When Bantam began publishing the omni editions many great chances for new Doc covers were lost. Artist Ron Hill fixes that problem with his new series of Doc Savage covers. Ron also gave a cover to The Stone Man, which Bantam shortchanged by reprinting a previous Doc cover. (Note: text descriptions are from the blurb on the back of the novels.)
The All-White Elf
A weapon of incredible hypnotic power has fallen into evil hands. Doc Savage must uncover the secret of the paralyzing peril -- or face a fiery death at sea.
The Stone Man
The Man of Bronze and his fearless friends trail the treacherous Spad Ames to the Arizona Badlands. There they encounter the mysterious men who live through the mists -- men who can turn flesh into stone!
The Angry Canary
High in the mountains of India, Doc and his crew battle a madman genius whose frightening invention can doom the entire human race.
Comments (1)
With the arrival of the ommibus format, the fans lost the posibility of being able to appreciate a cover for each adventure, comprised on each of the volumes. For that reason I consider it was a very good idea the fact that the fans themselves are creating the covers for those novels that didn’t have them before. The artistic work of Bob Larkin for the omnibus series is excellent, but I would have liked more if he had made the covers for each of the adventures (I imagine the terrific cover made by Larkin or Bama for the sinister last adventure Up from Earth Center).
As a tip, I can indicate that the issue 26, volume 9 of The Bronze Gazette has as its cover an inedit illustration of Bob Larkin for the adventures entitled “The All-White Elf” which was supposed to be destined to be part of the double volume 127-128, but right on this point Bantam changed to the omnibus format and I can say it’s one of Larkin best works.
I’d like to use this space so that someone could tell me how to get in touch with Howart Wright because I want to get a suscription again for his excellent Bronze Gazette.
Julián Puga V. A Doc Savage fan from Chile.
Posted by Julián Puga V. | November 11, 2002 6:20 PM
Posted on November 11, 2002 18:20