The Man of Bronze (Doc Savage, #1)

Posted on 09 April 2018 by Kenneth Robeson

back cover notes High above the skyscrapers of New York, Doc Savage engages in deadly combat with the red fingered survivors of an ancient, lost civilization Then, with his amazing crew, he journeys to the mysterious lost valley to search for a fabulous treasure and to destroy the mysterious Red Death. Read The Man of Bronze (Doc Savage, #1) – kino-fada.fr Five nostalgic stars My brother bequeathed 12 of the paperbacks to me when he left home for college I was 9 or 10 I read them all and started collecting, in part because Doc was cooler than cool, and in part because I could score them for 50 cents a piece at Bonanza Books and Comics in my hometown I have over a hundred on the book case now, and have probably read 40 of them they are formulaic, so if you read too many in a row, they start running together I still take down one each year a Five nostalgic stars My brother bequeathed 12 of the paperbacks to me when he left home for college I was 9 or 10 I read them all and started collecting, in part because Doc was cooler than cool, and in part because I could score them for 50 cents a piece at Bonanza Books and Comics in my hometown I have over a hundred on the book case now, and have probably read 40 of them they are formulaic, so if you read too many in a row, they start running together I still take down one each year and forget that I m 40 and thick Great ...3.5 to 4 starsSort of vacillating here between 3.5 and 4 because there were many parts that were really fun and cool in a I feel like a 10 year old boy in 1933 way, but there were other parts that made me roll my eyes at the bad, slapdash writing Then I had to bitch slap my brain and remind myself that literary perfection was not the goal of the pulps Still, that stylistic nitpick within couldn t be permanently smothered by Doc s brawny, bronzy, ripply muscles.I d only ever seen the Ron Ely 3.5 to 4 starsSort of vacillating here between 3.5 and 4 because there were many parts that were really fun and cool in a I feel like a 10 year old boy in 1933 way, but there were other parts that made me roll my eyes at the bad, slapdash writing Then I had to bitch slap my brain and remind myself that literary perfection w...While not quite a superhero, Doc Savage is as heroic and capable as a man could be Savage was meant to combine the physical prowess of an athlete with the mind of Holmes and the conscience of Lincoln He was the antithesis of The Shadow, bright instead of dark, merciful instead of brutal, and world famous instead of mythical.If The Shadow s masked alleyway justice was the prototype for Batman, then Savage is the righteous boy scout is the inspiration for Superman Savage even has an antarctic i While not quite a superhero, Doc Savage is as heroic and capable as a man could be Savage was meant to combine the physical prowess of an athlete with the mind of Holmes and the conscience of Lincoln He was the antithesis of The Shadow, bright instead of dark, merciful instead of brutal, and world famous instead of mythical.If The Shadow s masked alleyway justice was...Doc Savage, supreme adventurer, and his five science bros have their first of many exploits Beginning with an attempt on Doc s life, the gang flies from New York City to an ancient hidden city in Central America as Doc traces his legacy left to him by his father.My first Doc Savage pulp was a quick read and definitely worth the short time it took to tear through it Savage is given his mission and his resources in this first story, effectively making it an origin story while still focusing on t Doc Savage, supreme adventurer, and his five science bros have their first of many exploits Beginning with an attempt on Doc s life, the gang flies from New York City to an ancient hidden city in Central America as Doc traces his legacy left to him by his father.My first Doc Savage pulp was a quick read and definitely worth the short time it took to tear through it Savage is given his mission and his resources in this first story, effectively making it an origin story while still focusing on the formula plot With some considerable modernization and revision, this would probably be a favorite The concept of stepping into the shoes of a highly capable person okay, really a pretty obvious Marty Stu with nearly complete freedom to go out and right the world s perceived wrongs is escapis...He s as strong as Superman, as resourceful as Batman, as clever as Brainiac 5 He is physically as impressive as Hercules and as mesmerizingly beautiful as Apollo He swims faster than Michael Phelps and runs quicker than Usain Bolt He s a brilliant surgeon physician He is Clark Doc Savage Jr.And he s completely ridiculous, larger than life, over the top alpha male But this is grade A pulp, and it s just too entertaining to be put off by the it s just too much of a good thing greatness that He s as strong as Superman, as resourceful as Batman, as clever as Brainiac 5 He is physically as impressive as Hercules and as mesmerizingly beautiful as Apollo He swims faster than Michael Phelps and runs quicker than Usain Bolt He s a brilliant surgeon physician He is Clark Doc Savage Jr.And he s completely ridiculous, larger than life, over the top alpha male ...I discovered Doc Savage when I was 14 years of age and read him avidly for about three or four years They are replints of the Doc Savage pulp magazine The Man of Bronze was originally printed in 1933.If you have ever read any pulp magazines you know what to expect slam bang adventure, hack writing and little character development.However, the orignal Doc Savage Magazine ran from 1933 to 1949 16 years It captured it readers by being exciting adventure and nothing .Super scientist Doc I discovered Doc Savage when I was 14 years of age and read him avidly for about thr...I wish I had the hard cover, I got a stinky paperback version from a used book store.I m not going to lie, this book was in many ways completely retarded I mean, I can buy into a guy being super smart and super strong due to 2 hours of strenuous mental and physical exercises undertaken every day since he was a child To be so perfect that rain glides off his skin and hair, not unlike off the feathers of a duck Come on There s no way So I should of hated this but it was still really quite g ...One of the great pulp heroes that influenced the first generation of comic heroes Doc Savage being a nearly perfect specimen of humanity, lacking in a tragic or traumatic past yet like Batman later, he molds himself through study and training in his Fortress of Solitude later lifted wholesale for Superman This is a fast paced pulp story paced well, with some clever bits, the only complaint being Doc and his men are too perfect, too powerful Very much a product of the time, there are referen One of the great pulp heroes that influenced the first generation of comic heroes Doc Savage being a nearly perfect specimen of humanity, lacking in a tragic or traumatic past yet like Batman later, he molds himself through study and training in his Fortress of Solitude later lifted wholesale for Superman This is a fast paced ...This one started it all I read about 20 of the series as a kid and even had a family dog named Doc in honor of Doc Savage Pulp and brainless, but the perfect antidote when the need to read is there and not in the mood for 1000 page complexity.I read virtually all the Doc Savage series when they were reprinted in the 1970 Masterpieces of the pulp fiction genre.

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09 April 2018

Kenneth Robeson