The amazing book cover artwork, as well as the story descriptions on the back cover of the doc paperbacks was what got me started on them. A history of the doc savage adventures in pulps, paperbacks. Nanovic at street and smith publications, with additional material contributed by the series main writer, lester dent. This was the last film completed by pioneering science fiction producer george pal. But bama continues to have separate cult followings for his earlier work in other areas of art that he made a living from in the 1950s and 1960s. Kunstler painted only a single doc savage cover for bantam brand of the werewolf.
James bama doc savage cover signed limited edition lithograph prints group of 7 graphitti, the bronze available at sunday internet comics. We got the first episode of a week long series of the bronze super crime fighter doc savage for you folks. The character was created by henry ralston, john nanovic and lester dent who wrote the majority of the novels in the series original run. James bamas first pic of doc savage before they made him change docs hair.
Then doc is sent to prison when hes framed by the murderous teleporter called the vanisher. A man of great mental and physical strength, he went around the world battling largerthanlife villains. Robert finnan takes a different approach to the doc savage bibliography by basing his on the bantam paperback order, with crossdating to the pulps and a brief back cover description of each story. A doc savage slideshow featuring artwork by walter baumhofer.
Pulp fiction savage book covers the man avengers bronze fan art paintings san. The man of bronze painted by roger kastel, with all of the other covers painted by ken barr. Hidalgo trading company writer, ron hill, wrote that kunstlers cover was too cartoon like. Doc savage wiki is a collaborative encyclopedia about doc savage and the fabulous five. A new report now claims that a doc savage tv series is being developed at sony. The wiki format allows anyone to create or edit any article, so we can all work together to create the site. Doc savage magazine, march 1933, the man of bronze, illustrated by walter m.
Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Gripping from the first line to the next to every paragraph, it is. Order of doc savage books doc savage is the protagonist in a series of actionadventure pulp fiction novels written under the house name of kenneth robeson. The man of bronze cover art by bama james bama remains one of my all time favorite artists. I practically learned to draw the human figure at thirteen by copying doc in all those fantastic, dynamic poses. The heroicadventure character would go on to appear in other media, including radio, film, and. The first, in 1934, was a 15minute serial which ran for 26 episodes. The doc savage magazine was published from 1933 until 1949 and there were 181 issues, which are worth treasuring if you have any. Savage cover art repurposed avengers original paintings death san statue type. Jun 22, 2014 doc savage cover art gallery gateway to infinity. If you like doc savage stories, you will enjoy this book.
However, doc savage artwork comes to auction less frequently. Pulp art, savage, cover art, book covers, the man, spicy, pin up, bronze, fan art. This is an unfolded cover proof, including both the front and back covers sidebyside. The artwork, by john buscema, tony dezuniga, val mayerik, and later ernie chan, remains the best the franchise has seen, and among the best marvel issued in the 70s in its magazine format. That said, im very happy with the color statue that i have, it looks like a book cover rendered in 3d. Bantam books gave him new life in 1964 when they began repackaging the original stories with memorable cover artwork from illustrator james bama. The man of bronze is a 1975 american action film starring ron ely as pulp hero doc savage. The aborted doc savage movie of 1966 doc savages cocreator, lester dent, retained radio, film and television rights to his character as part of his contract with street and smith publications, original publishers of the doc savage pulp magazine. Choose your favorite designs and purchase them as canvas prints, art prints, posters, framed prints, metal prints, and more.
So, for eight issues, a doc savage magazine reappeared on newsstands. It was directed by michael anderson, who had previously directed another bigbudget adventure film, around the world in 80 days. In the bonus selection we see wolverine cocreator dave cockrums 1979 artwork from his proposed doc savage newspaper strip, including 6 very cool final strips in the original pencils. Doc savage professional original artwork doc savage image gallery 900x1269. The artwork features illustrations, covers, and original art. With 232 pages of informative articles about doc savage, this years big book of bronze will bring you up to speed on all aspects of doc savage in nonbookform media. Most of the doc savage novels were written by lester dent, who was a master of writing pulp fiction. Kunstlers official website does present his doc savage cover.
The first two books featured wonderful iconic artwork by painter james bama, the third cover was by jim aviati. He can boast that novel sold the most copies of any single bantam doc savage paperback. What a coinkidink on my way home from work this evening, i stopped at the local borders to burn this weeks coupon, and noticed a display heavy on doc savage. Gathering my copies of the bantam doc paperbacks with the wonderful cover art by james bama and bob larkin, illustrators extraordinaire, yes, my set is complete. All wall art ships within 48 hours and includes a 30day moneyback guarantee. A cover gallery for the comic book doc savage books. Jul 8, 2017 origina paintings, sans type, by artist fred pfeiffer for doc savage bantam books paperback series of reprints of original pulp titles. Updated september 25, 2018 have a happy and prosperous new year.
Doc savage organized hidalgo trading company and flearun. Pulp fiction book science fiction books pulp magazine magazine art magazine covers king book comic covers book covers sci fi books. Doc savage became known to more contemporary readers when bantam books began reprinting the individual magazine novels in 1964, this time with covers by artist james bama that featured a bronzehaired, bronzeskinned doc savage with an exaggerated widows peak, usually wearing a torn khaki shirt and under the byline kenneth robeson. Hes best known as the model used for doc savage on the covers of the bantam reprint series. Collector spotlight patrick bain comic art trends price. Explore doc savage wallpaper on wallpapersafari find more items about doc savage wallpaper, doc wallpaper, savage wallpaper. As name recognition goes, i believe conan is much betterknown to the average comic book reader than doc savage. Feb 6, 2020 classic and new artwork of the 1930s pulp hero. Oct 18, 2018 original paintings by james bama, sans type, for the doc savage series of bantam paperback reprints. Running for three years in the pages of the prestigious blue book magazine, author h. Jul 12, 2011 easily the best doc savage comic book compilation out there.
Pulpmagazine covers presented at cover browser are republished within a fair use context. In the first novel, the man of bronze, doc s height is 6 feet exactly. Doc savage is a fictional character originally published in american pulp magazines during the 1930s and 1940s. Jim steranko captures doc savage in a moment of hesitation, unsure of his next move while fires blaze in the background. Doc savage project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. I expected, as the cover depicts, that doc savage would be fighting a werewolf during this novel. List of doc savage novels is a comprehensive list of the books written about the fictional character originally published in american pulp magazines during the 1930s and 1940s. Beginning with doc stories number 97 and 98, bantam began issuing two novels in one volume. Doc savage magazine 1975 magazine management co, inc, a marvel imprint also called curtis magazines, published eight blackandwhite illustrated magazines as a movie tiein. Collectibles in canada drop by and see our 1,000s of posters we have listed in our store we have been on ebay since february 2001 if you have a request for any subject please let us know and we will check our archives.
The man of bronze was initially released by warner home video in a clamshell box, at the time denoting a family film, with cover art designed to capitalize on the success of raiders of the lost ark. He also offers info on the doc savage radio programs and cover images from bantam and the pulps. With 232 pages of informative articles about doc savage, this years big book of bronze will bring you up to speed on all aspects of doc savage in non book form media. Doc savage organized hidalgo trading company and flearun by. The cover of the first issue was an elaboration of the poster for the 1975 film doc savage. See the complete doc savage bantam series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. I fell in love with his doc savage covers many years ago and love his western style paintings as well. Check out the faq to help you get started most of the doc savage novels were written by lester dent, who was a master of writing pulp fiction.
Issue features death in silver, part one of an adaptation of the kenneth robeson novel of the same name in which doc and his team battle the silver deaths heads gang. Many moons ago i had the idea of creating a few mock doc savage covers featuring the man of bronze in adventures with other iconic horror, fantasy and scifi characters. Later, as a professional graphic designer, i came to realize the bantam cover designs of the doc savage. I will admit that im a little bias because my uncle wrote mosst of of the books in this series. Cover by alex ross, it is and doc savage s team of aides includes old veterans who have been with him from the beginning, and young doc savage. Comic book version of the classic pulp magazine hero doc savage. Bama uses various shades of brown to give the cover an almost sepiatoned look, and. As a cartoonist, illustrator and advertising art director, the doc savage book covers have always had a special meaning to me. The doc savage bantam book series by multiple authors includes books the man of bronze, the thousandheaded man, meteor menace, and several more.
There are some highend doc savage collectors out there. Click here to download the program and check back tomorrow for more. Two doc savage radio series were broadcast during the pulp era. The man of bronze battles the metal master, a criminal genius. Weve gathered more than 3 million images uploaded by our users and sorted them by the most popular ones.
This book reprints the blackandwhite magazine that marvel comics published to capitalize on the george pal movie. Doc savage and his fabulous crew journey to tibet want to read. The aborted doc savage movie of 1966 the comic book. Doc savage and his mighty crew return fifteen new nightmare adventures. Bedfordjones crafted the most ambitious work of his career. Additionally there are articles by current doc savage writer will murray, current doc savage cover artist joe devito and chilean doc savage authority julian puga plus more. Mens sweat magazine art from the rich oberg collection part 1. Broad shoulders, bronzed skin and a widows peak, bamas cover. He also offers info on the doc savage radio programs and cover. New yorker covers buy wall art from the conde nast collection of magazine covers and editorial photos. Ken barr comic artist the most popular comic art by ken barr. Bondage and torture cover art and stories are fairly common features of some vintage mens adventure magazines. Doc savage, the 1930s pulp magazine hero, has been trying to make his way into the modern age for quite some time now. Dent frequently referred to doc savage using metaphors such as metallic and statue of bronze, especially in the preww2 adventures.
This is greg turner, at back to the past pop culture tv. Doc savage, the man of bronze, was raised from childhood by a team of scientists to become the original super hero of the 1930s. Doc savage fan artwork fan drawings doc savage image gallery 972x608. Gathering my copies of the bantam doc paperbacks with the wonderful cover art by james bama and bob larkin, illustrators extraordinaire, yes, my set is complete, thank you. See more ideas about savage, original paintings and pulp art. Jan 28, 2012 in october 1964, bantam books issued their first three reprints of the doc savage adventures from the old pulp magazines.
May 30, 2016 the amazing book cover artwork, as well as the story descriptions on the back cover of the doc paperbacks was what got me started on them. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. About the authors robert michael bobb cotter, a graphic designer, lives in pittsburgh. The 1943 series was based not on the pulps, but on the comic book version of the character. Home labs random about this is the sister site of vintage ad browser. Doc savage is described as being a bronze giant with fleckgold eyes and hair slightly darker bronze in hue than his skin. Chapters cover doc savage paperbacks, pulp magazines, comic books, and fanzines, and an appendix offers biographies of all major contributors to the series.
The man of bronze was initially released by warner home video in a clamshell box, at the time denoting a family film, with cover art designed to capitalize on the success of. However, there was no werewolf, only the symbol of one whenever people were knocked unconscious by a sleeping agent. I started reading this yesterday and in a matter of 8 or 9 hours i have finished reading it cover to cover. Cool collections of doc savage wallpaper for desktop, laptop and mobiles.
These tales are all new adventures that feature doc and his crew in some very wellwritten and pulpily believable stories. Id consider doubling up on a bronze painted edition if i ever found one at an affordable price. Robert finnan takes a different approach to the doc savage bibliography by basing his on the bantam paperback order, with crossdating to the pulps and a brief backcover description of each story. The top image is james bama s first doc savage cover, and its interesting to me as a halfway point between the old walter baumhofer covers, where doc had red hair which was combed and parted on the. The covers illustrations were split between the two stories, usually illustrated by the phenominal bob larkin. The illustrations were by walter baumhofer, paul orban, emery clarke, modest stein, and robert g.