Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze
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- Опубликовано: 4 мар 2021
- In this episode we have special guest, Chuck Welch, who has spent the last 25 years bringing together fans of the pulp fiction character Doc Savage through The Hidalgo Trading Company website and the Flearun Facebook group.
When he isn't discussing Doc Savage online he edits the Bronze Gazette, a magazine devoted to Doc Savage. Pre-COVID, Chuck hosted an annual convention for Doc Savage fans called the Bronze CONversation. In 2020, like many other activities, the CONversation was held virtually. He'll tell you he's not the world's foremost expert on Doc, but he is thrilled to host opportunities for those experts and fans to get together to discuss the fiction they fell in love with.
LINKS TO DOC SAVAGE
Hidalgo Trading Company
docsavage.org
The Flea Run Facebook Group
/ flearun
The Bronze Gazette
www.bronzegazette.com
86th Floor - Chris Kalb
heropulp.com/the86floor
Bronze Icon - Tom Barnett
bronzeicon.com
Doc Fantasy Covers - Kez Wilson
docfantasycovers.com
LINKS TO DIEKU GAMES
www.diekugames.com
anchor.fm/diekugames
/ diekugames
/ diekugames 
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I found the Doc Savage in the paperback reprints in the early 70's and over 50yrs later he is still My favorite fictional hero
I was introduced to Doc Savage as a teen or earlier , and have been a fan every since , and side note Doc Savage writers we're sent a letter by the FBI , and told to stop making there plots , so realistic. And fact his technology was way ahead of its time , and now really exist .
I loved the Doc Savage paperbacks. I was amazed at how much of the Doc Savage series was absorbed by the comics.
I read every Doc Savage Book i could find when I was 12 years old. 52 years ago.
I lucked into collection that someone had sold to a bookstore several years back. Probably a decade. Ouch! It was missing the first couple of books, but then I found them at a used bookstore in another town. I'm missing a few of that latter ones, but a nice set!
Back in 1975, Brand of the Werewolf paperback caught my young eye, and my imagination. I have been collecting them ever since. Don't have the full set, but I am a Canadian, so thanks for the information regarding public domain. I always liked the Monk/Ham rivalry. One of the great things about the supporting characters is that although they were all knowledgeable in their respective fields, they'd all admit that Doc knew more about the subject. Character development had so many great quirks, like a low trilling sound that Doc would make when he was deep in thought. Marvel comics had a black and white magazine that was pretty cool, but otherwise the character has not been portrayed properly. It's 1930's film noire, with gas capsules, mini guns and Men that rode on the running boards of cars. The Avenger was also a great character, with loads of terrific supporting characters.
Brand of the Werewolf was the first Doc Savage novel I read. I ended up reading all 181 novels.
Love Doc and the gang. But Tarzan is the first and seminal hero of the 20th century. Lester Dent drew from Sherlock Holmes and Tarzan, and Abe Lincoln.
I haven't read all the novels, but I'm a Doc Savage fan. I'm 52 now.
I made a stop action "movie" of Doc Savage covers back in the 1970s, very similar to what is on your video (though at much higher speed). I have been a Doc Savage fan for 50+ years. Thanks for the video. Let's hear it for Lester Dent (the Author).
I was twelve years old and a neighbor gave me a Doc Savage book, the Thousand headed man and I was hooked! I now have mostly all the Bantam paperbacks, except for a couple of the omnibuses! I would love to have one of the original Doc Savage magazines! I even have a few of the new ones that were out in the early 2000's!! I've heard recently there are some new ones out,and I will have to get them too! And by the way, I'm 67 years old
James Bama's model for his Doc Savage cover illustrations was actor Steve Holland. I suspect that Bama hired Holland for one day, shooting about a hundred gazillion reference photographs of Holland in those boots and jodhpurs, and that one torn shirt.
That one torn shirt became such an iconic part of the look of Doc Savage that every illustrator who followed Bama dressed Savage in some variation of it.
Oh! And Doc Savage model Steve Holland and director "Savage" Steve Holland -- no relation.
Also, the main north/south highway in central Missouri, Highway 63, runs right past La Plata. If you're coming down from the north, just before you hit La Plata there's a roadsign that reads "This Is Doc Savage Country."
It would be great to see a pic of that! I’ll have to search google.
I still have all the books and a few pulps. Good times.
Im rerading the world newton books right now
A lifelong fan of reading Doc Savage, it's worth pointing out that while the comic books took bits and pieces of Doc for their characters, Doc's creators took bits and pieces of the old dime novel characters, in particular Nick Carter, to comprise Doc.
Tarzan, Sherlock Holmes, and believe it or not, Abe Lincoln. Yeah, that Lincoln.
I appreciated the comparison of the Doc Savage property to that of John Carter. Great analogy, right down to the age, and wonderful paperback art. Remo Williams was a more current paperback character that was portrayed well by Fred Ward in a movie that could have been a pilot for a tv series, but did not seem to catch on at the time. As for modern kids being interested in the characters, I think the steam punk angle for the 1930's world would be fascinating. Doc was a big tinkerer with technology. Even if the characters are based in current day, the world is still big enough to contain surprises.
I loved Remo Williams (the Destroyer Series), and it is definitely an influence on upcoming Cities Grimm RPG. The movie was a hidden gem, and the Statue of Liberty fight scene is a classic! The cast was also loaded with quality actors... I'm surprised it wasn't more successful.
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@@DiekuGames I sometimes think that these corporations and studios simply don't understand what they own, let alone have any plans on what to do with them. They are definitely missing out on a mountain of cash though. Especially if there are no legal issues concerning who owns the characters. I watched a few videos about the legal issues surrounding Star Trek and what a minefield that has become.
I enjoy the old movie somewhat. It holds lots of nostalgia for me since i saw it several times on TV as a very young child. Some scenes stayed with me such as the glowing green snakes, but for the most part the movie disappeared from my mind.
I discovered Doc Savage as an adult when The Rocketeer movie came out. I wanted the original comic books by Dave Stevens. Having tracked them down, i thought the character who owned the rocket pack was Howard Hughes, since that is what the movie had done. After doing research, i discovered that it was actually Doc Savage. The movie changed it because Disney did not own the rights to Doc Savage. Dave Stevens got around the copyright issues by never naming the characters but simply using the likenesses. He did the same with The Shadow later on. From there. I started to learn more about Doc Savage.
Many years later, i FINALLY discovered the green snake movie was Doc Savage. I was surprised to find out that it was Doc Savage as i did not ever make the connection throughout my life. Anyhow, the movie is pretty badly made, yet at the same time kind of interesting.
Today's movies should do most of doc Savage books, this could help people back Into reading and history, and full of action.
After listening to this podcast I'm more interested in getting into Doc Savage and read some of his exciting adventures 😀 😄 Also knowing Dwayne Johnson movie was canceled and there's a tv show in development, I really hope either Paramount + or Amazon pick up the series and help bring it these awesome characters to life. #DocSavage #ManofBronze #Paramountplus #Amazon
Phillip Jose Farmer is the biggest fan of Doc Savage and Tarzan
I'm in utube, thanks for doc Savage, l used to get and read the books, l like the book cover art work, depends on what he does, that's the color art work also.
If under water, the cover art work was blue, l like the 1930s, stories, l read them in the 1970s, are any still in publish, or gone.
You should check out this link: docsavage.org
Hi, i like so much Doc Savage,you´re simply amazing, what is the music you use in your video?
I have had the honor of being able to draw for magazines dedicated to Doc Savage. Here from Chile I thank you for the video and I leave you a link to one of my illustrations www.tebeosfera.com/T3content/img/T3_muestras/T3_autores/j/l/m_diaz_castro_cristian_eric_6383jl.jpg
The rock as doc savage?
He tweeted that he was doing it.... but then it fell into production hell!
NO
Don't forget it was once suggested that Schwarzenegger play Doc Savage. What a disaster that would have been. Doc could speak the majority of human language without an accent and Schwarzenegger couldn't even speak English without an accent.
DS needs a 21st century re-boot. Before you prejudge this let me speak. First a lot of reboots frankly suck and destroy the basic concept of the original. Star Trek Discovery is one and the Star Wars Sequels with Fin, Po, Snoke, Kylo, Rey, et al (in my opinion). What I would do is make DS's family history less pleasant. Also place him on the West Coast, Orange Country California just south of LA. They say it will be a Pacific Century with China possibly being a world class power. Make him a man much like Bat-Man, driven to right wrongs and avoid suffering, except righting the wrongs and avoiding the kind of suffering his family caused and profited by. Rather than his father being a saintly man make him a man that grew rich off of illegal, semi-legal, ethically questionable to flat our just bad business decisions and partnerships. The Savage Securities and Exchange, LLC and associated businesses under his father engaged in drug money laundering, illegal money transfers to sanctioned nations, facialted technology transfer to hostile regimes, and funded projects that propped up repressive regimes. Every dollar and cent of the Savage fortune had lots of dirt and blood on it. Wanting to create a dynasty Savage Sr. beat into his son the importance of not so much might makes right but might is right. Does not matter who is right or wrong but who is left standing. The way of nature, eat or be eaten, kill or be killed. The son by his mid-twenties after seeing the carnage both figuratively and literal his father created turns against his father's wishes and secretly agrees to turn evidence against his father to the authorities. This reaches a finale when Clark Jr. testifies against Clark Sr. in court securing a nearly life sentence against his father for various crimes. Clark Jr. cuts a deal with the authorities that if they allow him to keep his father's wealth but use it to undo the damage of the father he would turn state's evidence. Thus allowing him to be rich like Midas and to take something bad and turn it into something good. The public face is the Clark Savage, Jr. Foundation which funded schools in the third world, scholarships for disadvantaged kids in the US (especially in Southern California), water projects in the Southwest, solar panels on lower income family's homes, pays off the medical / student loan / mortgage debt of many Americans, etc. The hidden face would be like in the original DS pulps. A group of dedicated men and women (21st century) each with their particular skill. One would be an ex-CIA agent, another an ex-Diplomat with connections and access, one a computer wiz, another ex Special Forces Navy Seal, and another an expert pilot in all mechanical craft be it on land or air or sea. There would be a resident Doctor that would make sure each was in tip top physical shape and there to sew them up if needed. The nature of the early 21st century would make modern Doc more open to taking life as a last resort (not far unlike the old one). Less dead bodies less questions. Doc's special drugs would erase the bad guys short term memories of Doc and team and would convince most to admit their crimes to the proper authorities. 21st Century Doc is less concerned and does not have the time nor resources to "reform" criminals. Also too many people in is orbit would expose them. Today's Doc would be far more secretive and not an international celebrity. Let me know what you think. DS is copyrighted material so one can not just change things up. But if he were to appear in the 21st century it would be a Doc of a less innocent background and in a less innocent world (when was it ever really innocent but you get my point). Of course he would have private jets, helicopters, special cars and boats, a submarine, electric powered ultralights for stealth, gas guns, dart guns, and other gizmos and a mainframe computer that puts the world at his finger tips. Maybe a love interest against his better judgement.
Horrible idea. All I'm gonna say about that.