*Marvel: In 1972, looking for other characters to adapt to comics in the wake of Conan’s success, Marvel gained the rights to the pulp hero Doc Savage. Clark Savage Jr. was raised by scientists to become the perfect human, righting wrongs worldwide with the aid of his five associates – and a sixth, if you included Doc’s shapely sister Pat Savage, an Amazonian lady with a deft line in snappy patter. Sadly, despite sterling work by scripter Roy Thomas and an authentically pulpy ‘feel’, the series didn’t catch a wider readership, and was gone after 1973’s eighth issue – though with the release of the 1975 Ron Ely-starring movie, Marvel did give it one last try with a Giant-Size Doc Savage one-shot. The entire set, issues #1-8 (#2 & #3 with striking Steranko covers) and Giant-Size #1, averaging VG/FN, now on sale.
PICTURED: DOC SAVAGE #1; SET #1-8 PLUS GIANT-SIZE #1 AV. VG/FN £50 SOLD