Doc Savage movie to be produced by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (who did the recent big-screen Star Trek film and TV's Alias and Fringe).
Will this come to pass? Maybe, these guys have the clout. Will it be any good? That remains to be seen.
More details at http://www.totalfilm.com/news/shane-black-writing-a-doc-savage-film?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=news.
Doc Savage is on the Air!Sep 30, 09
After an unavoidable delay, a section has been added detailing the three Doc Savage radio shows (1934, 1943, 1985)! Just pull down the Multimedia menu and click on Radio Shows to get the history of Doc in the spoken medium! More to come!
A Triple ObitJul 18, 09
Apologies for the long delay since the last update: the radio/book sections are taking longer than anticipated. In the meantime, I'm supplying write-ups to our sister site, the Captain America Library (see the link at right).
Here are notices of the passings of three figures associated with Doc Savage:
First is Philip Jose Farmer: the great science fiction writer died on February 25 at the age of 91. The celebrated author of the Riverworld series was a major fan of the Man of Bronze and wrote the literary study Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life, the controversial pastiche A Feast Unknown and Escape from Loki, the first new Doc novel since the end of the pulps. He is also the creator of the sprawling Wold-Newton Universe, which ties all the great heroes of fiction together into one complex family tree.
Second is Edd Cartier, the pulp artist who passed away on December 25, 2008 at 94. Best known for his interior illustrations for The Shadow, he also drew the cover for the March 1948 issue of Doc Savage. Sadly it was one of those strange late covers that did not feature the Man of Bronze!
Finally, Frank Springer, the Marvel Comics artist died on April 2, at 79. Best known for his work on Dazzler and Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD, around these parts he is celebrated as the inker of Marvel’s color Doc Savage comic book issue 7.
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