In Jeff Deischer’s recent guest blog post here at Forbidden Pulp, he introduced Doc Brazen, his unique pastiche series based on the adventures of classic pulp hero Doc Savage. I was also honored to write the Introduction to the newest edition of the first book in the Doc Brazen series, Millennium Bug. The exciting newsContinue reading “Doc Brazen in Net Prophet”
Author Archives: R. Paul Sardanas
Five first-person encounters with a man of bronze: I Died Yesterday
A few months back, I did a review of the story I Died Yesterday, but in essence it was more a discussion of my long literary love for the character Pat Savage, and how it reached one of its peaks in my reading of this short novel, which is narrated by her. In the contextContinue reading “Five first-person encounters with a man of bronze: I Died Yesterday”
Five first-person encounters with a man of bronze: Once Over Lightly
The fourth of five consecutive first-person narratives in the Doc Savage pulp magazine took place in the Nov./Dec 1947 issue. The previous issue had debuted the new title of the series, Doc Savage Science Detective, and this (though it would be short-lived), continued as well. The three first-person point of view stories to this pointContinue reading “Five first-person encounters with a man of bronze: Once Over Lightly”
Five first-person encounters with a man of bronze: Let’s Kill Ames
The third of five consecutive first-person narratives in the Doc Savage pulp magazine took place in the Sept/Oct 1947 issue. The first two had involved a look at the Doc Savage world through the eyes of a tough-talking, hard-edged “regular guy”, and then what would normally have been a background character: a rather unlikable two-bitContinue reading “Five first-person encounters with a man of bronze: Let’s Kill Ames”
Five first-person encounters with a man of bronze: The Monkey Suit
The second of five first-person narratives in the latter part of the Doc Savage pulp run was in July-August 1947. The story was called The Monkey Suit. The cover art, unlike the May-June issue, actually depicted the main Doc Savage novel, though it was once again a composition in the late-Forties abstract style. Author LesterContinue reading “Five first-person encounters with a man of bronze: The Monkey Suit”
Five first-person encounters with a man of bronze: No Light to Die By
Toward the end of the long run of the Doc Savage pulp magazine, author Lester Dent changed things up a bit. The stories from 1933 up to May-June 1947 were all told in third-person narrative. With that issue however, and across the following four installments of the magazine, the stories were told from a first-personContinue reading “Five first-person encounters with a man of bronze: No Light to Die By”
Millennial Doc Savage – Part 8
In the previous article, the exploration of efforts to update the iconic 1930’s/1940’s pulp character Doc Savage into the 21st century focused on the penultimate chapter of Dynamite Entertainment’s 2013 story Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze. Written by Chris Roberson and drawn by Bilquis Evely, the first seven issues were an ambitious effort toContinue reading “Millennial Doc Savage – Part 8”
Millennial Doc Savage – Part 7
Continuing the look at the literary efforts to update the iconic pulp magazine hero Doc Savage into the Millennial world of today, we come to the climax of Dynamite Entertainment’s 2013 comic book series Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze. The story unfolded over eight issues, all written by Chris Roberson and drawn by BilquisContinue reading “Millennial Doc Savage – Part 7”
Talos Fan Fiction Contest Entry #16 – Manuscript found at -85.517813, 97.356019
Note from Doc Talos author/contest judge R. Paul Sardanas: The author of this piece respectfully declined the opportunity to post an author comment or biography, preferring the work to stand on its own. So it is presented here as authored by “Anon”. A uniquely hard-edged look at a possible envisioned end to Doc’s career. AdditionalContinue reading “Talos Fan Fiction Contest Entry #16 – Manuscript found at -85.517813, 97.356019”
Millennial Doc Savage – Part 6
With issue #6 of Dynamite Entertainment’s Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze, the story’s timeline (which had begun in the 1930’s) crossed over the boundary of the year 2000, bringing Doc into the Millennium. Writer Chris Roberson had used a plot device to carry Doc through the years essentially unaged, but by 2000 all ofContinue reading “Millennial Doc Savage – Part 6”
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