* " Doc " is a common nickname for someone with a doctoral degree, in real life and in fiction — for example, the gunfighter Doc Holliday, the character " Doc " in Gunsmoke, and pulp hero Doc Savage

* Andrew Blodgett Mayfair (" Monk "), an adventurer associate of Doc Savage

Modern superhero comic books are sometimes considered descendants of " hero pulps "; pulp magazines often featured illustrated novel-length stories of heroic characters, such as The Shadow, Doc Savage and The Phantom Detective.

The 1957 liquidation of the American News Company, then the primary distributor of pulp magazines, has sometimes been taken as marking the end of the " pulp era "; by that date, many of the famous pulps of the previous generation, including Black Mask, The Shadow, Doc Savage, and Weird Tales, were defunct.

Farmer suggested in two " biographies " of fictional characters ( Tarzan Alive and Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life ), that the real meteorite ( Wold Cottage meteorite ) which fell near Wold Newton, Yorkshire, England, on December 13, 1795, was radioactive and caused genetic mutations in the occupants of a passing coach.

The progeny of these travellers were purported to have been the real-life originals of fictionalised characters, both heroic and villainous, over the last few hundred years, such as Sherlock Holmes, Tarzan, Doc Savage, and Lord Peter Wimsey.

Raffles ; Professor Challenger ; Richard Hannay ; Bulldog Drummond ; the evil Fu Manchu and his adversary, Sir Denis Nayland Smith ; G-8 ; The Shadow ; Sam Spade ; Doc Savage's cousin Patricia Savage, and one of his five assistants, Monk Mayfair ; The Spider ; Nero Wolfe ; Mr. Moto ; The Avenger ; Philip Marlowe ; James Bond ; Lew Archer ; Travis McGee ; Monsieur Lecoq ; and Arsène Lupin.

Farmer himself penned a number of crossover fiction stories and novels set in what is now termed the Wold Newton Universe ; not all characters in Farmer's Wold Newton fiction are core members of the Wold Newton Family, but all are linked into the larger WNU via connections with Farmer's primary Wold Newton Family works, Tarzan Alive and Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life.

The first known use of the name " Robbie the Robot " was for a mechanical likeness of Doc Savage used to confuse foes in the 1935 adventure The Fantastic Island.

His costume, gas gun, and flashy introductions are all reminiscent of pulp heroes and Golden Age superheroes such as The Shadow, Doc Savage, Batman, The Green Hornet, and the Julius Schwartz Flash.

These guest writers included Lester Dent — who penned the Doc Savage stories — and Theodore Tinsley.

During its run, it featured The Shadow's first team-up with Doc Savage, another very popular hero of the pulp magazine era.

Emulating DC's earlier team-up, Dark Horse also published a two-issue mini-series in 1995 called The Shadow and Doc Savage.

* Lester Dent, author, Doc Savage books.

Some characters known for their use of knockout gas are Doc Savage, Fu Manchu, Batman, X-Men, The Avenger, and Sterling Archer.

* Doc Savage

Ely is best known for having portrayed Tarzan in the 1966 NBC series Tarzan and for playing the lead role in the 1975 film Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze.

Ely's height ( 6 ' 4 ") and athletic build also won him the title role in the 1975 film Doc Savage, as well as various guest shots.

( In the 1920s, circulation figures for the most successful pulps topped one million ; even in the depths of the Great Depression, popular pulps like Doc Savage or The Shadow enjoyed circulations of 300, 000 per issue, monthly or even semi-monthly.

* List of Doc Savage novels

* Doc Savage, the most popular character of the Pulp Era and an adventure series based on scientific detection, was seen as a perfect match for the Fair's " world of the future " concept and hence tapped by the World's Fair President Grover Whalen to do a Grand Opening cross promotion with publishing house Street & Smith.

He keeps himself busy by fighting powerful warriors throughout the universe, and has even fought a number of assorted Earth superheroes, including The Thing, both the Incredible Hulk and the She-Hulk, Colossus, Sasquatch, Thor, Doc Samson, and Wonder Man.

With songwriters Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman writing for him, Fabian released a series of hit singles on Chancellor Records, including " I'm a Man ", " Hound Dog Man ", ( US # 9 ; UK # 46 ), " Turn Me Loose " ( US # 9 ), and his biggest hit, " Tiger ", which reached # 3 on the US charts.

* William C. (" Bill ") Speidel, Doc Maynard, The Man Who Invented Seattle, Nettle Creek Publishing Company, Seattle, 1978.

It has been suggested by fans of pulp hero Doc Savage that Savage and the character of MacReady are actually one and the same ( the text describes MacReady as a " bronze giant of a man "; Savage is popularly known as " The Man of Bronze "), which would make " Who Goes There?

* Bill Speidel, Doc Maynard, The Man Who Invented Seattle ( Seattle: Nettle Creek Publishing Co., 1978 ) ( ISBN 0-914890-02-6 ).

He soon learned to perform magic acts from some of the greats of that time, such as Howard Thurston, Alexander ( The Man Who Knows ), Chefalo, Doc Verge, Ralph Richards ( The Wizard ) and Bannister.

He came in conflict with Doc Samson, Power Man and then embarked on a New York crime spree, but was defeated by Iron Fist and Power Man.

Her film debut was the 1975 action film Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze.

He is seen investigating the circumstances of Paragon and Gadget's tragic deaths with Doc Samson and Iron Man.

* The General: MacArthur and the Man He Called ' Doc.

She selected Quasar, Hercules, Wonder Man, Hyperion, Doc Samson, and Forgotten One for this task.

Susan Smith / Never Play Poker With A Man Named Doc Or Eat At A Place Called Joe's ( 1966 ) ( At this time, no other information about this record is known.

He settled in Hollywood, California, making such science fiction offerings as Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze ( 1975 ) and Logan's Run ( 1976 ).

* Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze ( 1975 )

Grace appeared in feature live action films from 1935, Dr. Socrates, to 1975, Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze.

* Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze ( 1975 )

* Doc Maynard, The Man Who Invented Seattle.

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These profiles are presented with the five issues in the Secret War hardback and paperback collections, and include a list of heroes that Fury recommended be sent in if his stealth attack failed and a large-scale assault was required ( Hawkeye, Spider-Woman, Punisher, Ms. Marvel, War Machine, the Hulk and the Sentry ), and a list of heroes who Fury contemplated including in the original mission but rejected for various reasons ( Cyclops relied on his team too much, Fury had doubts about Doc Samson's ability to come through in a crunch, the Falcon lacked the right kind of power, Iron Man would ask too many questions even without the issue of bringing in someone who relied that heavily on technology against the Tinkerer, the Thing was too visually distinctive, Kitty Pryde lacked the right mentality, and Fury couldn't trust Mystique or the Purple Man ).

* Ultimate Muscle-Kevin Mask, Doc Nakano, Cranky Doodle Claw Daddy, Terry Man