List of Doc Savage novels


List of Doc Savage novels is a comprehensive list of the books written about the fictional character originally published in American pulp magazines during the 1930s and 1940s. He was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street & Smith Publications, with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent. The illustrations were by Walter Baumhofer, Paul Orban, Emery Clarke, Modest Stein, and Robert G. Harris.

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stories, 181 in total, first appeared in Conde Nast's Doc Savage Magazine pulps. The original series has sold over 20 million copies in paperback form. The first entry was The Man of Bronze, in March, 1933 from the house name "Kenneth Robeson". John L. Nanovic was editor for 10 years, and planned and approved all story outlines. The early stories were pure pulp "supersagas", as dubbed by Philip Jose Farmer, with rampaging dinosaurs and lost races, secret societies led by dastardly villains, fantastic gadgets and weapons, autogyros and zeppelins, death-dealing traps and hair-raising escapes, and plots to rule the earth. In the first few stories, Doc and his aides killed enemies without compunction. An editorial decision made them kill only when necessary for a more adventurous kid-friendly magazine, unlike the bloodthirsty competitor The Shadow.
Doc Savage was the lead story, often illustrated with line drawings. Exciting covers were painted in bold colors by Walter M. Baumhofer. Other adventure stories filled up the back, and there was a letters column. Kids could join the Doc Savage Club complete with badge, or follow "The Doc Savage Method Of Self-development" to build muscle and memory. In Depression America, 10-cent pulps with hundred of pages were handed around barracks or bunkhouses or schoolyards, a popular form of entertainment when people were unemployed and poor, and fantastic stories were a pleasant diversion from real life. Lester Dent wrote most of the stories, with fill-ins by Harold A. Davis, Alan Hathway, and William Bogart that were overseen or rewritten by Dent.
By 1938, as the economy improved, pulps were on the wane and faced competition from comic books. During World War II, ordinary men and women performed fantastic deeds daily in exotic corners of the world, and fantastic pulp adventures seemed childish. Charles Moran became editor in 1943 and changed the format to suspense and realism. Doc used fewer gadgets and standard detective tropes. By 1946, in Measures for a Coffin, Doc is busting crooked investment bankers. Doc pared down his team, working mainly with Monk and Ham, and sometimes alone. Successive editors carried this format, and Babette Rosmond retitled the magazine Doc Savage, Science Detective in 1947.
By this time, the Doc stories were shorter than other stories in the magazine. Covers rarely showed Doc anymore, becoming detective-generic, abstract or illustrating non-Doc stories. Dent may have recycled some generic detective stories as Doc tales; King Joe Cay features Doc working alone, in disguise, with no aides, gadgets, or headquarters, and an interest in the ladies. Alan Hathway's grisly The Mindless Monsters reads like a rejected Spider story. Experimenting with new formats, during 1947 Dent wrote five stories with a first-person narrator, an innocent person caught up in a Doc Savage adventure, with one story narrated by Pat Savage, I Died Yesterday. Still, sales fell.
The magazine went bi-monthly in 1947, then quarterly in 1949. Editor William de Grouchy was brought back to revive the magazine, and asked Dent to return to larger-than-life stories. Dent took a new direction, with Doc infiltrating Russia and outwitting "the Ivans". This story, eventually titled The Red Spider in the Bantam run, was killed and shelved by editor Daisy Bacon. She oversaw three pulp-style adventures for the last three issues, but the magazine was cancelled in 1949. In the last story, Up from Earth's Center, Doc delves into a cave in Maine and meets what may be actual demons, and runs screaming in terror. The saga had ended.
Until 1964, when Bantam Books revived the pulps as paperbacks. A huge selling point were the striking photo-realistic covers of a vibrant, widow-peaked, shredded-shirted Doc painted by James Bama and later Bob Larkin, Boris Vallejo, and others. Bantam reprinted all the stories, concluding in 1990, but not in the original publication order, and a few stories were retitled. They started as single volumes with numbers. As the stories got shorter, Bantam combined double novels with numbers, and finally Doc Savage Omnibuses with four or five stories without numbers. The rejected The Red Spider manuscript was discovered in 1975 by Will Murray and published during the Bantam Books print run as #95.
In recent years, Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books, initially in association with Nostalgia Ventures for the first 16 releases, has reprinted all 182 of the Doc Savage stories from the thirties and forties, usually at least two to a volume, using Baumhofer covers, and some Bama covers for variant editions. The reprint project, 87 volumes in total, was completed in 2016.

Doc Savage Magazine (1933)

YearMonthTitle / Bantam RetitleSeries #AuthorCover ArtistBlurbCast
1933MarThe Man of Bronze1Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferIn his first adventure, having learned his father was murdered, Doc and his crew travel to Central America and Hidalgo to reach the "Valley of the Vanished" and battle the Feathered Serpent!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1933AprThe Land of Terror2Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferThe "Smoke of Eternity" claims victims as Kar, master fiend, has his evil way. Doc and his friends follow a corpse-laden trail to a prehistoric crater and mortal combat with dinosaurs!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1933MayQuest of the Spider3Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferWhen the Gray Spider undermines America's lumber industry, Doc's crew delves into the Louisiana swamps to battle voodoo cultists at the Castle of the Moccasin!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1933JunThe Polar Treasure4Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferA map tattooed on the back of a blind violinist leads Doc's submarine Helldiver to the frozen north and a fabulous treasure. But Doc's crew is doubly-betrayed and stranded on the ice floes to die! Helldiver was inspired by the real-life Arctic submarine Nautilus.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1933JulPirate of the Pacific5Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferTom Too, modern pirate king, has bigger plans: to conquer the entire Luzon Union. Doc and his crew survive murder attempts by the dozen in New York and aboard a liner before the final showdown in a tropic shark-infested bay.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1933AugThe Red Skull6Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferSabotage at an Arizona dam and the kidnapping of Monk's secretary lead Doc's crew to Red Skull Canyon - and a world-class industrial secret that can turn solid rock into molten lava!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1933SepThe Lost Oasis7Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferA missing aviatrix and a vanished zeppelin lead Doc's crew to a remote oasis in the Sahara rife with carnivorous plants, vampire bats - and a legion of slaves mining diamonds! The fictional airship Aeromunde is based on the real-life Dixmude. This issue introduced the Doc Savage Club and its signature Code of Doc Savage.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1933OctThe Sargasso Ogre8Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferAn ocean liner is hijacked to the forbidding Sargasso Sea amid an armada of ancient rotting hulks. Doc and his crew enlist a bevy of "Amazons" to fight modern-day pirates and a giant who tests Doc's strength to the limit!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1933NovThe Czar of Fear9Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferThe hooded Green Bell has paralyzed Prosper City. Doc uses money, guile, and gadgets to hunt the fiend - all while dodging charges of murder!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1933DecThe Phantom City10Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferA white-haired girl speaking no known language leads Doc's submarine Helldiver deep into Arabia's Rub' al Khali. Monk picks up Habeas Corpus as the crew battles Mohallet and his white-furred beast-men.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1934JanBrand of the Werewolf11Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferIn the Canadian Northwest forest, Doc meets his beautiful cousin Pat Savage as they hunt for his uncle Alex's murderer, a mysterious ivory cube, and a werewolf-head mark that means death for anyone seeking the pirate Sir Henry Morgan's lost treasure.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1934FebThe Man Who Shook the Earth12Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferChile's mine owners are being killed by earthquakes. Doc vows to stop the "First Little White Brother" before he crushes a nation for war materiel!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1934MarMeteor Menace13Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferFrom Chile to Tibet, Doc trails the evil Mo-Gwei and his henchmen Shrops and Saturday Loo. Doc risks all to stop the Blue Meteor that destroys men's minds - including an engagement to be married!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1934AprThe Monsters14Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferMonster-men twelve feet tall terrorize the North Woods. Doc must discover the fiendish mastermind before he looses an unstoppable army of giants on nearby cities!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1934MayThe Mystery on the Snow15Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferIn the frozen north, trying to secure a miracle metal, Doc and his crew fight fierce cold, kidnappings, treachery, mysterious disappearances - and the advances of a dark-eyed girl-detective named Midnat D'Avis.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1934JunThe King Maker16Harold A. Davis / Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferThe Balkan nation of Calbia is under siege, and their Kingmaker chooses Doc as their new monarch. But disguises and counter-plots abound, and everyone fears an unstoppable and devastating hammer-fist from the sky.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1934JulThe Thousand-Headed Man17Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferFrom the fogs of London to the jungles of Indo-China, Doc and his men follow the trail of the three mysterious black "keys" to an ancient lost city guarded by an equally ancient terror known as the Thousand-Headed Man.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1934AugThe Squeaking Goblin18Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferA coonskin-clad ghost fires disappearing bullets from a rifle that squeaks, killing without mercy, then disappears himself. Doc and his crew scour the Kentucky mountains to prevent a "hillbilly feud" from becoming all-out war!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1934SepFear Cay19Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferIn the Caribbean, Doc and his crew wrangle a movie star, a 130-year-old castaway, a menace that reduces men to skeletons, and vicious villains seeking the Fountain of Youth.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1934OctDeath in Silver20Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferThe sinister Ull and his Silver Death's-Heads loot Manhattan and vanish at the waterline. Short-handed, enlisting his cousin Pat, Doc criss-crosses the city and dodges death traps to finally throttle the gang in a submarine battle at the bottom of New York Harbor!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Pat
1934NovThe Sea Magician21Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferThe ghost of King John is terrorizing villagers in England's vast marshes called The Wash. Is the prize the lost treasure of King John, or is it gold extracted from seawater?Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny
1934DecThe Annihilist22Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferCriminals all over Manhattan drop dead with their eyes popping out. Doc and his crew dodge cops, explosions, beatings, torture, and kidnappings to reach his remote "College", where Doc is shot by the "Crime Annihilist"!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Pat
1935JanThe Mystic Mullah23Richard Sale / Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferSoaring from New York to the fabled Asian Kingdom of Tanan, strangers seek Doc's help to stop the green "soul slaves" and the undying, unearthly Mystic Mullah and his army of fanatics!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1935FebRed Snow24Lester DentWalter M. Baumhofer"Red Snow" falls in Florida, disintegrating men, machines, and terrain, then melting away. Doc races to stop the mega-assassin Ark, agent of a foreign power and a fleet steaming to attack America!Doc, Monk, Ham, Pat
1935MarLand of Always-Night25W. Ryerson Johnson / Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferDoc and his crew follow the hideous white-faced killer Ool to a lost civilization beneath the Arctic. Adventure enough, until gangsters seek to loot the empire like modern-day Conquistadors!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1935AprThe Spook Legion26Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferInvisible criminals rampage through Manhattan, robbing opera-goers, snatching jewels and money, spying on police, and brutalizing people. How can Doc fight an enemy he can't see? By also becoming invisible!Doc, Monk, Ham
1935MayThe Secret in the Sky27Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferBalls of fire that streak across the sky, accompanied by peals of thunder, baffle Doc's crew as criminals rob banks all over the country and disappear without a trace!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1935JunThe Roar Devil28Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferThe Roar Devil shakes the earth, crumbles dams, stops all sound and commands a gang that terrorizes Powertown. As his aides are captured, Doc must rely on a feisty girl investigator before an entire mountain is blown down on their heads!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny
1935JulQuest of Qui29Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferVikings attack a luxury yacht off New York while invisible killers commit murder with alarm clocks. Venturing north, Johnny is frozen in Arctic ice while Doc's crew is enslaved by the keepers of "Qui". This issue introduces the 23-part Doc Savage Method of Self-Development series.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny
1935AugSpook Hole30Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferThe trail of a one-armed man of mystery leads Doc and his crew to the far reaches of South America and a fabulous secret treasure hidden on the Patagonian island known as Spook Hole.Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny, Pat
1935SepThe Majii31J. Allan Dunn / Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferThe immortal Majii sends his disciple, Rama Tura, a "living dead man", to work wonders in New York City and leave corpses in his wake. Overpowered by "magic" time and again, Doc's crew trek to remote Jondore to probe the mystery in a modern "Cave of Aladdin"!Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom
1935OctDust of Death32Harold A. Davis / Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferTwo South American countries are at war, goaded by the sinister Inca in Gray and his dust of death. Doc rockets between the two countries, as he and his crew risk army ants, poison blowguns, air battles, and a firing squad!Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom
1935NovMurder Melody33Lawrence DonovanWalter M. BaumhoferNear Alaska, silver-skinned men float in the air and play music that brings death -- and earthquakes. Doc and his crew are dragged by invisible forces deep into the underworld and a war between Subterranae and the Land of Beyond!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1935DecThe Fantastic Island34W. Ryerson Johnson / Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferNear the Galapagos Islands, Johnny, Monk and Ham are lured to shipwreck and condemned to dig or die in the "Devil's Honeycomb" of pits. Doc's crew, with Pat, oppose the sinister Count Ramadanoff, then brave man-eating crabs and giant lizards, while a volcano rumbles and threatens to bury the island in rivers of lava!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1936JanMurder Mirage35Lawrence DonovanWalter M. BaumhoferA blizzard in July and a dead woman etched in glass lead Doc and crew to Saharan tombs guarded by Bedouins and The All-Wise One!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1936FebMystery Under the Sea36Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferA mutilated sailor, the ruthless Captain Flamingo, and "Diamond Eve" Post lead Doc's crew to TAZ at the bottom of the Caribbean Sea, where, breathing underwater with ancient science, they find treasure beyond imagination!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny
1936MarThe Metal Master37Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferDoc and his crew face a weapon that can liquefy metal, turning cars into puddles, dissolving planes, and reducing ships to flotsam. They journey to a deserted Carolina island to find the mastermind before he unleashes havoc upon the world.Doc, Monk, Ham,
1936AprThe Men Who Smiled No More38Lawrence DonovanWalter M. BaumhoferMen become mindless killing machines, and soon Doc's own aides are infected. Doc fights the disease as a duck farm turns up diamonds that lead to a doomsday device under the Hudson River!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1936MayThe Seven Agate Devils39Martin E. Baker / Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferDoc, Monk and Ham traverse Los Angeles' streets, canyons, and deserts to expose the Camphor Wraith who murders men in darkness and leaves behind a smoking statue of Satan!Doc, Monk, Ham
1936JunHaunted Ocean40Lawrence DonovanWalter M. BaumhoferAs strange disturbances emanate from the ocean floor, a world-famous oceanographer turns up dead at Doc's door. After New York City's power is shut off for several hours, the President himself asks Doc to intervene on behalf of the United States against the threat of "The Man of Peace" to destroy every nation's capability to make war, even in self-defense.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Long Tom
1936JulThe Black Spot41Lawrence DonovanWalter M. BaumhoferPat Savage is a guest at millionaire Andrew Vandersleeve's party when the host is found dead, a tiny black spot over his heart. Soon, others are dropping dead the same way. Can Doc and his crew unravel the mystery of the "Black Spot Murders" before the mad killer strikes again?Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1936AugThe Midas Man42Lester DentWalter M. BaumhoferA wealthy Philadelphia banker disappears with twenty million dollars of the bank's money. Is he the perpetrator of a fraud or the victim of one? Doc steps into the matter to prevent financial chaos on Wall Street from crashing the market. But the mastermind behind this scheme to control the world's wealth is always a step ahead, because he can read minds!Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny
1936SepCold Death43Lawrence DonovanWalter M. BaumhoferDoc Savage meets VAR, who wields the deadly "Cold Light" and challenges Doc in a fight to the death with the world at stake!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Long Tom
1936OctThe South Pole Terror44Lester DentJohn Philip FalterA boat turns up in Long Island Sound, its passenger dead from acute sunburn. The solution to this mystery takes Doc and his crew to Antarctica, racing adventuress Velma Crale, who seeks a fabulous treasure of platinum and gold and will stop at nothing to get to it first.Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom
1936NovResurrection Day45Lester DentRobert George HarrisDoc Savage develops a process that can a dead person back to life, but the elements are so rare that it can only be done once. After much deliberation, Doc decides to resurrect the wisest man in history, Solomon. But, through the vilest of trickery, the mummy of the wickedest pharaoh to ever rule Egypt is brought back to life instead. Rather than go along with his benefactors, the Pharaoh forces them to help him rebuild his lost empire.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1936DecThe Vanisher46Lester DentRobert George HarrisA horrible hunchback liberates twenty convicts from a maximum-security prison by causing them to vanish from their cells and reappear elsewhere. The same power that can break people out of any prison can also be used to break into any vault, anywhere in the world!Doc, Monk, Ham
1937JanLand of Long Juju / Land of Long Ju Ju47Lawrence DonovanRobert George HarrisAfter Renny goes missing in Africa, Doc and his crew travel to the remote African kingdom, where they thwart a scheme by The Shimba to overthrow its rulers and loot its mineral wealth of rare red diamonds. Hastily rewritten to change the setting from Central America to Africa, hence the references to "four-inch-long vicious man-eating fish" and other jarring incongruities.Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny, Pat
1937FebThe Derrick Devil48Lester DentRobert George HarrisPink jelly creatures gush from Oklahoma oil wells to destroy anything in the path. Vida Carlaw believes that Tomahawk Tant is using them to frighten her fellow owners into abandoning their previously prosperous wells so that he can buy up their leases. It's a good old-fashioned Wild West range war in which one side controls monstrous blobs oozing up out of the underworld.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1937MarThe Mental Wizard49Lester DentRobert George HarrisDoc and his crew pursue the mysterious golden-haired "Z", a woman with powerful telepathic and hypnotic mental abilities, and her abductors to the jungles of South America and "Klantic", a mile-long statue of an Egyptian pharaoh that puts the Sphinx to shame. Can the long-missing aviatrix Amber O'Neel help them solve the mystery—or, like Z, is she part of it?Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1937AprThe Terror in the Navy50Lester DentRobert George HarrisBattleships and destroyers are being rendered helpless by an impossibly powerful force. With Pat and his crew, Doc Savage faces Braun, a master criminal demanding a hundred million dollar ransom for immunity from the effects of this unknown force. Does Braun really control it or is he just cashing in on the panic? If so, what is the actual cause of the Terror in the Navy?Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1937MayMad Eyes51Lawrence DonovanRobert George HarrisAn exact double threatens to destroy Doc Savage's reputation while accidental deaths at a railroad yard are attributed to slimy crawling reptiles floating in the air and criminals plot to contaminate the country's water supply and hold the citizenry hostage for the antidote. This issue concludes the 23-part Doc Savage Method of Self-Development series.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1937JunThe Land of Fear52Harold A. Davis / Lester DentRobert George HarrisFollowing their defeat in the Civil War, Confederate expatriates established Genlee, a hidden enclave in Africa named for General Robert E. Lee, where they could continue their traditional slave-based plantation economy. Now, seventy-five years later, "Greens" Gordon uses the "skeleton death" to force Genlee to cede their unique hybrid rubber trees to him and monopolize this vital raw material. This issue introduces the 17-part Jujitsu series.Doc, Monk, Ham
1937JulHe Could Stop The World53Lawrence DonovanRobert George HarrisDoc Savage's own men willingly desert him when struck by the wave sf the Mind Changing Monster, emanating from an incredible fortress high in the Sierras. Ruthless, omnipotent, preparing to rule the world, this mad genius now matches wits and will against those of the mighty Man of Bronze.Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1937AugOst / The Magic Island54Lester DentRobert George HarrisA fabulous city floats like a phosphorescent fantasy over the watery waste of the Pacific. Those who witness this miraculous sight fid themselves gifted with superhuman powers until the coming the dawn, when it all vanishes. Doc Savage and his crew find their investigation of this mystery hampered by both a crime kingpin and a ruthless heiress equally determined to discover the secret of Ost.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1937SepThe Feathered Octopus55Lester DentRobert George HarrisThe monstrous financial manipulator High Lar, his wife Lo Lar and their gang execute a dangerous plot to gain control of all of the world's airlines. Knowing that Doc Savage may try to foil their plans, they lure him into a trap with a bogus appeal to his humanity before he can get wind of their evil scheme.Doc, Monk, Ham, Pat
1937OctRepel / The Deadly Dwarf56Lester DentRobert George HarrisCadwiller Olden was only three feet tall, but he was the most dangerous man on Earth. With his legion of brutal giants and control of a massive energy force stronger than gravity, the murderous midget begins an all-out assault on all of the free nations of the world.Doc, Monk, Ham,
1937NovThe Sea Angel57Lester DentRobert George HarrisUnscrupulous Wall Street financiers are disappearing one by one, immediately following public revelation of their shady dealings. Doc and his crew arrange a phony swindle in which Monk seeming cheats Ham out of his fortune in order to flush out the kidnappers. The abductor isn't human but a silver winged monster with a deadly touch who, like Doc, seeks to punish those who seem to be beyond the reach of the law.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1937DecThe Golden Peril58Harold A. Davis / Lester DentRobert George HarrisThe source of Doc's great wealth is under attack! Gold shipments from Hidalgo are being intercepted and those transporting it brutally murdered. President Carlos Avispa has been overthrown by The Leader, a flamboyant dictator who has set his sights on "Valley of the Vanished" and its ancient Mayan gold mines.Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom
1938JanThe Living-fire Menace / The Living Fire Menace59Harold A. Davis / Lester DentEmery ClarkeNations arming for international conflict engage in a behind-the-scenes mineral war that threatens to upset the balance of power. At the center of this rising storm of war is the Cavern of the Living Fire that agents of all of the nation seek to claim for their own.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1938FebThe Mountain Monster60Harold A. Davis / Lester DentHarold Winfield ScottA monster from Indian legend comes in the night in the midst of a raging storm, bringing terror and horror to peaceful Arcadia Valley. It transform an Alaskan paradise into a panic-stricken, fear-blanched Hell. Can even the Man of Bronze stop it?Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom
1938MarDevil on the Moon61Lester DentEmery ClarkeA badly-burned man dressed in green who has been missing for two years apparently falls from the sky on a meteor. He claims to have been on the Moon and promptly disappears. Aided by Pat and his crew, Doc adopts an elaborate disguise to infiltrate a gang of criminals led by Donald Lurgent, the chief lieutenant for the mastermind whom he calls "The Man on the Moon".Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1938AprThe Pirate's Ghost62Lester DentEmery ClarkeAn old scientist dies in the desert of Death Valley, using his last breath to tell the drifter who tried to save him to get a mysterious steel box to Doc Savage at all costs. The scientist has been working on a "spirit radio" to communicate with the dead. While most people would want such a device to speak to lost loved ones, a criminal gang wants it to learn where a long-dead pirate captain buried his treasure.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1938MayThe Motion Menace63W. Ryerson Johnson / Lester DentEmery ClarkeDoc Savage and his cousin Pat face a supreme challenge: a machine that makes all modern weapons useless. A gang of international thieves now in control of this invention raise their sights from controlling a city to subordinating a state to conquering a country to whipping the world!Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom
1938JunThe Submarine Mystery64Lester DentEmery ClarkeForsooth! After a Navy submarine is destroyed off Boston harbor, one of the survivors rescued from the wreckage can only speak in Elizabethan English. When other subs begin disappearing under similar circumstances, Doc and his crew investigate only to be captured and transported to a remote island in the South Atlantic where a long-lost English colony has remained isolated for three centuries.Doc, Monk, Ham
1938JulThe Giggling Ghosts65Lester DentEmery ClarkeFear of ghosts that give people the giggles become a terrifying reality to people already threatened by earthquakes. The Society for the Relief of Gas Victims claims to have the cure for the giggles, but the ghosts seem poised to have the last laugh. It's no laughing matter of Doc and his crew as they plunge into this breathtaking adventure.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1938AugThe Munitions Master66Harold A. DavisEmery ClarkeThe horrific "Burning Death" is unleashed on French soldiers while Doc Savage is in Paris working with medical consortium. Through the machinations of Carloff Traniv, an emergency conclave of world leaders hold Doc responsible and order his immediate apprehension. To clear his name, Doc must clear his name before the Munitions Master can complete his scheme to arm every side of another World War.Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom
1938SepThe Red Terrors67Harold A. DavisEmery ClarkeAdventurer Harold Day is attacked by strange red men aboard the tramp steamer Muddy Mary in the South Atlantic. News of this bizarre event reaches Doc and his crew, whose investigate brings them into the crossfire of an evil doctor bent on unleashing a diphtheria pandemic and the survivors of the same lost civilization previously encountered Mystery Under the Sea.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1938OctFortress of Solitude68Lester DentEmery ClarkeThe deepest mysteries of Doc Savage are finally revealed as John Sunlight, poetic genius of evil, discovers the innermost secrets of the Arctic refuge known as the Fortress of Solitude. Here Doc has hidden the super-scientific weapons confiscated during the course of his career along with inventions of his own for which the world is not yet ready. Read or not, here they come! This issue concludes the 17-part Jujitsu series.Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom
1938NovThe Green Death69Harold A. DavisEmery ClarkeWord comes that Johnny has succumbed to the mysterious "Green Death" while working in South America. Doc and his crew travel to the Matta Grosso jungle to learn the truth about Johnny and find a cure for the Green Death before it can spread. This issue introduces the 7-part Doc Savage Method of Self-Defense series.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny
1938DecThe Devil Genghis70Lester DentEmery ClarkeA fantastic horror has comes out of the polar regions: a menace so bizarre that it caused men to go insane! Doc Savage and his crew penetrate the rugged interior of Outer Mongolia to find the source of this mystery and smash it: the evil genius of John Sunlight.Doc, Monk, Ham,
1939JanMad Mesa71Lester DentEmery ClarkeDoc Savage awakens to discover that he's in another man's body and imprisoned in a penitentiary, serving a life sentence! Hundreds will die unless Doc can escape and solve the mystery of the mesa madness in an adventure the ranges from New York to Ohio to Utah and points west.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1939FebThe Yellow Cloud72Evelyn Coulson / Lester DentEmery ClarkeTesting the Army's new X-Ship off the Carolina coast, Renny disappears into a malignant yellow cloud.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Long Tom, Pat
1939MarThe Freckled Shark73Lester DentEmery ClarkeAn anomalous shark skin leads Doc's crew to the Florida Keys to confront a ruthless dictator and the adventuresome "Henry Peace" about looted treasure.Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny
1939AprWorld's Fair Goblin74William G. Bogart / Lester DentEmery ClarkeAn eight-foot-tall monster haunts the 1939 New York World's Fair, doing the bidding of the scientific genius who created it as the first of an army of giant. Can Doc and his crew stop this would-be world ruler from harnessing the tremendous electrical power of the Accumulator before it's too late?Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom, Pat
1939MayThe Gold Ogre75Lester DentEmery ClarkeMeet the next generation of adventurers—Don Worth, B. Elmer Dexter, Mental Byron and Funny Tucker—as they help Doc, Monk and Ham solve the mysterious golden dwarves and fits of insanity plaguing Crescent City. This novel was a trail balloon for a spinoff series featured a teenage version of Doc and his crew that never materialized. This issue concludes the 7-part Doc Savage Method of Self-Defense series.Doc, Monk, Ham
1939JunThe Flaming Falcons76Lester DentEmery ClarkeHideous-looking birds burst into flame and vanish, harbingers of death that lead Doc and his crew from the Arizona desert to the jungles of Indo-China, where they discover the secret of the incendiary birds and a plot to control the world's rubber supply.Doc, Monk, Ham
1939JulMerchants of Disaster77Harold A. DavisEmery ClarkeFirst, strange lights appear in the sky over Washington D.C. Them, Army troops across the country begin dying of suffocation. The War Department asks Doc and his crew to investigate a mystery that takes them from Capitol to the Golden Gate Bridge on an adventure that literally takes one's breath away.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny,
1939AugThe Crimson Serpent78Harold A. DavisEmery ClarkeRenny is constructing a dam in the wilds of Arkansas, where men are being murdered and corpses marked with the sign of the Crimson Serpent. Doc, Monk and Ham fly to Arkansas on an advanced new airship to find Renny only to run into an ancient castle full of what appear to be 16th Century Conquistadors guarding the legendary Fountain of Youth!Doc, Monk, Ham,
1939SepPoison Island79Lester DentEmery ClarkeDoc investigates as ships cursed with an Evil Eye, including Pat's schooner transporting gold from Hidalgo, go missing in the Caribbean in an act of piracy on the high seas that threatens to plunge the United States into war!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Pat
1939OctThe Stone Man80Lester DentEmery ClarkeDeep in Arizona's Painted Desert, Doc finds a black arrowhead that leads him and his crew to mysterious men hiding in mists—and even more men who have been turned to solid stone!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Long Tom
1939NovHex81William G. Bogart / Lester DentEmery ClarkeHannah, a long-dead witch, again stalks Salem, Massachusetts, and strikes citizens with madness. When Renny is afflicted and Monk jailed, Doc cracks a haunted house with a dangerous secret.Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny, Pat
1939DecThe Dagger in the Sky82Lester DentEmery ClarkeThe accursed obsidian knife of Kukulkan materializes from thin air and disappears after bizarre murders, leading Doc and his crew to the South American republic of Cristobal, where war is brewing with neighboring Hispanola, spurred by the appearance of a two-hundred-foot-high black dagger in the sky!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1940JanThe Other World83Lester DentEmery ClarkeWhen a man dressed in buckskins sells fine furs never before seen, Doc and his aids fly to the polar wastes and deep into the Earth to find a savage land still ruled by prehistoric animals.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1940FebThe Angry Ghost84William G. Bogart / Lester DentEmery ClarkeThe Army is helpless as an invisible force crumbles fort walls, gun emplacements, tanks, and trucks. Doc Savage chases the "angry ghost" from Washington to Boston to learn its deadly secret and rescue his missing men.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1940MarThe Spotted Men85William G. Bogart / Lester DentEmery ClarkeThe disappearance of a millionaire steel magnate and troubles at his mill bring Doc and his crew to Lake Erie, where they discovered that workers are breaking out in red spot and going berserk.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Pat
1940AprThe Evil Gnome86Lester DentEmery ClarkeA wizened little man in Missouri who appears to possess supernatural powers is the mastermind behind an infallible and untraceable murder-for-hire scheme being offered to foreign governments.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny,
1940MayThe Boss of Terror87Lester DentEmery ClarkeShady millionaires, all named Smith, are being struck down by lightning—out a clear blue sky! Doc and his crew track a conspiracy to gain control of various American industries to a remote laboratory in Maine.Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom
1940JunThe Awful Egg88Lester DentEmery ClarkeIn the Dakota Badlands, Johnny investigates a prehistoric egg that may have hatched a dinosaur—one that protects a literal mountain of gold that has drawn three gangs into war.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Long Tom
1940JulThe Flying Goblin89William G. BogartEmery ClarkeDoc's crime-curing "College" in upstate New York is partially destroyed by a manmade meteor, freeing dangerous unreformed inmates. Doc and his crew must recapture them while foiling a plot to provoke wars in Europe with the weapon that freed them.Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom
1940AugTunnel Terror90William G. BogartEmery ClarkeA weird mist envelops men working on the Yellow Dam construction site, turning them into ossified corpses. Doc and his crew arrive on the scene as ancient giant skeletons are unearthed, further panicking the workers. Can anything stop this seemingly supernatural menace from reaching the nearby state capital?Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny
1940SepThe Purple Dragon91Harold A. Davis / Lester DentEmery ClarkeA dragon breathing smoke and flame drives criminals to confess ancient crimes. Doc and his aids track suspects across Texas and Mexico to learn the truth about the dragon's "magic".Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny
1940OctDevils of the Deep92Harold A. DavisEmery ClarkeA tentacled monster drags down ships, a rogue submarine pirates others, and rioters kill G-Men near Doc's Hidalgo Warehouse, so Doc outfits the Helldiver and goes hunting in Atlantic waters.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Long Tom
1940NovThe Awful Dynasty93William G. BogartEmery ClarkeA priceless Egyptian scroll may be the guide to the fabulous treasure in the tomb of a forgotten Pharaoh, but a glowing blue scarab brings horrible death to everyone who attempts to decipher it. Pat joins Doc and his crew in Egypt as they try to unlock the secret of the lost pyramid of Cheops.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Long Tom, Pat
1940DecThe Men Vanished94Lester DentEmery ClarkeOne by one, members of the Explorers Club have disappeared in the Amazon. Doc and his crew fly to a high plateau only to be dropped into a stone arena to fight a giant jaguar!Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny, Pat
1941JanThe Devil's Playground95Alan HathwayEmery ClarkeGhastly murders in the North Woods of Michigan are attributed to the "Devil's Tomahawks" of a legendary Indian spirit called Michabou. Can modern science prevail against a supernatural being who can slash a man to pieces where he stands?Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1941FebBequest of Evil96William G. BogartEmery ClarkeMonk inherits a remote Canadian estate, and trouble. Before long, Doc's crew are fighting for their lives in the Arctic to free slaves of the power-mad Lucky Napoleon.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Long Tom
1941MarThe All-White Elf97Lester DentEmery ClarkeThe appearance of a strange white elf precedes a sudden blinding light that causes severe illness to all who are exposed to it. Doc and his crew was find a defense against the deadly light and its otherworldly albino harbinger.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny
1941AprThe Golden Man98Lester DentEmery ClarkeA golden naked man fished from the Atlantic is praised as a prophet - and plied for blackmail by a vicious gang. As Doc tries to crack the mystery, he's astounded when the Golden Man reveals secrets of Doc's own birth!Doc, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1941MayThe Pink Lady99Lester DentEmery ClarkeA young woman who's entirely pink - skin, hair, eyes, and teeth - burns to death before Doc can reach her. Soon other people are turning up pink and in deadly danger, including Monk!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1941JunThe Headless Men100Alan HathwayEmery ClarkeA sizzling horror decapitates men yet leaves them alive. Doc tracks a mercenary gang to an Aztec castle in Central America, only to be shot down and strapped to a sacrificial altar!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Long Tom
1941JulThe Green Eagle101Lester DentEmery ClarkeDoc adopts an elaborate disguise to investigate mysterious events at a Wyoming dude ranch. The only clue is a cheap pocket puzzle featuring a green eagle with leaden feathers. It's a Wild West adventure in modern times, complete with claim-jumping outlaws seeking the location of a hidden gold mine.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1941AugMystery Island102Lester DentEmery ClarkeRogues have demonstrated they can crumble a Pacific Island out of existence. Doc and his crew fly and fight to discover the murder machine before the schemers blackmail the world's island nations.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1941SepThe Mindless Monsters103Alan HathwayEmery ClarkeAll over New York City, innocent men turn into raving maniacs with superhuman strength and unstoppable stamina before they wither away. Doc Savage is hampered by black news: He's sought as the leader of the macabre marauders!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Long Tom
1941OctBirds of Death104Lester DentEmery ClarkeMissing men are found dead - or not dead - while gangsters kidnap canaries all over the city. Doc and his crew journey to a remote lake in Africa to learn the deadly secrets of both.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1941NovThe Invisible Box Murders / The Invisible-Box Murders105Lester DentEmery ClarkeRich men are threatened with death, and queer cellophane boxes, unless they pay up. Doc Savage must learn the truth, because he's accused of the murders and the boxes keep disappearing.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1941Dec Peril in the North106Lester DentEmery Clarke250 people abandoned in the Arctic will die, but Doc must solve the mystery of a blue dog and a dead dictator before he can race to their rescue.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1942JanThe Rustling Death107Alan HathwayEmery ClarkeWartime Washington DC panics as Ham Brooks witnesses the "rustling death" that drops men dead and tears airplanes apart mid-flight. Doc and his aide seek the murderous Krag before the fiend can sell the secret to the enemy.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1942FebMen of Fear108Evelyn Coulson / Lester DentEmery ClarkeMonk, Ham, and Johnny are suddenly fearful of their lives, adventures, and Doc's safety because of a talk with "Henry". Doc tracks the mysterious mentor to a fortress on a Caribbean island where thugs plot murder and treason.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1942MarThe Too-Wise Owl109Lester DentEmery ClarkeA common owl and a dunderhead boy are sudden geniuses. Doc and his crew seek the inventor of the mysterious "Vitamin M" before it falls into foreign hands.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1942AprThe Magic Forest110William G. Bogart / Lester DentEmery ClarkeDoc and his aides thread a silent Alaskan forest and trek across a blinding glacier to find a man bent on revenge to protect his "Magic Forest".Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Long Tom
1942MayPirate Isle111Lester DentEmery ClarkeOn a South Pacific Ocean liner, Johnny has turned up nude, mad, and throwing snowballs. Doc and his crew fight modern day pirates to reach a remote island where a tortured genius is wresting gold from seawater.Doc, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1942JunThe Speaking Stone112Lester DentEmery ClarkeMonk and Ham have gone missing in South America, but Monk's voice "speaks" from a small blue stone. Battling the mercenaries of El Gorrion, Doc's crew finds a hidden death-trapped city impossibly high in the Andes Mountains.Doc, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1942JulThe Man Who Fell Up113Lester DentWilliam TimminsA dead man falls up into an eerie green fog blanketing the city. Soon Doc and his crew are grappling with foreign agents - friends and foes - to learn the secret of "Compound Monk". This issue has the "United We Stand" American flag cover used across the entire Street & Smith product line that month.Doc, Monk, Ham, Pat
1942AugThe Three Wild Men114Lester DentEmery ClarkeProminent men go mad in capital cities while mind-numbing terror paralyzes investigators, and the FBI pins the rap on Doc Savage! Dodging the law and thugs, Doc delves into Virginia's dismal swamp to stop the plot of a utopian madman.Doc, Monk, Ham
1942SepThe Fiery Menace115Lester DentEmery ClarkeA flaming vampire, a corpse in a chandelier, and Monk reduced to a cowering idiot leads Doc, Pat, Ham, and Long Tom to a remote Maine island and a missing wartime treasure.Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom, Pat
1942OctThe Laugh of Death116Lester DentEmery ClarkeA bank robbery in Mexico and the kidnapping of Doc's aids leads the Man of Bronze on a chase up and down the Atlantic Seaboard to find the diabolical weapon that "laughs" men into insanity, catatonia, and death.Doc, Monk, Pat
1942Nov They Died Twice117Lester DentEmery ClarkeAn "ancestral memory" machine reveals Doc's father committed a crime, so he must fly to the Mayan "Valley of the Vanished" to make amends—and reunite with Princess Monja.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1942DecThe Devil's Black Rock118Lester DentEmery ClarkeAn Arizona prospector finds an unknown black rock that generates a near-atomic explosion. Doc Savage must battle steel-fanged dogs, cannon fire, and an army of thugs to keep the secret from the Nazis.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1943JanThe Time Terror119Lester DentEmery ClarkeA pterodactyl terrorizing the Canadian prairie leads Doc's crew to northern wastes and a savage land - and a secret that may mean extinction for the white race!Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny, Pat
1943FebWaves of Death120Lester DentEmery ClarkeMysterious pillars of light and thundering tidal waves bring death to people along Lake Michigan. Doc races to the scene to find his kidnapped aides and the source of an earth-shattering force.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1943MarThe Black, Black Witch121Lester DentEmery ClarkeFinally given a war assignment, Doc and Monk parachute into Occupied France to prevent the Nazis from exploiting the prophecies of Nostradamus!Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny, Pat
1943AprThe King of Terror122Lester DentEmery ClarkeSeemingly machine-gunned to death, forced to impersonate himself, Doc is dragged to a fortified South Sea island to face a master criminal determined to become the Master of the World!Doc, Monk, Ham
1943MayThe Talking Devil123Lester DentEmery ClarkeTricked into performing a bogus operation by a hypnotic statue, Doc's reputation is blackened and his crime-erasing "College" may be exposed to the world!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Long Tom
1943JunThe Running Skeletons124Lester DentEmery ClarkeA mysterious dog and a brazen showgirl lead Doc and his crew to a mad "patriot" turning men into living skeletons!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny,
1943JulMystery on Happy Bones125Lester DentEmery ClarkeA piratical girl and a green parrot lead Doc to a Caribbean island overrun by Nazis.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny
1943AugThe Mental Monster126Lester DentEmery ClarkeDeadly white birds lead Doc to a war-production factory in Kentucky and a schemer who claims to read men's minds.Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1943SepHell Below127Lester DentModest SteinA hell-for-leather cowboy comes to Doc with a fantastic claim: that his Mexican ranch has been highjacked by the Nazi High Command to launch a "New Effort" in North America!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom, Pat
1943OctThe Goblins128Lester DentModest SteinGang threats and kidnappings lead Doc to an Idaho ghost town and little green men whose touch means searing, agonizing death!Doc, Monk, Ham
1943NovThe Secret of the Su129Lester DentModest SteinDeep in the Florida Everglades, a long-hidden race may possess the secret to saving thousands of GIs - if the Nazis don't get it first.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1943DecThe Spook of Grandpa Eben130Lester DentModest SteinA Hindu charm sends the victim to an invisible killer, and before long Doc and his crew are hunting real spooks robbing banks and accusing them of murder!Doc, Monk, Ham, Pat
1944JanAccording to Plan of a One-Eyed Mystic / One-Eyed Mystic131Lester DentModest SteinWhen Renny's mind is transferred into a killer's body, Doc's crew chases a Mexican mystic to Canada's Labrador and a secret that could upend the air war! This is the first issue in digest format.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny
1944FebDeath Had Yellow Eyes132Lester DentModest SteinInvisible forces herd Doc and crew into bank robbery and murder, then a Nazi seaplane for a one-way trip!Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny
1944MarThe Derelict of Skull Shoal133Lester DentModest SteinWorking undercover for the Navy, Doc is marooned on a desolate reef, trapped between modern-day pirates and their enemies, "the zombies".Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny
1944AprThe Whisker of Hercules134Lester DentModest SteinDoc and crew are helpless as crooks with super strength and speed rip open a government train loaded with gold bullion!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
1944MayThe Three Devils135Lester DentModest SteinDoc tracks an Indian "ghost bear" across the Canadian North Woods before it shuts down wood pulp operations and cripples the war effort.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny
1944JunThe Pharoah's Ghost / The Pharaoh's Ghost136Lester DentModest SteinA yellow spot spells death for the looters of a pharaoh's tomb, and leads Doc to the Empty Quarter of Arabia where a mastermind plots a new dynasty!Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom
1944JulThe Man Who Was Scared137Lester DentModest SteinCalculating fiends have unleashed a plague across the nation, cornered the market on the antidote, and fingered Doc and his aides as the culprits!Doc, Monk, Ham
1944AugThe Shape of Terror138Lester DentModest SteinDoc is "killed" in a plane crash, and Monk and Ham "poisoned", so they can infiltrate a Czech prison to rescue a scientist with the ultimate super-weapon.Doc, Monk, Ham
1944SepWeird Valley139Lester DentModest SteinTwo men claiming to be 300 years old lure Doc and crew to a valley in Mexico where men are dying for the Fountain of Youth!Doc, Monk, Ham
1944OctJiu San140Lester DentModest SteinPeople fear Doc has gone "pro-Japanese" as he flies into wartime Japan to find the "Thirteenth Man" sabotaging post-war peace!Doc, Monk, Ham
1944NovSatan Black141Lester DentModest SteinAn old-time Arkansas feud is reignited to sabotage an oil pipeline vital to the war effort, but Doc's aides are missing and threatened to die by dynamite!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny
1944DecThe Lost Giant142Lester DentModest SteinDisguised as a ski bum and gangster, Doc infiltrates a spy ring bound for the frozen north to find a world leader gone missing!Doc, Monk, Ham
1945JanViolent Night / The Hate Genius143Lester DentModest SteinDoc meets Hitler. Enough said!Doc, Monk, Ham, Pat
1945FebStrange Fish144Lester DentModest SteinA frightened heiress and an odd fish send Doc's crew to Oklahoma on the trail of a Nazi war criminal.Doc, Monk, Ham
1945MarThe Ten Ton Snakes145Lester DentModest SteinA impossibly heavy box and two girl detectives lead Doc's crew to a hillside above the Amazon and a fantastic discovery.Doc, Monk, Renny
1945AprCargo Unknown146Lester DentModest SteinMonk and Ham are trapped in a submarine in Long Island Sound, and Doc must bust a gang of stone killers to learn its location!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny
1945MayRock Sinister147Lester DentModest SteinThe dynamiting of an Aztec glyph-stone lures Doc to Blanca Grande and into the clutches of a mad dictator!Doc, Monk, Ham
1945JunThe Terrible Stork148Lester DentModest SteinA cheap tin stork selling for an outrageous price leads Doc to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and a traitor's secrets!Doc, Monk, Ham
1945JulKing Joe Cay149Lester DentModest SteinDisguised, trailing women and gangsters to the Bahamas, Doc learns high finance and empire building are as cutthroat as old-time piracy.Doc, alone
1945AugThe Wee Ones150Lester DentModest SteinDoc investigates a wartime experiment gone awry as a town is panicked by sightings of twisted gnomes with knives.Doc, Monk, Ham
1945SepTerror Takes 7151Lester DentModest SteinA curse laid on an antique deerslayer leads Doc's crew into a frame-up for murder and a multi-million government swindle.Doc, Monk, Ham, Pat
1945OctThe Thing That Pursued152Lester DentEmery ClarkeSinister fireballs knock planes out of Midwestern skies, and pilots who survive go mad. Alone, Doc dodges the law and warring gangs to uncover the truth.Doc, alone
1945NovTrouble on Parade153Lester DentEmery ClarkeLured to Nova Scotia, Doc braces a screwball swimmer and feisty women to purge a "rat's nest" of crooks.Doc, alone
1945DecThe Screaming Man154Lester DentEmery ClarkeA wartime liner with a cargo of twitchy POWs simmers as a diabolical madman foments terror and threatens to execute his prisoner—Johnny!Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny
1946JanMeasures for a Coffin155Lester DentEmery ClarkeDoc is burned and spirited away, and Monk and Ham blown from the sky, all to rig a Wall Street swindle worth millions!Doc, Monk, Ham
1946FebSe-Pah-Poo156Lester DentEmery ClarkeAn ancient cliff dwelling in Arizona is guarded by an Indian spirit, and Doc and his men are in danger of being burned alive!Doc, Monk, Ham
1946MarTerror and the Lonely Widow157Lester DentEmery ClarkeThe search for a missing H-Bomb forces Doc and his crew to crash-land a hijacked plane on a lonely Pacific island!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny
1946AprFive Fathoms Dead158Lester DentEmery ClarkeCrooks have hijacked two Navy submarines and turned pirates, but a third sub is after them - with Doc Savage the cutthroat leader!Doc, Ham, Renny
1946MayDeath is a Round Black Spot159Lester DentEmery ClarkePeople carrying a black-spot marker are dying in Missouri. When Doc is called in, he finds his cousin Pat is one step ahead!Doc, Monk, Ham, Pat
1946JunColors for Murder160Lester DentEmery ClarkeA string of murders lead Doc's crew to a remote Canadian bay and a pod of multi-colored whales!Doc, Monk, Ham
1946JulFire and Ice161William G. Bogart / Lester DentEmery ClarkeHigh in the Yukon, Doc is pulled into adventure when swarthy killers chase an iron box and a girl pilot - or two?Doc, Monk, Ham
1946AugThree Times a Corpse162Lester DentCharles J. RavelA bullet interrupts Doc's Miami vacation, as does poison, feuding gangs, and a girl named "Lucky".Doc, Monk, Ham
1946SepThe Exploding Lake163Harold A. Davis / Lester DentCharles J. RavelA lake in Patagonia explodes, vaporized. Doc investigates, only to learn it's a trap - then turns the tables on the trappers!Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny
1946OctDeath in Little Houses164William G. Bogart / Lester DentCharles J. RavelModel homes for vets, strange bearded men, and truck routes around Lake Michigan lead Doc Savage to a ruthless killer!Doc, Monk, Ham
1946NovThe Devil Is Jones165Lester DentCharles J. RavelA Midwestern Governor asks Doc to find "Jones", an anonymous devil blackmailing half the people in the state!Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny
1946DecThe Disappearing Lady166William G. BogartCharles J. RavelVisiting Boston, Doc tries to aid a banker who goes missing with millions - leaving behind only a scent of gardenias.Doc, Monk, Ham
1947JanTarget for Death167William G. BogartWalter SwensonDoc tries to finger the killers in a double-dealing family who venture from Hawaii to Manila to the Midwest and back to an uncharted island in the Pacific.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Pat
1947FebThe Death Lady168William G. BogartWalter SwensonThe race is on, deep into the Amazon jungle, to find a missing heiress before a mysterious and deadly woman can eliminate her.Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom
1947Mar / AprDanger Lies East169Lester DentWalter SwensonDoc seeks a holy man, or madman, stirring up war in the Middle East, but is hampered by everyone, including his contacts, lying.Doc, Monk, Ham
1947May / JunNo Light to Die By170Lester DentWalter SwensonBroke and unlucky Sammy Wales stumbles into a case, and narrates how Doc scotches ex-Nazis with a weapon of dark "moonlight".Doc, Monk, Ham
1947Jul / AugThe Monkey Suit171Lester DentWalter SwensonStuffed-shirt and chemist Henry Jones narrates a case of a rented gorilla suit with ties to a food packaging miracle.Doc, Monk
1947Sep / OctLet's Kill Ames172Lester DentWalter SwensonMiss Travice Ames, a charming fox, narrates how she lured Doc into a case of slow-acting poison, only to be out-foxed. This is first issue titled Doc Savage, Science Detective.Doc, Ham
1947Nov / DecOnce Over Lightly173Lester DentWalter SwensonA sassy career girl named "Mote" narrates her tale of the California desert, an inheritance called "Keeper", a sunken ship, and Doc Savage.Doc, Monk
1948Jan / FebI Died Yesterday174Lester DentWalter SwensonPat Savage relates how a man walks into her beauty emporium to die, leading to a brutal battle in an abandoned tobacco barn.Doc, Monk, Pat
1948Mar / AprThe Pure Evil175Lester DentEdd CartierTerror drives radar operators to commit suicide in locked rooms and suspects to vanish from flying airplanes, so Doc turns to ghost-busting. The cover by Edd Cartier is for the issue's second novel, Revolt, by Robert A. Nicolls.Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny
1948May / JunTerror Wears No Shoes176Lester DentWalter SwensonFrom Shanghai to an ocean liner, Doc and a freelancing female track enemy agents transporting enough germs to kill tens of millions.Doc, Monk, Ham, Long Tom
1948Jul / AugThe Angry Canary177Lester DentWalter SwensonDoc is mailed a killer canary and soon stranded in the mountains of India by a scheming murderer.Doc, Monk, Ham
1948Sep / OctThe Swooning Lady178Lester DentWalter SwensonAn actress hired to swoon over certain men leads Doc to two killers and two million in diamonds. This is last issue titled Doc Savage, Science Detective and the last issue in digest format..Doc, Monk, Ham
1949WinterThe Green Master179Lester DentGeorge RozenKidnapped to the mountains of Peru, Doc must defend a lost tribe from gangsters. But the tribe has a "whammy" power only countered by a mysterious green stone.Doc, Monk, Ham
1949SpringReturn From Cormoral180Lester DentGeorge RozenAn heir to a billion-dollar empire suddenly has "predictive luck" that sends Doc jetting from Florida to the Arctic on a frantic rescue mission!Doc, Monk, Ham
1949SummerUp From Earth's Center181Lester DentGeorge RozenSeeking a lost geologist, Doc descends a cave in Maine, passes through a crack in the earth, and finds himself assaulted by devils in Hell. Title taken from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.Doc, Monk, Ham

Doc Savage Magazine (1975)

Magazine Management Co, Inc, a Marvel imprint also called Curtis Magazines, published eight black-and-white illustrated magazines as a movie tie-in. The cover of the first issue was an elaboration of the poster for the 1975 film painted by Roger Kastel, with all of the other covers painted by Ken Barr. So, for eight issues, a Doc Savage magazine reappeared on newsstands. The stories were reprinted in Showcase Presents: Doc Savage and again as Doc Savage Archives: Vol 1.
YearMonthSeries #TitleAuthorArtworkBlurb
1975Aug1Doom on Thunder IslandDoug MoenchJohn Buscema / Tony DeZunigaThe "Silver Ziggurat" destroys skyscrapers with lightning, and leads Doc's crew to a Pacific Island of electrically-enhanced tigers and "manimals". Includes an article on the and interview with director George Pal.
1975Oct2The Hell ReapersDoug MoenchTony DeZunigaKillings by a mad Viking lead Doc's crew to an Arctic paradise and the menace of the Reptilians! Includes an interview with Ron Ely about his role as Doc Savage.
1976Jan3The Inferno SchemeDoug MoenchJohn Buscema / Tony DeZuniga"Mechanoid" animals who steal diamonds lead Doc to a castle in Maine and a madman with a plan to burn the world! Includes a solo tale starring Monk, A Most Singular Writ of Habeas Corpus, with art by Rico Rival.
1976Apr4Ghost Pirates from the BeyondDoug MoenchTony DeZuniga / Marie SeverinEerie glowing assassins striking in Manhattan lead Doc's crew to Morocco and the Sahara Desert after a long-lost treasure.
1976Jul5The Earth-Wreckers!Doug MoenchTony DeZunigaDoc scours the globe for gigantic jigsaw pieces that lead his crew - and Pat! - to Loch Ness and the Iron Mask! Includes articles "The Pulp Doc Savage" and "An Interview with Mrs. Lester Dent".
1976Oct6The Sky-Stealers!Doug MoenchTony DeZunigaRobotic Egyptian gods plunder Manhattan's museums and lead Doc's crew to Egypt, the Pyramids, and the City of the Dead! Includes an article on "Renny" by Bob Sampson.
1977Jan7The Mayan MutationsDoug MoenchVal Mayerik / Tony DeZunigaDoc and his crew delve into the jungles of Peru to find giant insects, tree-dwelling natives, and the secret origin of the Mayan race! Includes an article on "Johnny" by Bob Sampson.
1977Spring8The Crimson Plague!Doug Moench / John Warner / John WhitmoreErnie ChanAll over the globe, scientists are left mindless husks, victims of the "Octo-Brain". When Doc's aides are kidnapped, he rushes to confront a would-be dictator in the savage land of—Hollywood! Final issue.

Doc Savage Novels

The list includes original Doc Savage novels either entirely new or developed from Lester Dent's stories and notes.
YearMonthTitleSeries #AuthorBlurb
1979JulIn Hell, Madonna / The Red Spider182Lester DentDoc infiltrates Communist Russia to learn whether the Soviets have developed the atom bomb—and is nearly shot by a firing squad! Originally submitted on Monday, 3 May 1948 but not published until July 1979 as No. 95 in the Bantam Books paperback series.
1991AugEscape from Loki183Philip José FarmerIn Doc's very first adventure, in World War I, at 16 years of age, he's shot down as a biplane pilot and thrown into a prison camp nicknamed Loki where he meets his future aides.
1991Oct Python Isle184Lester Dent / Will MurrayFrom Manhattan to Cape Town ensues a quest as dangerous as any in recorded history. One that will embroil the compassionate yet hard-fisted Doc Savage and his resourceful men in a raging struggle for control of one of history's most closely guarded mysteries: the lost secret of Python Isle!
1992Mar White Eyes185Lester Dent / Will MurrayFrom snowbound Manhattan to the sugar-cane fields of tropical Cuba, Doc Savage and his Iron Crew wage what may be the greatest battle for survival of their careers!
1992Jul The Frightened Fish186Lester Dent / Will MurrayAn evil genius long believed dead, a shadowy figure who masterminded World War II, now wants to plunge humanity into a new Armageddon. Trained by the same teacher, both possessed of the same genius, Doc Savage and this man have fought before. And now, as the world is about to lurch into another global war, Doc Savage must defeat his most loathsome adversary yet!
1992OctThe Jade Ogre187Lester Dent / Will MurrayDeep in the spider-haunted ruins of faraway Cambodia broods a twisted, armless creature with a face of jade—the Jade Ogre—whose power to project deadly, disembodied arms to any place on earth makes him the most dangerous foe Doc Savage has ever faced!
1993MarFlight into Fear188Lester Dent / Will MurrayAn ultra-secret State Department mission sends Doc Savage from the streets of Manhattan to the Arctic Sea, where he is targeted by the Kremlin and headed for a confrontation with a vile nemesis!
1993JulThe Whistling Wraith189Lester Dent / Will MurrayWhen the ruler of the Balkan state of Merida vanishes from his locked limousine, official Washington is baffled. The President of the United States summons the one man who can solve the mystery—Doc Savage! From Washington to Manhattan, Doc and his fighting brain trust race to unravel one royal riddle while battling the untouchable phantom potentate known as The Whistling Wraith!
1993NovThe Forgotten Realm190Lester Dent / Will MurrayNo one knew who—or what—the strange being who called himself "X Man" truly was. He was found wandering the ruins of a crumbling Roman fort, dressed in a toga, speaking classical Latin—and clutching a handful of unearthly black seeds. From the wild Scottish moors to the unexplored heart of darkest Africa, Doc Savage and his indomitable men embarked upon a desperate quest for the Forgotten Realm!
2011JulThe Desert Demons191Lester Dent / Will MurrayThe skies over California explode with blood-red energies that resemble demon cyclones, but behave like intelligent life. Nothing can stand in their terrible path. Men, machines, even buildings are devoured by the all-destroying Desert Demons. What are they? What do they want?
2011NovHorror in Gold192Lester Dent / Will MurrayFrom the besieged canyons of New York to the rugged coast of Alaska, Doc Savage and his men race to resolve the riddle that brings grisly doom to ordinary citizens—and threatens the economic recovery of a Depression-besieged world.
2012MayThe Infernal Buddha193Lester Dent / Will MurrayMen called it the Buddha’s Toe—a relic so terrible it was kept sealed in a strongbox few dared open. Those who did dare, perished. From cosmopolitan Singapore to the barbaric waters of the Yellow Sea, Doc Savage plunges into a desperate struggle for control of the Infernal Buddha—before it consumes the planet!
2012SepDeath's Dark Domain194Lester Dent / Will MurrayAncient Ultra-Stygia has turned into a cauldron of conflict between rival countries. Monster bats careen through the night sky and a power beyond understanding robs men of their vision. Will the Man of Bronze succumb to an unstoppable power he himself has unleashed upon mankind? From the frozen Arctic to the war-torn Balkans, Doc Savage and his fighting five follow a winding trail of terror to a blood-freezing climax.
2013MarSkull Island195Will MurrayDoc Savage… and King Kong! Before the world knew them, they met! Before they were legends, they clashed! An urgent summons from his father brings young Clark Savage, Jr. to San Francisco for a mysterious mission: to locate the long-lost clipper ship captained by his legendary ancestor, Stormalong Savage. Doc Savage meets his first great challenge in the fierce prehistoric jungles of Skull Island!
2013SepThe Miracle Menace196Lester Dent / Will MurrayWhen out of work magician Gulliver Greene stumbles upon a man who claims to be Christopher Columbus, still alive in 1937, it's only the start of the most complex plot ever to involve the incredible Doc Savage. From his super-secret Crime College to a sinister island in the Great Lakes, Doc Savage and his brilliant team race to untangle the most baffling web-work of Halloween horrors ever encountered. For many weird mysteries beyond human ken converge in the Missouri wilderness in this, the wildest Doc Savage adventure yet!
2013DecPhantom Lagoon197Lester Dent / Will MurrayWhen brazen adventuress Hornetta Hale tries to hire Doc Savage for a secret mission—but won't tell him why—it lights the fuse for one of his most explosive exploits. From Manhattan Island to the Caribbean Sea, Doc and his fighting crew chase the most violent gang of criminals they have ever encountered in a desperate race to unlock the secret of Phantom Lagoon. Or are they more than mere criminals?
2014MayThe War Makers198Ryerson Johnson / Will MurrayAll over the Midwest, cars and trucks were crashing—stopped in their tracks by an inexplicable force! Had some unseen power targeted America's automotive industry—or was something more sinister at stake? From the nation's car capital to the North Pole, the Man of Bronze races to stave off a strangely familiar menace only to confront a completely unexpected foe—the enigmatic Baron in Black!
2014SepThe Ice Genius199Lester Dent / Will MurrayWhen William Harper Littlejohn unearths a shadowy figure transfixed in ice, the renowned archeologist understands that he has made the most momentous discovery of his brilliant career. Can even Doc Savage control the Ice Genius once he breaks free of his icy tomb? From the Gobi Desert to war-torn Free China, the Man of Bronze and his fighting crew battle a threat so terrifying that it could change the course of human history!
2015JuneThe Sinister Shadow200Lester Dent / Will MurrayWhen millionaire Lamont Cranston and attorney Ham Brooks are kidnapped by gunmen driving a black hearse, it spells trouble for both Doc Savage and The Shadow. This strange even puts the Man of Bronze and the Dark Avenger on a collision course that threatens to expose their deepest secrets. Will these legendary crime fighters join forces—or will the diabolical Funeral Director have the last laugh?
2015NovThe Secret of Satan's Spine201Lester Dent / Will MurraySomeone has gone to great lengths to keep Monk Mayfair off the wartime transport ship Northern Star to England, prompting Doc, Monk and Ham make the trip undercover to find out why. All hell breaks loose when the ship reaches the Caribbean, where Doc and his men encounter old friends, new enemies, ancient treasure, modern-day pirates, a sinister submarine and a monster hurricane that wreaks havoc on friend and foe alike.
2016MayGlare of the Gorgon202Lester Dent / Will MurrayFrom the concrete canyons of Manhattan to the snowy streets post-Prohibition Chicago to a ghostly abandoned coal mine, Doc Savage and his crew track a seemingly supernatural "something" that terrorizes both the citizenry at large and the criminal Underworld in equal measure, leaving a trail of corpses with brains turned to stone in its wake.
2017JanEmpire of Doom203Lester Dent / Will MurrayFrom fog-shrouded New York to a futuristic underground kingdom in the heart of Asia, Doc Savage and his unlikely ally The Shadow wage a seemingly supernatural secret war with the Golden Master and his myriad mind-controlled minions with the fate of the world at stake!
2018MarMr. Calamity204Lester Dent / Will MurrayProspecting in the Wyoming badlands, Patricia Savage spies a man swimming in circles––high in a cloudless sky! After he falls to his death, the dead swimmer is discovered soaked to the skin. Who is he? How did he manage to swim through thin air?
2018MarThe Valley of Eternity205Lester Dent / Will MurrayA letter from Doc's long-dead father presents him with a life-changing challenge that brings him to The Valley of Eternity... and the Man of Bronze does the unthinkable: he ditches his loyal aides in favor of his cousin, Patricia—the only one who can help him succeed in the most perilous quest of his entire career!