Reading Room Annex: DOC SAVAGE "Thousand-Headed Man" Conclusion

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Thursday, April 14, 2011

Reading Room Annex: DOC SAVAGE "Thousand-Headed Man" Conclusion

When Last We Left Our Heroes...

James Bama cover for the paperback of the pulp novel. It was cropped and reused as the Gold Key comic's cover.

Doc Savage and his men are drawn to Cambodia to find a missing explorer and investigate a fabulous lost city and rumors of a "Thousand-Headed Man" who rules it.
Upon arriving, they are strafed by an aircraft owned by Sen Gat, who also seeks the lost city, and it's treasures...

The End of The Thousand-Headed Man.

But Doc Savage Will Return...

At least, that was the intent of the movie producers, who wanted to create a James Bond-level franchise, beginning with this novel.

Reading Room Annex: DOC SAVAGE "Thousand-Headed Man" Part 2

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Reading Room Annex: DOC SAVAGE "Thousand-Headed Man" Part 2

When Last We Left Our Heroes...

An unmarked package thrown to Doc Savage at an airport contains only a plastic key.
When a trio of men seek the Man of Bronze to acquire the key, Monk drives them away with putrid-smelling gas.
Doc follows them to their leader, Sen Gat, and hypnotizes them all.
Sen Gat reveals he wants the key to use with one already in his possession to gain access to the mythical City of the Thousand-Headed Man in Cambodia. He also informs Savage that a third key, owned by the daughter of a famed husband-wife explorer team, is needed to complete the set and that he sent burglars to get it.
Savage races to the daughter's home, is almost skewered by a spear-wielding woman, and discovers Sen Gat's thieves, dead.
A newspaper photograph shows the girl who almost killed him, then escaped, is the explorers' daughter, Lucille.
Now, on to Part 2 of Doc Savage's only Silver Age adventure...

 

 How Will Doc and the Amazing Five Survive This Attack?

Tune in Tomorrow for the Exciting Conclusion!

Reading Room Annex: DOC SAVAGE "Thousand-Headed Man" Part 2

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Reading Room Annex: DOC SAVAGE "Thousand-Headed Man" Part 2

When Last We Left Our Heroes...

An unmarked package thrown to Doc Savage at an airport contains only a plastic key.
When a trio of men seek the Man of Bronze to acquire the key, Monk drives them away with putrid-smelling gas.
Doc follows them to their leader, Sen Gat, and hypnotizes them all.
Sen Gat reveals he wants the key to use with one already in his possession to gain access to the mythical City of the Thousand-Headed Man in Cambodia. He also informs Savage that a third key, owned by the daughter of a famed husband-wife explorer team, is needed to complete the set and that he sent burglars to get it.
Savage races to the daughter's home, is almost skewered by a spear-wielding woman, and discovers Sen Gat's thieves, dead.
A newspaper photograph shows the girl who almost killed him, then escaped, is the explorers' daughter, Lucille.
Now, on to Part 2 of Doc Savage's only Silver Age adventure...

 

 How Will Doc and the Amazing Five Survive This Attack?

Tune in Tomorrow for the Exciting Conclusion!

Reading Room Annex: DOC SAVAGE "Thousand-Headed Man" Part 1

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Reading Room Annex: DOC SAVAGE "Thousand-Headed Man" Part 1

Have NO Fear! The Man of Bronze is HERE!

From 1966, a never-reprinted Silver Age tale, one of many one-shots from Gold Key based on classic properties during the Superhero '60s!
Script by Leo Dorfman, based on the novel by Kenneth Robeson (Lester Dent).
Art by Jack Sparling.

The mystery deepens for the Man of Bronze...tomorrow!