William G. Bogart

"Happy Bones--sinister island in the Caribbean that harbors a secret wealth vital to the success of World War II. The Man of Bronze exposes the Germans and undergoes one of the most shattering confrontations of the war. And Doc encounters the beautiful and savage Hannah, the last descendant of a lusty line of pirate marauders"--Page 4 of cover.

Originally published in Doc Savage Magazine March 1940.

Men by the name of Smith are being killed all over town. They are killed by lightning that enters the room without leaving any marks, on a day when there was no lightning.

Doc Savage is jailed, but all the prison bars in the world could not hold him when he was on his way to dispelling the madness in the desert that changes people into other identities.

There was only one clue to the bloody enigma of TAZ--the illegible, dying scrawl of a horribly mutilated sailor. Held captive aboard a tramp steamer, the Man of Bronze and his allies wrestle with the dread riddle of TAZ and the mystery of Captain Flamingo.

A ruthless attempt on the life of one of Doc’s crew thrusts the Man of Bronze and his incomparable companions into a chilling new adventure. From the ancient, skull-lined catacombs of Alexandria to a fantastic sea of floating primitive life where they unravel the centuries-old mystery of the Sargasso, Doc Savage and his men once more pursue the perverse agents of evil!

To the world at large, Doc Save is a strange, mysterious figure of glistening bronze skin and golden eyes. To his amazing co adventurers the five greatest brains ever assembled in one group – he is a man of superhuman strength and protean genius, whose life is dedicated to the destruction of evil doers. To his fans he is the greatest adventure hero of all time, whose fantastic exploits are unequalled for hair raising thrills, breathtaking escapes and bloodcurdling excitement. The deep mysteries of Doc Savage are finally revealed! John Sunlight, poetic genius of evil, gruesome master of a thousand elements of creaming terror, discovers the innermost secrets of The Man of Bronze. Doc Savage finds himself enmeshed in a diabolical web of dark horror as he valiantly battles the appealing machines of destruction he himself has invented.

Doc Savage investigates a strange fainting sickness and a shadowy white-haired man named McCain.

From the back cover: Doc Savage and his fabulous crew journey to Tibet in pursuit of their most dangerous adversary, the evil genius Mo-Gwei. Battling against overwhelming odds, they try to stop him from conquering the world with a diabolical machine known as the Blue Meteor, a screaming blue visitor from space that turns men into raving animals!