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Doc Savage #4                                       Magazine
Cover by: Ken Barr

Doc Savage, AKA…Clark Savage, Jr. (his real name) is a physician, surgeon, scientist, adventurer, inventor, explorer, researcher, and a musician. A team of scientists assembled by his father deliberately trained his mind and body to near-superhuman abilities almost from birth, giving him great strength and endurance, a photographic memory, a mastery of the martial arts, and vast knowledge of the sciences. Doc is also a master of disguise and an excellent imitator of voices. “He rights wrongs and punishes evildoers. A mix of Sherlock Holmes’ deductive abilities, Tarzan’s outstanding physical abilities, Craig Kennedy’s scientific education, and Abraham Lincoln’s goodness… and you have the heroic-adventurer character, Doc Savage!

Doc Savage #4 contains:“Ghost-Pirates from the Beyond!”
Writer: Doug Moench
Artist: Tony DeZuniga & Marie Severin
Inker: Tony DeZuniga

Casablanca: Police Inspector Chalot and Prefect Verdoux are slain by assassins in the former’s office, to stop their search for a mysterious location. In New York, criminologist Charles Villiers urgently tries to contact Doc Savage but is murdered by what witnesses call a glowing ghost. Doc and his men rush to the scene and find a secret message from Villiers, in case of his death, directing Doc to high society party at the home of Darryl LaVey. While speaking to Doc about the late criminologist, architect M. Hulot is poisoned, his dying words directing Doc to Casablanca. Assassins storm the building to kill Doc and his men but are repulsed after a fight. Doc is about to unmask the villains’ leader, LaVey, when the host seizes Trina Valley, a guest, as hostage and flees. In Casablanca, Doc meets with the new police chief, who reveals that Villiers had been appointed the new prefect. Examining some burned files, Doc finds reference to a “Blue Parrot” and “Rashid” just as his sub is approached by a ghostly Moroccan pirate ship. Doc boards the craft, fights its all-too-human crew and captures LaVey but the ghostly leader escapes. At the Blue Parrot tavern, the aides meet Rashid, who relates the story of a fabulous treasure that he alone has the map to, and the sinister Demon Reaver and his men who covet it. Doc Savage leads an expedition into the desert to a lonely minaret where the Demon Reaver is loading up the treasure, ostensibly to help free the natives from French rule, but really for himself. Doc overpowers the villain, who is unmasked as Hulot, whose death in New York was faked, and frees Trina, with the treasure going to the proper authorities.

Collectible Entertainment comment: There is no finer entertainment than the vintage black and white graphic magazines of the 70’s with their epic story-lines and their incredible art and inks. Most especially, Savage Tales, Savage Sword of Conan. Conan the Savage, Conan Saga, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Rampaging Hulk, Dracula Lives, The Haunt of Horror, The Planet of the Apes, Monsters Unleashed, Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu, Doc Savage, Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction, The Legion of Monsters, and Tales of the Zombie… among a few others. Very, very highly recommended. Search them out and enjoy!!

Magazine is bagged & double boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

Publisher: Marvel
Publication Date: April 1976
Format: BW, 68 pages, Magazine, 10.75″ X 8″
UPC: None Stated

Collectible Entertainment note:  Magazine is in Fine condition.  Nice!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Doc Savage collector and/or enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Recommended.

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