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Lars Sandmark
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Garett the sad thing about the JLU addiction is that there's no cure.
Good score. Congrats.
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Gerry Turnbull
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Gerry Turnbull
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Gerry Turnbull
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Chad Carter
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Holy friole...that Doc Savage is gorgeous.
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Paul Gibney
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I was never a fan of James Bama's Doc Savage. I much preferred Walter Baumhofer's original version Bama's looked to be too old.
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Anthony Frail
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That Doc Savage looks phenomenal. Great sculpt!
I prefer the Bama version of Doc, myself. He has actual character to his face and a distinctive look even without a costume. The older version is fine, but he looks like a generic adventure hero; male model looks, square jaw, etc.
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Chad Carter
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I have to agree with Anthony...the original magazine Doc Savage is pretty standard for the era.
Bama's trick with creating a "helmet" out of Doc's hair seems pretty innovative, kinking up the character enough for him to stand out.
I guess I like the "aged" factor with Bama's Doc, but I've always gravitated to craggy heroes who have "seen it all."
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John Byrne
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In the stories, isn't Doc's hair described as a "skull cap"? Hardly the look on
the vintage image.
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John Byrne
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This arrived today:
I'll try to remember to snap a shot of it on location in my TV room later.
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Paul Gibney
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The Doc Savage Description from the first book
This looked like the head and shoulders of a man, sculptured in hard bronze. It was a startling sight, that bronze bust. The lines of the features, the unusually high forehead, the mobile and muscular, but not too-full mouth, the lean cheeks, denoted a power of character seldom seen. The bronze of the hair was a little darker than the bronze of the features. The hair was straight, and lay down tightly as a metal skullcap. A genius at sculpture might have made it. Most marvelous of all were the eyes. They glittered like pools of flake gold when little lights from the table lamp played on them. Even from that distance they seemed to exert a hypnotic influence through the powerful binocular lenses, a quality that would cause the most rash individual to hesitate. The bronze man showed wide, very strong-looking teeth, in yawning. Seated there by the immense desk, he did not seem to be a large man. An onlooker would have doubted his six feet height - and would have been astounded to learn he weighed every ounce of two hundred pounds. The big bronze man was so well put together that the impression was not of size, but of power. The bulk of his great body was forgotten in the smooth symmetry of a build incredibly powerful. This man was Clark Savage, Jr.
Now, James Bama's Doc Savage has the skullcap, but his hair is much lighter than described, and there is no mention of the distinctive widow's peak. Walter Baumhofer's version's hair would probably be pretty close when slicked down, as most hair was in the 1930's. Really, the description is pretty generic, but neither version is all that close.
Anyway, I just thought Bama's version looked like he was in his 40's at least. Not what I envisioned Doc to be.
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