Editing Doc Savage (section)

{{Short description|Fictional character in American pulp magazines during the 1930s and 1940s}}
{{About|the fictional character|the pulp magazine|Doc Savage (magazine)}}
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{{Infobox comics character
| character_name = Doc Savage
| image = Doc Savage Magazine - March 1933.jpg
| imagesize = 200
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| caption = ''[[Doc Savage Magazine]]'', March 1933, "The Man of Bronze", illustrated by [[Walter M. Baumhofer]].
| publisher = [[Street & Smith]]
| debut = ''[[Doc Savage Magazine]]'' #1 (March 1933)
| creators = [[Henry W. Ralston]]<br />[[John L. Nanovic]]<br />[[Lester Dent]]
| full_name = Clark Savage Jr.
| aliases = The Man of Bronze
| powers = [[Genius]]-level intellect<br />Peak physical and mental conditioning<br />Skilled [[scientist]], [[surgeon]], [[inventor]], [[detective]], [[athletics (sport)|athlete]], and [[martial arts|martial artist]]<br />[[Photographic memory]]<br />Master of disguise
}}
'''Doc Savage''' is a fictional character of the [[competent man]] hero type, who first appeared in American [[pulp magazine]]s during the 1930s and 1940s. Real name '''Clark Savage Jr.''', he is a [[polymath]]ic [[scientist]], [[explorer]], [[detective]], and [[warrior]] who "rights wrongs and punishes evildoers." He was created by publisher [[Henry W. Ralston]] and editor [[John L. Nanovic]] at [[Street & Smith|Street & Smith Publications]], with additional material contributed by the series' main writer, [[Lester Dent]]. Doc Savage stories were published under the [[Kenneth Robeson]] name. The illustrations were by [[Walter M. Baumhofer|Walter Baumhofer]], [[Paul Orban]], [[Emery Clarke]], [[Modest Stein]], and [[Robert G. Harris]].

The heroic-adventure character would go on to appear in other media, including radio, film, and comic books, with his adventures reprinted for modern-day audiences in a series of [[mass market paperback|paperback books]], which had sold over 20 million copies by 1979.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=K9P1T0doSpkC&dq=%22doc+savage%22+%22million+copies%22&pg=PA2 Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review] Feb. 1979 issue</ref> Into the 21st century, Doc Savage has remained a nostalgic icon in the U.S., referenced in novels and [[popular culture]]. Longtime [[Marvel Comics]] editor [[Stan Lee]] credited Doc Savage as being the forerunner to modern [[superheroes]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ap2hyc.com/2016/05/who-is-doc-savage/|title=Who Is Doc Savage?|website=A Place to Hang Your Cape|access-date=June 6, 2016}}</ref>