Doc Savage Magazine was created by Street & Smith Publications executive Henry Ralston and editor John Nanovic to capitalize on the success of Street and Smith's pulp character, The Shadow. Ralston and Nanovic wrote a short premise establishing the broad outlines of the character they envisioned, but Doc Savage was only fully realized by the author chosen to write the series, Lester Dent. Dent wrote most of the 181 original novels, hidden behind the "house name" of Kenneth Robeson. (See List of Doc Savage novels for a complete list of the titles in the original pulp magazine series.) One Lester Dent biographer hypothesizes that one inspiration for Doc Savage may have been the American military officer and author Richard Henry Savage, who wrote more than 40 books of adventure and mystery stories and lived a dashing and daring life.
doc savage magazine was created by street & smith publications executive henry ralston and editor john nanovic to capitalize on the success of street and smith's pulp character the shadow ralston and nanovic wrote a short premise establishing the broad outlines of the character they envisioned but doc savage was only fully realized by the author chosen to write the series lester dent dent wrote most of the 181 original novels hidden behind the "house name" of kenneth robeson (see list of doc savage novels for a complete list of the titles in the original pulp magazine series) one lester dent biographer hypothesizes that one inspiration for doc savage may have been the american military officer and author richard henry savage who wrote more than 40 books of adventure and mystery stories and lived a dashing and daring life