| The Man Of
Bronze |
Author |
Pulp
Artist |
PB
Artist |
| Lester Dent |
Walter Baumhofer |
James Bama |
The
story begins: "There was death afoot in the
darkness".
This story originally appeared
in March of 1933 in the first issue of the Doc Savage Magazine. It sets
the stage for the over 180 adventures that followed. In it Doc and his
five unusual aides are presented with the sudden death of Clark Savage,
Sr., Doc's father. The elder Savage perishes mysteriously in the
jungles
of Central America from something called "The Red Death", but not
before
sending a letter eluding to a strange legacy which awaits Doc in the
Republic
of Hidalgo. Attempts on his own life by strange red-fingered Mayans
make
Doc determined to find out what really happened to his father, and
claim
his legacy!
Clark Savage Sr.'s
final words to Doc
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