 Let me strive every moment of my life to make myself better and better to the best of my ability that all may profit by it Let me think of the right and lend all my assistance to those who need it with no regard for anything But justice let me take what comes with a smile without loss of courage Let me be considered out of my country of my fellow citizens and my associates and everything I say and do let me do Right to all and wrong. No man created by Henry Raiston John Nanovic and Lester Dan for the Street and Smith publication Doc Savage magazine number one in March 1933 Doc Savage predates Batman who was created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger for detective comics number 27 in March 1939 also predating Superman who was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster for action comics number one in May of 1938 however Doc Savage would appear in novels before making appearances in comics with the first being man of bronze in 1933 his first comic book appearance would be in shadow comics number one from January 1st 1940 Doc Savage was known as Superman long before Superman himself born Clark Savage, Jr His father assembled a team of scientists to train his son's mind and body to near superhuman abilities Nearly from birth this training gave Clark Savage, Jr. Great strength and endurance a Photographic memory mastery of martial arts and a complete knowledge of the sciences just like Batman and Sherlock Holmes Savage is a master of disguise expert imitator of voices and a master detective in 1910 Savage was captured during war and thrown into a POW camp where he met his future companions during savages adventures He's usually accompanied by a team of highly accomplished individuals in their own right known as the fabulous five The team consists of industrial chemist Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Blague Mayfair who goes by the nickname monk due to his simian like build Attorney Brigadier General Theodore Marley Brooks also known as ham due to a retaliatory joke performed on him by Monk years earlier construction engineer Colonel John Renwick aka Renny electrical engineer major Thomas J Roberts aka long Tom who received his nickname by using the long Tom Cannon to successfully defend a French village in World War one archaeologist and geologist William Harper little John and another of Doc's Companions is his cousin Patricia Savage who shared Doc's physical features Doc has his primary office on the 86th floor of the Empire State Building in New York City as shown injustice Incorporated volume 1 chapter 6 from Dynamite Entertainment in 2015 written by Michael Uzlan and illustrated by Giovanni Tampano The shadows secret sanctum is also inside the Empire State Building But Savage had no knowledge of it until the moment the shadow told him Savage owns a fleet of cars trucks Aircraft and boats which are stored in a secret hangar on the Hudson River under the name the Hildal go trading company This secret hangar is linked to his office on the 86th floor by a pneumatic tube system known as the flea run Doc also has his own fortress of solitude in the Arctic which predates Superman's secret base by the same name Savage funds his operations with gold from Central American mines given to him by descendants of the Mayans One thing Doc's savage comics are memorable for is including futuristic devices Which have since become reality such as the flying wing the answering machine television automatic transmission night vision goggles electromagnetic rail guns and hand-held automatic weapons among many others Doc's arch enemy is that of the Russian John sunlight Who is introduced in October 1938 in the fortress of solitude sunlight is Savage's offset and shares a number of his skills It's been revealed by researcher Thomas Fortenberry that sunlight's actions in the Doc Savage story the kingmaker Forms the origin of Dr. Doom from Marvel comics. Dr. Doom is the answer to the question asked Savage in the story What if he were to use his power to rule a nation Stanley and Jack Kirby then expanded on this idea in Fantastic Four number five from July 1962 when the team introduced Dr. Doom who shares the majority of Savage's traits save for his heroic nature the original story of The kingmaker was first published in 1934 as Doc Savage the kingmaker or Doc Savage number 80 Doc Savage is a reserve member of the team justice incorporated Which was created by Richard Benson also known as the Avenger more on him in another video This version of justice incorporated was formed by Dynamite Entertainment in 2015 as a league or society in the interests of justice It's formed as a company with a clear mission statement Strategic plan and bylaws in the incarnation justice incorporated is made up of the Avenger Doc Savage and the shadow Doc Savage being such an old character has been published by many different companies over the years including Marvel DC Millennium and Dark Horse because of this there are different versions of the character in 1972 Doc Savage was published by Marvel Comics And became part of the Earth 616 continuity during this time He teamed up with Ben Grimm aka the thing of the Fantastic Four in the 1980s Savage was published by DC Comics and became part of their post-crisis Multiverse Earth 1 also sharing the same earth at that time was a shadow who appeared together in a two-issue crossover the 1990s saw Doc Savage published by Millennium Comics and Dark Horse He also appeared in the Rocketeers debut as the inventor of the rocket pack however unnamed though It should also be noted the shadow also made an out-of-costume appearance in several issues of the Rocketeers New York adventures on May 22nd 2016 writer director Shane Black who was set to direct a film adaptation for original film and Sony pictures told thrills that he would like to Make the movie with Dwayne Johnson stating I made a decision that Dwayne is the guy I would like to do doc with Dwayne Johnson if we can make that work It's on the back burner while he's busy on May 30th 2016 Johnson confirmed on his Instagram account that he will be starring as Savage in the film also hinting that the character is being dubbed the world's first superhero mentioning that savages published Appearance predated that of Superman's who debuted in 1938 Johnson also included the hashtag world's first superhero So there you have it guys the history of Doc Savage the man of bronze where these things you already knew Have you heard of Doc Savage before if you want to learn more about the world's first superhero? 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