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Doc Savage 75th anniversery

Posted by Winter on March 20, 2008

The pulp hero Doc Savage is 75 years old this year. Mid-Missouri blogger Mercurie has written a post all about the character:

Doc Savage #1 was dated March 1933 and went on sale on February 15, 1933. This means that whether one goes by the magazine’s cover date or when it hit the newsstands, Doc Savage has entered his 75th year of existence. Regardless of which date one relies upon as Doc’s official “birthday,” it would seem to be reason to celebrate. Doc Savage was not only one of the most successful pulp characters with his own magazine, but he also proved to be one of the most influential as well.

Doc Savage was mainly written by Mid-Missourian Lester Dent, who was born in La Plata Missouri lived there for a great deal of his life. The character had a big impact on the superhero genre, including Superman and Batman.

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