Nov 1987
The Heritage of Doc Savage: Part One - Into the Silver Pyramid
by Dennis O’Neil, Adam Kubert, Andy Kubert, John Costanza, Petra Scotese, Mike Carlin
Aug 15, 1945 - Doc Savage meets with his men in a French restaurant near Times Square, in New York City. They have just returned from a mission behind enemy lines but now the war, World War II, is over and everyone is celebrating. Someone has targeted Doc and his men. They survive the attempt on their lives but one of them, Long Tom, gets shot and has to be taken to a hospital.
Doc and the other four fly south in his seaplane to the Hidden Valley. Savage suspects, correctly, that Dr. Wessel, a Nazi scientist, may be behind the attempt on their lives. They arrive and find that their headquarters has been infiltrated. The dead bodies of friends and foes, including Savage’s father-in-law, are strewn everywhere.
Savage and his friends follow the trail left by Dr. Wessel. It leads them to a giant pyramid guarded by Nazi soldiers. They kill the soldiers and break into the pyramid where Savage confronts Dr. Wessel. The two men fight. Savage seems to have the upper hand but then Wessel zaps him with a beam and Savage disappears.
The issue ends with Savage’s wife giving birth to their son, back in New York City.
Thoughts
Is he dead? I’m not sure. The teaser for the next issue is 1966. I’m not sure what that means but my guess is that it will focus on Doc Savage’s son. Savage Sr. might reappear before the end of the story but I doubt he will be in the next installment. The blurb on the front cover, which I overlooked until after I read the issue, is “Spawning four decades of a Savage legacy”.
Doc Savage’s companions get a brief introduction midway through the issue but they don’t do a heck of a lot.
This chapter moves at a breakneck pace. I wasn’t really intrigued or moved by it until the last page. Now I want to see what happens next but I’m not totally won over.
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