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Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
 Raised from the cradle for his task in life, Clark Savage, Jr., goes from one end of the world to another, righting wrongs, helping the oppressed, and liberating the innocent. With limitless wealth at his command, Doc has the best of scientific equipment and supplies. He maintains his New York headquarters as a central point, but in addition has his Fortress of Solitude at a place unknown to anyone, where he goes at periodic intervals to increase his knowledge and concentrate.
His "college" in upper New York is a scientific institution to which he sends all captured crooks, for there, through expert treatment, they are made to forget all of their past and start life anew. Never before has there been such a group of altruistic adventurers as those of Doc Savage, as he fights these battles with his five companions: Brigadier General Theodore Marley Brooks, known as "Ham", is the most astute lawyer Harvard ever turned out; a faultless dresser and as adept with his ever-present sword cane as he is with words. "Monk", his 'sparring' partner, though he looks like a gorilla, is actually one of the foremost chemists in the world: Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Blodgett Mayfair. "Renny", or Colonel John Renwick, is a leading engineer who likes a fight better than a slide rule and whose huge fists enjoy knocking through wooden panels. "Long Tom" - electrical wizard Major Thomas J. Roberts - and "Johnny" - geologist and archaeologist William Harper Littlejohn - complete the group. All of these men are famous on their own, yet they find more joy in helping others than in adding to their own wealth. Under the guidance of Doc Savage, they form a perfect band of adventurers whose lives are one thrill after another.
"Doc Savage Magazine" was one of the most popular of the hero pulps, published from 1933 through 1949 by Street & Smith as the sister publication to "The Shadow Magazine". Written largely by Lester Dent, writing as Kenneth Robeson, the Doc Savage pulp novels were reprinted by Bantam Publishing between 1964 and 1991, creating a publishing sensation as the first numbered series of paperback adventure novels.
"The Code of Doc Savage" sets the tone for both the heroes and the stories themselves:
Let me strive, every moment of my life, to make myself better and better, to the best of my ability, that all may profit by it.
Let me think of the right, and lend all my assistance to those who need it, with no regard for anything but justice.
Let me take what comes with a smile, without loss of courage.
Let me be considerate of my country, of my fellow citizens and my associates in everything I say and do.
Let me do right to all, and wrong no man.
Published by Nostalgia Ventures, Inc. & Sanctum Press, these newly released versions of the classic Doc Savage stories are printed in a soft cover double novel format, each measuring 7" x 10" and containing 128 pages of thrilling and timeless action and adventure. The books feature the original pulp cover paintings by such renowned illustrators as Emery Clarke, Robert Harris, Walter Baumhofer, and Modest Stein and the stories - reformatted for comfortable reading - feature the classic interior illustrations by Paul Orban and Edd Cartier that so enhanced the stories when they were originally released. Additionally, the adventures are accented by historical articles by pulp historian Will Murray, author of seven of the Bantam Doc Savage novels.
If you're a fan of real pulp fiction, or if you're discovering these stories for the very first time, you're sure to enjoy the action-packed adventures of "The Man of Bronze," Doc Savage!
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