182r JU/49 Up From Earth’s Center

Posted by on Jun 1, 2009 in 1949, bacon, Bantam 181-Up, larkin, novel, pulp, rozen | 8 comments

A shipwrecked lunatic, a mysterious cavern, and a plump little man with a fear of fire lead Doc on his strangest and most legendary adventure ever -- straight to the gates of hell itself!

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181r SP/49 Return from Cormoral

Posted by on Mar 3, 2009 in 1949, bacon, Bantam 181-Up, larkin, novel, pulp, rozen | 1 comment

When an eccentric young millionaire suddenly starts predicting the future with unerring accuracy, Doc has to find out how and why fast -- because the next prediction is of his own death!

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190 11/93 The Forgotten Realm

Posted by on Nov 1, 1993 in 1993, bantam, Bantam 181-Up, devito, murray, novel | 6 comments

Based on an unpublished outline by his creator, this incredible tale begins in the wild moors of Scotland and draws Doc Savage to the Forgotten Realm. No one know who -- or what -- the strange being who calls himself "X Man" truly is. He was found wandering the ruins of a crumbling Roman fort, dressed in a toga, speaking classical Latin -- and clutching a handful of unearthly black seeds. Declared insane, the X Man patiently tends his weird plants until the day, impelled by a nameless terror, he flees Wyndmoor Asylum to unleash a cyclone of violence that is destined to suck the mighty Man of Bronze into the blackest, most unbelievable mystery of his entire career. For far from Scotland lies a domain of death unknown to the world and called by the ancient Latin name of Novum Eboracum -- New York

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189 07/93 The Whistling Wraith

Posted by on Jul 1, 1993 in 1993, bantam, Bantam 181-Up, devito, murray, novel | 2 comments

Based on an outline by his creator, the mystery begins when a visiting Balkan king vanishes, whisked away by the Whistling Wraith. Called to Washington, Doc Savage confronts the impossible -- a mad monarch who vanished centuries ago. Unstoppable and untouchable, the demon stands ready to plunge his uncanny sword into the vitals of all who seek to unravel the most baffling enigma ever to confront the brilliant Man of Bronze!

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187 10/92 The Jade Ogre

Posted by on Oct 1, 1992 in 1992, bantam, Bantam 181-Up, devito, murray, novel | 1 comment

A desperate plea for help plunges Doc Savage into a maelstrom of horror aboard the Hongkong-bound liner Mandarin, where the depraved minions of the phantom predator, Quon, hold sway. As innocent passengers succumb to the insidious Jade Fever, and ghost-green hands pursue Doc's beautiful cousin, Patricia, the mighty Man of Bronze races to solve a riddle that defies reason. For deep in the spider-haunted ruins of faraway Cambodia broods a twisted, armless creature with a face of jade -- the Jade Ogre -- whose power to project deadly, disembodied arms to any place on earth makes him the most dangerous foe Doc Savage has ever faced!

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186 07/92 The Frightened Fish

Posted by on Jul 1, 1992 in 1992, bantam, Bantam 181-Up, devito, murray, novel | 4 comments

The ravings of a madman and the absence of all sea life at a Massachusetts fishing village lure Doc Savage and his crew to a small New England island bristling with gunmen, on a perilous submarine journey through the Panama Canal, and to the ravage coasts of Occupied Japan. There they fall into the clutches of an evil genius long believed dead, a shadowy figure who masterminded World War II... and now wants to plunge humanity into a new Armageddon. Trained by the same teacher, both possessed of the same genius, Doc Savage and this man have fought before. And now, as the world is about to lurch into another global war, Doc Savage must defeat his most loathsome adversary yet...

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