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Search - Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life

Doc Savage His Apocalyptic Life
Author: Philip Jose Farmer

Back in print for the first time in over 30 years, Philip Jose Farmer's biography of the bronze crusader who fought almost 200 separate battles He is the greatest hero of our time -- Doc Savage! — Philip José Farmer, three-time Hugo award winner and Science Fiction Grand Master, has turned his superb research and narrative skills to on... more »e of the greatest heroes of our time: Doc Savage, the bronze champion of justice.

Now, at last, the incredible life story of the real man behind the Doc Savage pulp novels, including:

His true name and family background, covering his relationship to Lord Greystoke, Sherlock Holmes, Sam Spade, James Bond, and Fu Manchu.

Detailed information on some of his most devilish opponents—John Sunlight, the Mystic Mullah, and Mr. Wail.

A summation of some of Doc’s most amazing inventions.

Biographies of the Fabulous Five -- Monk, Ham, Renny, Long Tom, and Johnny -- as well as the group’s Lady Auxiliary and Bronze Knockout, Pat Savage!

Together with other data and brilliant deductions, Philip José Farmer offers an amazing account of this remarkable man’s astonishing career! the forces of evil! Philip Jose Farmer, biographer of Lord Greystoke, has turned his superb research and narrative skills to one of the greatest heroes of our time: Doc Savage, the bronze champion of justice. Now, at last, the incredible life story of the real man behind the exploits in the Doc Savage pulp novels can be told, including: his true name (Dr. James Clarke Wildman, Jr.); his family background, covering his relationship to such stalwarts as Lord Greystoke, Sherlock Holmes, Sam Spade, James Bond, and Fu Manchu); detailed information on some of his most devilish opponents-John Sunlight, the Mystic Mullah, and Mr. Wail; and biographies of the Fabulous Five - Monk, Ham, Renny, Long Tom, and Johnny-as well as the group's Lady Auxiliary and Bronze Knockout, Doc's own cousin Pat Savage! Together with other data and brilliant deductions, Philip Josïe Farmer offers an amazing account of this remarkable man's astonishing career! The deluxe hardcover edition features a brand new foreword by Farmer and pulp expert Win Scott Eckert and tributes by other Farmer and Doc experts, including John Allen Small, Keith Howell, Rick Lai, Art Sippo, Christopher Paul Carey, and current Doc Savage writer Will Murray, as well as other bonus materials not seen in prior editions, such as: Doc's Coat of Arms, reconstructed by Win Scott Eckert and illustrated by Keith Howell, from notes by Philip Jose Farmer.

A List of Doc Savage Comics by Win Scott Eckert and John Allen Small, a rundown of authorized Doc Savage comics which supplements Mr. Farmer's List of Doc Savage Stories.

Writing Doc's Biography by Philip Jose Farmer.

Afterword to Doc Savage Omnibus #13 by Philip Jose Farmer.

ISBN-13: 9780983746140
ISBN-10: 0983746141
Publication Date: 7/23/2013
Pages: 344
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Publisher: Meteor House, Inc.
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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