Radio Index
The Adventures Of Doc Savage
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The exploits of Doc Savage, "The Man of Bronze", first came to radio in 1934 and ran into 1935 (26 episodes, syndicated, 15 minutes each, scripts by Lester Dent), and again in 1943, but none of these early shows survived. In 1985, Doc Savage was again heard over the airwaves via National Public Radio, keeping the serial format of the original and playing it as a period piece set around the late 1930s to early 1940s. A total of 13 shows were produced: seven episodes of the serial "Fear Cay" and six episodes of "The Thousand-Headed Man". Each serial can stand alone. Both are stereo. Doc, a wealthy, brilliant man, embarked on missions dealing with the bizarre, battling foes with high-tech tools of the 1930s and his team of specialist adventurers.
Doc Savage is a fictional character of the competent man hero type, who first appeared in American pulp magazines during the 1930s and '40s. Full name Clark Savage Jr., he is a polymathic scientist, explorer, detective, and warrior who "rights wrongs and punishes evildoers." He was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L. Nanovic at Street & Smith Publications, with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, Lester Dent. Doc Savage stories were published under the Kenneth Robeson name. The illustrations were by Walter Baumhofer, Paul Orban, Emery Clarke, Modest Stein, and Robert G. Harris.
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