There are some questions regarding the cover artists for these Doc Savage pulp covers. What are your thoughts? I’ve groups the covers in question by who I propose was the actual cover artist.In a couple of cases, I haven’t hazarded a guess on the artist’s name. Modest...
What happens when you trap a legacy, an identity crisis, and a faulty voice assistant in a high-rise elevator that technically shouldn’t exist? You get Doc Savage III and the Hidden Elevator, a pulp-inspired, lo-fi sci-fi short film created as part of the AI Tampa 24 Hour...
Now at auction is James Bama’s cover for The Spook Legion (#16/’67). Displaying the Man of Bronze as he fades from sight. It is a masterclass in Bantam’s Doc Savage reinvention complete with ripped shirt, ripped physique, and widow’s peak. Oil on board, 12.75″ x 20″ Auction...
Back in the 90s we published a little puzzle about the working title of some 49 Doc Savage pulps. For those who don’t like puzzles…here’s the full list…
Through the work of Doc Savage fans, La Plata residents, and Dent family members, the State of Missouri is dedicating a new La Plata bridge in honor of hometown hero, Lester Dent.
In November 1996, we placed the following on the Hidalgo Trading Company’s Movie Page…
Doc Savage fans understand that Doc’s career really took a turn when his father stumbled on the Valley of the Vanished… “As you all know,” he said at last, “only recently did we learn that my father had discovered a lost city built by Mayans in the...
Those who have purchased all the Sanctum reprints of the pulps might want to read them in original pulp publication order. We’re happy to present you that list…
In the 1990s, artist Ron Hill imagined some Bantam covers for novels that didn’t get their own. The Hidalgo Trading Company was proud to publish the first three. (Sadly, the only three.)
With his kind permission, we’re republishing those covers…
There’s a very simple way to find any Doc Savage novel on the Hidalgo Trading Company…
In 1944, the Lester Dent story, “Take Away the Lady” was serialized in various newspapers. Here are the links to the full story in the Florence Alabama Times…
Lester and Norma Dent are buried in La Plata, MO in the La Plata Cemetery
In 1931 Lester Dent leased Apartment 1-D in Hutchinson Gardens (224 Brookside Ave. Mount Vernon, NY). He paid $105 a month for a furnished apartment.
From the 1997 Hidalgo Trading Archives: “As a professional artist Ron has a excellent eye for what sells books. As a bonus: Ron gives his view about why Bama’s covers attracted so many fans to Doc Savage.”
The Hidalgo Trading Company is here to help you score a Doc Savage portrait. All you need to supply is a time travel device….
10 Tidbits about the 1975 film, Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
There is a Pat Savage novel. Catherine Lavallée-Welch lets us know how it turned out…
