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Meet Doc Savage, the most famous superhero you've never heard of

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imageDoc Savage, the Man of Bronze.House of Retro

His name is Clark and his father (later murdered) raised him to be a savior to humanity. He possesses superhuman strength and finely tuned senses. He is the world’s greatest detective, an inventor, chemist, surgeon and martial artist. Villains the world over want him dead, but through his...

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