The
Man Who Shook The Earth
Originally published February
1934 in Doc Savage Magazine |
Author |
Pulp Artist |
PB Artist |
| Lester Dent |
Walter Baumhofer |
James Bama |
The
story begins: "The man looked as tough as sin".
As Doc performs a pioneering new operation
which restores Johnny's damaged eye, Monk receives a visitor at Doc's office
headquarters. The man is a smooth character named John Velvet. Velvet claims
he is a reporter from a western newspaper. Mistaking Monk for a night janitor,
he bribes Monk to let him stay in Doc's office alone so he can meet Doc
when he returns. Monk takes the $500 in bribe money knowing that Doc does
not plan to return to the office that evening. Leaving the office, Monk
promptly walks to a nearbly relief shelter. Soon 500 down-and-out men are
each getting a crisp one dollar bill with their soup and bread.
John Velvet proves to be
part of a conspiracy to insure that John Acre, the head of the Chilean
secret police, does not reach Doc Savage. An unknown force is directing
massive earhquakes in the nitrate rich mining area around Antofagasta,
Chile. Doc Savage is sought out for help in unravelling the mystery. Soon
Doc and his men are set upon by Velvet, his brutish accomplice Biff and
their gang of local hired guns.
The mystery leads Doc and
his crew to the Chilean countryside where they fight the menace of "The
Earthshaker" and uncover an international plot to control the nitrate industry!
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