Editing Doc Savage (section)

==Comics, films, pulp magazines==
Doc Savage has appeared in comics and a movie, on radio, and as a character in numerous other works, and continues to inspire authors and artists in the realm of fantastic adventure.

''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 "[[Pen name#Collective names|house name]]" of [[Kenneth Robeson]].{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} (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.<ref name=Cannaday>{{Cite book | last=Cannaday | first=Marilyn | url=https://archive.org/details/biggerthanlifecr00cann | url-access=registration | title=Bigger Than Life: The Creator of Doc Savage | publisher=Popular Press | year=1990 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/biggerthanlifecr00cann/page/15 15]–16 | isbn=978-0-87972-471-9}}</ref>

The character first appeared on screen in a 1975 film, ''[[Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze]]''.

It was announced on May 30, 2016, that [[Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]] would be playing Clark "Doc" Savage, billed as the "World's First Superhero", and the film would be directed by [[Shane Black]] with a script by Anthony Bagarozzi and Chuck Mondry.<ref>Hayden, Erik (May 30, 2016). [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/doc-savage-film-dwayne-johnson-898220 "Dwayne Johnson to Star in Shane Black's 'Doc Savage' Film"]. ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''.</ref> In 2020, the concept was changed from a film to a television show.<ref name="tv series in works">{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/doc-savage-tv-series-in-works-sony-pictures-tv-original-film-conde-nast-1202863245/ |title='Doc Savage' TV Series In Works At Sony Pictures Television With Original Film & Condé Nast |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |first=Nellie |last=Andreeva |date=February 19, 2020 |access-date=May 6, 2021}}</ref>