length of shadow and doc savage novels
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The Measure of the Shadow and doc savage seriesTRANSCRIPT
Phantom21 wrote:>>Dave wrote:>>Off the top of my head, the early DOCs run 50,000 to 60,000 words>> I disagree about the early Docs. I think the first year or so had 80,000> words. They seemed long to me. Czar of Fear, which I'm now selling on> ebay, was 96 pulp pages for just that story. There were other stories. > That many pulp pages means more than 60,000 words.
OK, you got me curious. So I went and checked the first ten Doc Savage stories. Here's the results:
51030 001 The Man of Bronze55969 002 The Land of Terror49795 003 Quest of the Spider46677 004 The Polar Treasure50307 005 Pirate of the Pacific48043 006 The Red Skull47446 007 The Lost Oasis49355 008 The Sargasso Ogre53807 009 The Czar of Fear51501 010 The Phantom City
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Title Auth WordsThe Man of Bronze LD 50904The Land of Terror LD 55915Quest of the Spider LD 49361The Polar Treasure LD 46317Pirate of the Pacific LD 49817The Red Skull LD 47511The Lost Oasis LD 46877The Sargasso Ogre LD 48569The Czar of Fear LD 53396The Phantom City LD 51057Brand of the Werewolf LD 51720The Man Who Shook the Earth LD 50777Meteor Menace LD 47467The Monsters LD 47313The Mystery on the Snow LD 48290The King Maker HD/LD 47912The Thousand Headed Man LD 54184The Squeaking Goblin LD 50038Fear Cay LD 48455Death in Silver LD 50338The Sea Magician LD 45233The Annihilist LD 51883
The Mystic Mullah LD 49197Red Snow LD 53092Land of Always-Night RJ/LD 49822The Spook Legion LD 46134The Secret in the Sky LD 42801The Roar Devil LD 42898Quest of Qui LD 44557Spook Hole LD 43325The Majii LD 46399Dust of Death HD/LD 49501Murder Melody DO 53829The Fantastic Island RJ/LD 44652Murder Mirage DO 50454Mystery Under the Sea LD 45011The Metal Master LD 42160The Men Who Smiled No More DO 46975The Seven Agate Devils LD 43498Haunted Ocean DO 46062The Black Spot DO 48320The Midas Man LD 40395Cold Death DO 46567The South Pole Terror LD 43207Resurrection Day LD 39185The Vanisher LD 41087Land of Long Juju DO 47501The Derrick Devil LD 43528The Mental Wizard LD 42231The Terror In the Navy LD 38438Mad Eyes DO 43451The Land of Fear HD/LD 42812He Could Stop the World DO 44729
Ost [The Magic Island] LD 40258The Feathered Octopus LD 41415Repel [The Deadly Dwarf] LD 42308The Sea Angel LD 38241The Golden Peril HD/LD 44543The Living Fire Menace HD 36775The Mountain Monster LD 38652Devil On the Moon LD 36772The Pirate's Ghost LD 41606The Motion Menace RJ/LD 38678The Submarine Mystery LD 37670The Giggling Ghosts LD 39191The Munitions Master HD 40512The Red Terrors LD 38826Fortress of Solitude LD 40656The Green Death HD 43520The Devil Genghis LD 39456Mad Mesa LD 38474The Yellow Cloud LD 40424The Freckled Shark LD 39168World's Fair Goblin WB/LD 37240The Gold Ogre LD 36823The Flaming Falcons LD 35899Merchants of Disaster HD/LD 41745The Crimson Serpent HD/LD 43573Poison Island LD 37486The Stone Man LD 36336Hex WB/LD 38117The Dagger In the Sky LD 36850The Other World LD 35642The Angry Ghost WB/LD 34908
The Spotted Men LD 36657The Evil Gnome LD 35426The Boss of Terror LD 31960The Awful Egg LD 37297The Flying Goblin WB 34963Tunnel Terror WB 35907The Purple Dragon HD/LD 40814Devils of the Deep HD 34991The Awful Dynasty WB/LD 33313The Men Vanished LD 37853The Devil's Playground AH 42055Bequest of Evil WB 35656The All-White Elf LD 39831The Golden Man LD 38129The Pink Lady LD 36930The Headless Men AH 39482The Green Eagle LD 39607Mystery Island LD 36461The Mindless Monsters AH 42813Birds of Death LD 35270The Invisible Box Murders LD 37197Peril in the North LD 37139The Rustling Death AH 36496Men of Fear LD 36695The Too-Wise Owl LD 38842The Magic Forest WB/LD 38493Pirate Isle LD 35610The Speaking Stone LD 36070The Man Who Fell Up LD 36205The Three Wild Men LD 38001The Fiery Menace LD 36441
The Laugh of Death LD 37699They Died Twice LD 33917The Devil's Black Rock LD 33814The Time Terror LD 32526Waves of Death LD 34703The Black, Black Witch LD 33566The King of Terror LD 33203The Talking Devil LD 33616The Running Skeletons LD 30591Mystery on Happy Bones LD 33353The Mental Monster LD 31787Hell Below LD 32482The Goblins LD 34156The Secret of the Su LD 34958The Spook of Grandpa Eben LD 32422According To Plan of a One-Eyed Mystic LD 33686Death Had Yellow Eyes LD 33499The Derelict of Skull Shoal LD 33145The Whisker of Hercules LD 35369The Three Devils LD 32848The Pharoah's Ghost LD 32593The Man Who Was Scared LD 32613The Shape of Terror LD 31558Weird Valley LD 32638Jiu San LD 33611Satan Black LD 33618The Lost Giant LD 33829Violent Night LD 32688Strange Fish LD 32390The Ten Ton Snakes LD 32360Cargo Unknown LD 31865
Rock Sinister LD 29582The Terrible Stork LD 30933King Joe Cay LD 31030The Wee Ones LD 29723Terror Takes Seven LD 31665The Thing That Pursued LD 33988Trouble On Parade LD 31076The Screaming Man LD 31488Measures for A Coffin LD 31168Se-Pah-Poo LD 32675Terror and The Lonely Widow LD 31858Five Fathoms Dead LD 31486Death Is A Round Black Spot LD 32293Colors For Murder LD 31522Fire and Ice WB/LD 25007Three Times A Corpse LD 31312The Exploding Lake HD/LD 30267Death In Little Houses HD/LD 27709The Devil Is Jones LD 30192The Disappearing Lady WB 30383Target For Death WB 26896The Death Lady LD 28108Danger Lies East LD 29918No Light To Die By LD 32013The Monkey Suit LD 26387Let's Kill Ames LD 29762Once Over Lightly LD 28211I Died Yesterday LD 29860The Pure Evil LD 28764Terror Wears No Shoes LD 24791The Angry Canary LD 28605
The Swooning Lady LD 25871The Green Master LD 26896Return From Cormoral LD 27347Up From Earth's Center LD 28187
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Title Author PubDate WordsThe Living Shadow WG 4/1/1931 64644The Eyes of the Shadow WG 7/1/1931 62565The Shadow Laughs WG 10/1/1931 53778The Red Menace WG 11/1/1931 61668Gangdom's Doom WG 12/1/1931 57634The Death Tower WG 1/1/1932 45891The Silent Seven WG 2/1/1932 46210The Black Master WG 3/1/1932 44817Mobsmen on the Spot WG 4/1/1932 48546
Hands in the Dark WG 5/1/1932 45626Double Z WG 6/1/1932 45826The Crime Cult WG 7/1/1932 46391The Blackmail Ring WG 8/1/1932 49031Hidden Death WG 9/1/1932 48864Green Eyes WG 10/1/1932 48280The Ghost Makers WG 10/15/1932 49969The Five Chameleons WG 11/1/1932 47610Dead Men Live WG 11/15/1932 48563The Romanoff Jewels WG 12/1/1932 44582Kings of Crime WG 12/15/1932 44256Shadowed Millions WG 1/1/1933 49834The Creeping Death WG 1/15/1933 42913The Shadow's Shadow WG 2/1/1933 48878Six Men of Evil WG 2/15/1933 46834Fingers of Death WG 3/1/1933 44796
Murder Trail WG 3/15/1933 41543The Silent Death WG 4/1/1933 42943The Shadow's Justice WG 4/15/1933 45200The Golden Grotto WG 5/1/1933 47866The Death Giver WG 5/15/1933 43625The Red Blot WG 6/1/1933 46754The Ghost of the Manor WG 6/15/1933 43900The Living Joss WG 7/1/1933 42879The Silver Scourge WG 7/15/1933 47497The Black Hush WG 8/1/1933 43240Isle of Doubt WG 8/15/1933 42839The Grove of Doom WG 9/1/1933 45621Master of Death WG 9/15/1933 42281Road of Crime WG 10/1/1933 45693The Death Triangle WG 10/15/1933 42695The Killer WG 11/1/1933 42666Mox WG 11/15/1933 42195The Crime Clinic WG 12/1/1933 43970
Treasures of Death WG 12/15/1933 43302The Embassy Murders WG 1/1/1934 40202The Wealth Seeker WG 1/15/1934 43912The Black Falcon WG 2/1/1934 43038Gray Fist WG 2/15/1934 43862The Circle of Death WG 3/1/1934 40413The Green Box WG 3/15/1934 39641The Cobra WG 4/1/1934 39167Crime Circus WG 4/15/1934 46208Tower of Death WG 5/1/1934 40037Death Clew WG 5/15/1934 38441The Key WG 6/1/1934 44323The Crime Crypt WG 6/15/1934 40699Charg, Monster WG 7/1/1934 43044Chain of Death WG 7/15/1934 44710The Crime Master WG 8/1/1934 43272Gypsy Vengeance WG 8/15/1934 40117
Spoils of the Shadow WG 9/1/1934 44984The Garaucan Swindle WG 9/15/1934 47310Murder Marsh WG 10/1/1934 46150The Death Sleep WG 10/15/1934 45728The Chinese Disks WG 11/1/1934 52023Doom on the Hill WG 11/15/1934 45531The Unseen Killer WG 12/1/1934 46854Cyro WG 12/15/1934 45252The Four Signets WG 1/1/1935 45015The Blue Sphinx WG 1/15/1935 49321The Plot Master WG 2/1/1935 46896The Dark Death WG 2/15/1935 43602Crooks Go Straight WG 3/1/1935 43872Bells of Doom WG 3/15/1935 45684Lingo WG 4/1/1935 52864The Triple Trail WG 4/15/1935 43122The Golden Quest WG 5/1/1935 45413
The Third Skull WG 5/15/1935 48637Murder Every Hour WG 6/1/1935 45309The Condor WG 6/15/1935 47592The Fate Joss WG 7/1/1935 52377Atoms of Death WG 7/15/1935 53698The Man from Scotland Yard WG 8/1/1935 43647The Creeper WG 8/15/1935 52129The Mardi Gras Mystery WG 9/1/1935 48941The London Crimes WG 9/15/1935 47094The Ribbon Clues WG 10/1/1935 45592The House that Vanished WG 10/15/1935 43059The Chinese Tapestry WG 11/1/1935 45272The Python WG 11/15/1935 45568Zemba WG 12/1/1935 46213The Case of Congressman Coyd WG 12/15/1935 41490The Ghost Murders WG 1/1/1936 43979
Castle of Doom WG 1/15/1936 44391Death Rides the Skyway WG 2/1/1936 44845The North Woods Mystery WG 2/15/1936 41010The Voodoo Master WG 3/1/1936 42672The Third Shadow WG 3/15/1936 46799The Salamanders WG 4/1/1936 37688The Man from Shanghai WG 4/15/1936 39971The Gray Ghost WG 5/1/1936 40124The City of Doom WG 5/15/1936 38949The Crime Oracle WG 6/1/1936 41845Murder Town WG 6/15/1936 43464The Yellow Door WG 7/1/1936 39444The Broken Napoleons WG 7/15/1936 39750The Sledge Hammer Crimes WG 8/1/1936 39527Terror Island WG 8/15/1936 41768The Golden Masks WG 9/1/1936 46143
Jibaro Death WG 9/15/1936 45036City of Crime WG 10/1/1936 46970Death by Proxy WG 10/15/1936 45329Partners of Peril TT 11/1/1936 46044The Strange Disappearance of Joe Cardona WG 11/15/1936 45294The Seven Drops of Blood WG 12/1/1936 43411Intimidation, Inc WG 12/15/1936 41562Vengeance Is Mine WG 1/1/1937 45378Foxhound TT 1/15/1937 46440Loot of Death WG 2/1/1937 43906Quetzal WG 2/15/1937 43107Death Token WG 3/1/1937 40652Murder House WG 3/15/1937 38395Washington Crime WG 4/1/1937 41012The Masked Headsman WG 4/15/1937 39811The Cup of Confucious TT 5/1/1937 39992Treasure Trail WG 5/15/1937 40076Brothers of Doom WG 6/1/1937 40140
The Shadow's Rival WG 6/15/1937 40976Crime, Insured WG 7/1/1937 39807House of Silence WG 7/15/1937 39276The Shadow Unmasks WG 8/1/1937 41685The Yellow Band WG 8/15/1937 40449Buried Evidence WG 9/1/1937 35211The Radium Murders WG 9/15/1937 39218The Pooltex Tangle TT 10/1/1937 44574The Keeper's Gold WG 10/15/1937 38889Death Turrets WG 11/1/1937 41597Teeth of the Dragon WG 11/15/1937 41455The Sealed Box WG 12/1/1937 41768Racket Town WG 12/15/1937 38473The Crystal Buddha WG 1/1/1938 39230Hills of Death WG 1/15/1938 40802The Fifth Napolean TT 2/1/1938 39639
The Murder Master WG 2/15/1938 39855The Golden Pagoda WG 3/1/1938 38202Face of Doom WG 3/15/1938 39026The Crimson Phoenix TT 4/1/1938 39683Serpents of Siva WG 4/15/1938 35907Cards of Death WG 5/1/1938 35983The Hand WG 5/15/1938 35246Voodoo Trail WG 6/1/1938 36197The Rackets King WG 6/15/1938 40749Murder for Sale WG 7/1/1938 34519The Golden Vulture WG 7/15/1938 36354Death Jewels WG 8/1/1938 38608The Green Hoods WG 8/15/1938 37831The Golden Dog Murders TT 9/1/1938 42072Crime Over Boston WG 9/15/1938 37780The Dead Who Lived WG 10/1/1938 37649Vanished Treasure WG 10/15/1938
36748The Voice WG 11/1/1938 37673Chicago Crime WG 11/15/1938 37504Shadow Over Alcatraz WG 12/1/1938 37339Double Death TT 12/15/1938 38878Silver Skull WG 1/1/1939 37127Crime Rides the Sea WG 1/15/1939 39524Realm of Doom WG 2/1/1939 36975The Lone Tiger WG 2/15/1939 37999River of Death TT 3/1/1939 38716The Vindicator WG 3/15/1939 40308Death Ship WG 4/1/1939 39911Battle of Greed WG 4/15/1939 39561Death's Harlequin TT 5/1/1939 40131The Three Brothers WG 5/15/1939 41431Smugglers of Death WG 6/1/1939 39259City of Shadows WG 6/15/1939 38424Noose of Death TT 7/1/1939 42881Death from Nowhere WG 7/15/1939
38156Isle of Gold WG 8/1/1939 37984Wizard of Crime WG 8/15/1939 35873The Crime Ray WG 9/1/1939 37731The Golden Master WG 9/15/1939 38741Castle of Crime WG 10/1/1939 38803The Masked Lady WG 10/15/1939 36970Ships of Doom WG 11/1/1939 38115City of Ghosts WG 11/15/1939 38018Shiwan Khan Returns WG 12/1/1939 40139House of Shadows WG 12/15/1939 39627Death's Premium WG 1/1/1940 39506The Hooded Circle WG 1/15/1940 42230The Getaway Ring WG 2/1/1940 40373Voice of Death WG 2/15/1940 38714The Invincible Shiwan Khan WG 3/1/1940 38532The Veiled Prophet WG 3/15/1940
40197The Spy Ring WG 4/1/1940 41090The Prince of Evil TT 4/15/1940 42623Death in the Stars WG 5/1/1940 40566Masters of Death WG 5/15/1940 41417The Scent of Death WG 6/1/1940 36737"Q" WG 6/15/1940 41452The Murder Genius TT 7/1/1940 41988Gems of Doom WG 7/15/1940 40497Crime at Seven Oaks WG 8/1/1940 39185The Fifth Face WG 8/15/1940 40443Crime County WG 9/1/1940 38478The Man Who Died Twice TT 9/15/1940 41076The Wasp WG 10/1/1940 40622City of Fear TT 10/15/1940 41141Crime Over Miami WG 11/1/1940 41098The Devil's Paymaster TT 11/15/1940 39996
Xitli, God of Fire WG 12/1/1940 42357The Shadow, the Hawk, and the Skull WG 12/15/1940 41587Forgotten Gold WG 1/1/1941 41746The Green Terror TT 1/15/1941 38757The Wasp Returns WG 2/1/1941 41813The Chinese Primrose WG 2/15/1941 41798Mansion of Crime WG 3/1/1941 40432The White Column TT 3/15/1941 38791The Time Master WG 4/1/1941 39939The House on the Ledge WG 4/15/1941 40021The League of Death WG 5/1/1941 39907Master of Flame TT 5/15/1941 39816Crime Under Cover WG 6/1/1941 40775The Thunder King WG 6/15/1941 39466The Star of Delhi WG 7/1/1941 38565The Blur WG 7/15/1941 39243The Crimson Death TT 8/1/1941
40832The Shadow Meets the Mask WG 8/15/1941 39485Gems of Jeopardy TT 9/1/1941 39750The Devil Master WG 9/15/1941 40796Garden of Death WG 10/1/1941 38828Dictator of Crime WG 10/15/1941 41165The Blackmail King WG 11/1/1941 39708Temple of Crime WG 11/15/1941 39992Murder Mansion WG 12/1/1941 42555Crime's Stronghold WG 12/15/1941 40999Alibi Trail WG 1/1/1942 40384The Book of Death WG 1/15/1942 39468Death Diamonds WG 2/1/1942 40478Blue Face TT 2/15/1942 40881Vengeance Bay WG 3/1/1942 40839Formula for Crime WG 3/15/1942 40202Room of Doom WG 4/1/1942 41099
The Jade Dragon WG 4/15/1942 43835The Northdale Mystery WG 5/1/1942 42293Death's Bright Finger TT 5/15/1942 39338Twins of Crime WG 6/1/1942 42677The Devil's Feud WG 6/15/1942 41060Five Ivory Boxes WG 7/1/1942 39233Death About Town WG 7/15/1942 38052Legacy of Death WG 8/1/1942 41528Judge Lawless WG 8/15/1942 42902The Vampire Murders WG 9/1/1942 43040Syndicate of Sin TT 9/15/1942 38385The Devil's Partner TT 10/1/1942 39185Clue for Clue WG 10/15/1942 41009Trail of Vengeance WG 11/1/1942 40144The Murdering Ghost WG 11/15/1942 40438The Hydra WG 12/1/1942 42891The Money Master WG 12/15/1942
43627The Museum Murders WG 1/1/1943 44493Death's Masquerade WG 1/15/1943 41887The Devil Monsters WG 2/1/1943 40815Wizard of Crime WG 2/15/1943 39764The Black Dragon WG 3/1/1943 37977Young Men of Death TT 4/1/1943 40301The Robot Master WG 5/1/1943 39575Murder Lake WG 6/1/1943 39115The Golden Doom TT 7/1/1943 39168Messenger of Death WG 8/1/1943 37559House of Ghosts WG 9/1/1943 37478King of the Black Market WG 10/1/1943 42446The Muggers WG 11/1/1943 42130Murder by Moonlight WG 12/1/1943 42814The Crystal Skull WG 1/1/1944 34270Syndicate of Death WG 2/1/1944
32570The Toll of Death WG 3/1/1944 35650Crime Caravan WG 4/1/1944 35435Freak Show Murders WG 5/1/1944 34158Voodoo Death WG 6/1/1944 32639Town of Hate WG 7/1/1944 33611Death in the Crystal WG 8/1/1944 32837The Chest of Chu-Chan WG 9/1/1944 33150The Shadow Meets the Mask WG 10/1/1944 33186Fountain of Death WG 11/1/1944 34668No Time for Murder WG 12/1/1944 32482Guardian of Death WG 1/1/1945 33066Merry Mrs MacBeth WG 2/1/1945 31451Five Keys to Crime WG 3/1/1945 32048Death Has Grey Eyes WG 4/1/1945 31970Teardrops of Buddha WG 5/1/1945 32147
Three Stamps of Death WG 6/1/1945 30233The Mask of Mephisto WG 7/1/1945 31039Murder by Magic WG 8/1/1945 32330The Taiwan Joss WG 9/1/1945 35358A Quarter of Eight WG 10/1/1945 34606The White Skulls WG 11/1/1945 34831The Stars Promise Death WG 12/1/1945 35030The Banshee Murders WG 1/1/1946 33587Crime Out of Mind WG 2/1/1946 31785Mother Goose Murders WG 3/1/1946 31224Crime Over Casco WG 4/1/1946 35311The Curse of Thoth WG 5/1/1946 33548Alibi Trail WG 6/1/1946 31968Malmordo WG 7/1/1946 36452The Blackest Mail BE 8/1/1946 38235Happy Death Day BE 9/1/1946 36341Seven Deadly Arts BE 10/1/1946
38438No Safety in Numbers BE 11/1/1946 36796Death on Ice BE 12/1/1946 28079Death Stalks the UN BE 1/1/1947 36896Murder in White BE 3/1/1947 18641Room 1313 BE 5/1/1947 24642Model Murder BE 7/1/1947 24783Svengali Kill BE 9/1/1947 23128Jabberwocky Thrust BE 11/1/1947 18793Ten Glass Eyes BE 1/1/1948 27222The Television Murders BE 3/1/1948 26266Murder on Main Street BE 5/1/1948 23291Reign of Terror BE 7/1/1948 28211Jade Dragon WG 9/1/1948 54531Dead Man's Chest WG 11/1/1948 55388The Magigal's Mystery WG 2/1/1949 53529The Black Circle WG 5/1/1949 50378The Whispering Eyes WG 8/1/1949 49492
Bruce
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