{"id":6731,"date":"2017-08-21T10:00:42","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T14:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=6731"},"modified":"2025-10-10T14:40:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T18:40:45","slug":"the-man-behind-doc-savage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2017\/08\/21\/the-man-behind-doc-savage\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Man Behind Doc Savage’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'The<\/a>In 1974, Robert Weinberg<\/strong> edited and published a short booklet (130 pages) titled The Man Behind Doc Savage: A Tribute to Lester Dent<\/em>. For a while I just thought it was a bio of Lester Dent<\/strong>, but I recently obtained a copy of it and found it’s much more than just a bio, containing several short articles on Dent and his works, as well as two reprints.<\/p>\n

First off is a short biography of Dent by Weinberg. \u00a0For those familiar with Dent’s life, nothing new here. \u00a0For unfamiliar, this may give you some insight.<\/p>\n

Robert Sampson<\/strong> provides three articles. First off we learn more about Oscar Sail<\/strong>, Dent’s character from a pair of stories that ran in Black Mask<\/em>. I really wish someone would reprint these two stories in some form. Then we get a look at the trio of works that ran in Argosy<\/em>: “Hades,” “Hocus Pocus,” and Genius Jones<\/em>. I’ve reviewed all three previously. While I have the reprint of “Hades” and “Hocus Pocus,” I wish these would be reprinted again for others to read. Finally we get a look at the later works of Dent, from the digest Docs to his last non-Doc novels. Again, I wonder why no one has reprinted these non-Doc novels?<\/p>\n

From Will Murray<\/strong> we get three articles. The first looks at the various inventions and gadgets of Doc. Next we get a look at the lost lands and cities (re-)discovered by Doc. Finally we learn more about the war-time novels of Doc.<\/p>\n

Philip Jos\u00e9 Farmer<\/strong> provides a look into writing his “biography” of Doc Savage.<\/p>\n

And from Lester Dent himself we get three items. First off being his “master plot.” Then we get reprints of two of his series stories: “Funny Faces,” a Click Rush<\/strong> story, and “The Death Blast,” the first Lee Nace<\/strong> story.<\/p>\n

Sadly, I am not aware of these works reprinted elsewhere other than the Lee Nace story in the Altus Press<\/a> collection and the three works from\u00a0Argosy<\/em>. \u00a0I would think Murray’s articles are reprinted in Writings in Bronze<\/em>, but uncertain. \u00a0Had Farmer’s article appeared elsewhere? While there are more extensive biographies of Dent, the other works in this volume make this a must for any Dent fan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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