The Three Devils

[Dave]

From 1944, in Omnibus #3 and Tollin #34...

Maybe the bes 1940's DOC I can recall.

Much more than you expect from the period.

And a pulp about .... PULP!!

Ham's college roommate sends a mysterious message that gets DOC and
the guys(minus Long Tom, who is not mentioned) to western Canada.
Where they find,,, nothing. Nobody's there. Looks like the entire
population just vanished.

Eventually they find the people are hiding from a ten ton ghost bear
that is ravaging the country. This is pretty ridiculous, but bewfore
DOC can do anything he's framed for murder and the Mounties arrest
him.

Eventually ---- SPOILERS AHEAD








DOC deduces that there are enemy sies behind the whole thing, no ghost
bear at all, and the whole thing is just an attempt to sabotage the
Canadian pulp wood industry. Many paragraphs on how important pulp
wood was to the war effort; makes you feel downright unpatriotic to
complain about how you magazine now costs 15 cents.

The Three Devils? A picturesque name of a Canadian town. I think the
GHOST BEAR would have been a better title.

Very good. I can't recall a better DOC after the 1930s

Dave

[Ravage]

Dave, I appreciate your Doc Savage synopsis. I own all of the Doc
Savage novels, reprints, comics, etc. Are you picking out novels at
random or reviewing them as they are reprinted (Tollin)?

Paul

Post by Dave
From 1944, in Omnibus #3 and Tollin #34...
Maybe the best 1940's DOC I can recall.
Much more than you expect from the period.
And a pulp about ....  PULP!! <snip>

[Ted Nolan <tednolan>]

Post by Ravage
Dave, I appreciate your Doc Savage synopsis. I own all of the Doc
Savage novels, reprints, comics, etc. Are you picking out novels at
random or reviewing them as they are reprinted (Tollin)?
Paul

Anyone have comments on the new DC Doc comics? I read #1 and wasn't blown
away, but it's mostly scene setting..

Ted

[Dave]

I'm reading DOCs as they come up on by to-be-read pile, which right
now has a vague Tollin slant to it, as they are easiest to get to.

Er, theat should be to-be read piles.

dave

[Dave]

O made a vow years ago, upon leafing through a DOCcomic book, upon
seeing a scene where they had turned Long tom into a bad guy, that I
would never touch a DOC SAVAGE comic book again, and aside from a weak
moment picking up a Marvel DOC from the 70s for a quarter at a flea
market, I have kept that vow.

In fact, it was insturmental in keeping me from going back into comic
books, and I've been pretty much clean and sobe for 12 years now ever
since i bought that Gold Key G8 for seven bucks the summer of 1998.

dave

[Anim8rFSK]

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Post by Dave
O made a vow years ago, upon leafing through a DOCcomic book, upon
seeing a scene where they had turned Long tom into a bad guy, that I
would never touch a DOC SAVAGE comic book again, and aside from a weak
moment picking up a Marvel DOC from the 70s for a quarter at a flea
market, I have kept that vow.
In fact, it was insturmental in keeping me from going back into comic
books, and I've been pretty much clean and sobe for 12 years now ever
since i bought that Gold Key G8 for seven bucks the summer of 1998.
dave

I'd forgotten about the comics, which shows you how much issue 1 must
have impressed me. After seeing your post, I read 2 & 3.

Sigh. I'd say you made the right decision. The art is at it's best
mildly servicable, but often doesn't even rise to the level of
amateurish. As for the plot, I guess they're going for some weird
Batman TAS timeless setting, with blimps in NYC along with advanced
holographic technology from a CSI show or maybe Bones. It's pretty dire.