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Kenneth Robeson

Author of The Man of Bronze

529 Works 15,248 Members 89 Reviews 23 Favorited

About the Author

Disambiguation Notice:

Kenneth Robeson was the house name used by Street and Smith Publications as the author of their popular character Doc Savage and later The Avenger. Many authors wrote under this name, though most Doc Savage stories were written by the author Lester Dent.

Authors who wrote under this name include: William G. Bogart, Evelyn Coulson, Harold A. Davis, Lawrence Donovan, Philip José Farmer, Alan Hathway, W. Ryerson Johnson, Will Murray, Lester Dent, Paul Ernst

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Series

Works by Kenneth Robeson

The Man of Bronze (1933) 367 copies
The Thousand-Headed Man (1934) 180 copies
Meteor Menace (1934) 176 copies
Brand of the Werewolf (1934) 159 copies
The Polar Treasure (1933) 156 copies
The Secret in the Sky (1935) 151 copies
Quest of Qui (1935) 150 copies
The Sargasso Ogre (1933) 146 copies
The Ghost Legion (1935) 142 copies
The Fantastic Island (1935) 142 copies
The Lost Oasis (1933) 131 copies
The Monsters (1934) 122 copies
Fear Cay (1934) 121 copies
Land of Always-Night (1935) 119 copies
Murder Melody (1935) 117 copies
Death in Silver (1934) 115 copies
The Mystic Mullah (1935) 110 copies
The Red Skull (1933) 109 copies
The Squeaking Goblin (1934) 101 copies
Fortress of Solitude (1938) 100 copies
Cold Death (1936) 99 copies
The Mountain Monster (1938) 98 copies
Pirate of the Pacific (1933) 98 copies
The Annihilist (1934) 95 copies
The Man Who Shook the Earth (1934) 95 copies
The Living Fire Menace (1938) 95 copies
Devil on the Moon (1938) 93 copies
The Seven Agate Devils (1936) 93 copies
The Midas Man (1936) 91 copies
The Other World (1940) 91 copies
Quest of the Spider (1933) 91 copies
Hex (1939) 90 copies
The Devil's Playground (1941) 90 copies
Mad Mesa (1939) 89 copies
Justice, Inc. (1939) 89 copies
The Boss of Terror (1940) 89 copies
Red Snow (1935) 88 copies
The Devil Genghis (1938) 88 copies
World's Fair Goblin (1939) 88 copies
The Men Who Smiled No More (1936) 88 copies
The Angry Ghost (1940) 87 copies
The Red Terrors (1938) 87 copies
The Flaming Falcons (1939) 87 copies
The Freckled Shark (1939) 87 copies
The Black Spot (1936) 86 copies
The Magic Island = OST (1937) 86 copies
The Czar of Fear (1933) 86 copies
The King Maker (1934) 86 copies
The Feathered Octopus (1937) 86 copies
The Flying Goblin (1940) 85 copies
The Terror in the Navy (1937) 85 copies
The South Pole Terror (1936) 85 copies
The Green Eagle (1941) 84 copies
The Metal Master (1936) 84 copies
Mad Eyes (1937) 83 copies
The Sea Magician (1934) 83 copies
The Submarine Mystery (1938) 83 copies
Dust of Death (1935) 82 copies
The Motion Menace (1938) 81 copies
Spook Hole (1935) 81 copies
The Land of Fear (1937) 81 copies
The Crimson Serpent (1939) 81 copies
The Munitions Master (1938) 81 copies
The Roar Devil (1935) 80 copies
Haunted Ocean (1936) 80 copies
The Spotted Men (1940) 80 copies
Murder Mirage (1936) 79 copies
The Deadly Dwarf (1937) 79 copies
The Derrick Devil (1937) 79 copies
Resurrection Day (1936) 79 copies
The Vanisher (1936) 79 copies
Mystery Under The Sea (1936) 78 copies
The Pirate's Ghost (1938) 77 copies
The Mental Wizard (1937) 77 copies
The Yellow Cloud (1939) 77 copies
The Gold Ogre (1939) 75 copies
The Green Death (1938) 75 copies
The Evil Gnome (1940) 75 copies
The Majii (1935) 74 copies
Merchants of Disaster (1939) 73 copies
The Purple Dragon (1940) 72 copies
Poison Island (1939) 70 copies
The Giggling Ghosts (1938) 69 copies
The Land of Long Juju (1937) 69 copies
The Yellow Hoard (1939) 69 copies
He Could Stop the World (1937) 67 copies
The Sea Angel (1937) 66 copies
The Sky Walker (1939) — Author — 65 copies
The Red Spider (1979) 65 copies
The Golden Peril (1937) 65 copies
The Awful Egg (1940) 62 copies
The Forgotten Realm (1993) 62 copies
Resurrection Day | Repel (1936) 61 copies
Python Isle (1991) 61 copies
Tunnel Terror (1940) 59 copies
The Devil's Horns (1939) 59 copies
Stockholders in Death (1940) 57 copies
The Blood Ring (1940) 55 copies
White Eyes (1992) — Author — 55 copies
The Hate Genius (1945) 54 copies
Mystery on Happy Bones (1943) 54 copies
House of Death (1941) 53 copies
The Glass Mountain (1940) 48 copies
Three Gold Crowns (1941) 47 copies
The Frightened Fish (1992) — Author — 47 copies
The Frosted Death (1940) 46 copies
The Flame Breathers (1940) 46 copies
Nevlo (1941) 45 copies
The Hate Master (1941) 44 copies
Death in Slow Motion (1941) 44 copies
Murder on Wheels (1940) 44 copies
The Black Death (1942) 44 copies
Pictures of Death (1941) 44 copies
Midnight Murder (1942) 43 copies
The Smiling Dogs (1940) 43 copies
The Green Killer (1942) 42 copies
Tuned for Murder (1940) 42 copies
The Wilder Curse (1942) 40 copies
Flight into Fear (1993) 39 copies
The Happy Killers (1942) 38 copies
The Whistling Wraith (1993) 37 copies
The Jade Ogre (1992) 34 copies
The Purple Zombie (1974) 34 copies
The Desert Demons (2011) — Author — 34 copies
Black Chariots (1974) 34 copies
The Red Moon (1974) 31 copies
Dr. Time (1974) 31 copies
The Iron Skull (1975) 30 copies
The Blood Countess (1975) 28 copies
The Man From Atlantis (1974) 28 copies
Demon Island (1975) 28 copies
Up from Earth's Center (1949) 28 copies
The Glass Man (1975) 26 copies
The Cartoon Crimes (1974) 26 copies
The Death Machine (1975) 26 copies
The Nightwitch Devil (1974) 25 copies
Horror in Gold (2011) — Author — 23 copies
Death's Dark Domain (2012) 19 copies
The Sinister Shadow (2015) — Author — 18 copies
The Death Lady (1947) 17 copies
No Light To Die By (1947) 17 copies
Bequest of Evil (1941) 17 copies
The Infernal Buddha (2012) — Author — 17 copies
The Angry Canary (1948) 17 copies
Target For Death (1947) 16 copies
The Exploding Lake (1946) 16 copies
The Mindless Monsters (1941) 15 copies
The Awful Dynasty (1940) 15 copies
The Terrible Stork (1945) 14 copies
Devils of the Deep (1940) 14 copies
Death in Little Houses (1946) 14 copies
Let's Kill Ames (1947) 14 copies
Once Over Lightly (1947) 14 copies
The Miracle Menace (2013) — Author — 13 copies
Danger Lies East (1947) 13 copies
The Golden Man (1941) 13 copies
I Died Yesterday (1948) 13 copies
The Green Master (1949) 13 copies
The Man Who Was Scared (1944) 13 copies
The Derelict of Skull Shoal (1944) 13 copies
The Men Vanished (1940) 13 copies
Terror And The Lonely Widow (1946) 13 copies
Three Times a Corpse (1946) 13 copies
Rock Sinister (1945) 13 copies
The Headless Men (1941) 13 copies
Return From Cormoral (1949) 12 copies
Five Fathoms Dead (1946) 12 copies
The Thing That Pursued (1945) 12 copies
The Pure Evil (1948) 12 copies
The Monkey Suit (1947) 12 copies
The Whisker of Hercules (1944) 12 copies
The Disappearing Lady (1946) 12 copies
The Rustling Death (1942) 12 copies
The Black, Black Witch (1943) 12 copies
The Man Who Fell Up (1942) 12 copies
Colors for Murder (1946) 12 copies
The Screaming Man (1945) 12 copies
The Magic Forest (1942) 12 copies
The All-White Elf (1941) 12 copies
Death Had Yellow Eyes (1944) 12 copies
Terror Wears No Shoes (2010) 11 copies
Phantom Lagoon (2013) 11 copies
Fire and Ice (1946) 11 copies
The Lost Giant (1944) 11 copies
The Fiery Menace (1942) 11 copies
Death Is A Round Black Spot (1946) 11 copies
The Ten Ton Snakes (1945) 11 copies
Satan Black (1944) 11 copies
Strange Fish (1945) 11 copies
The Shape Of Terror (1944) 11 copies
The Devil Is Jones (1946) 10 copies
The Talking Devil (1943) 10 copies
The Swooning Lady (1948) 10 copies
The Devil's Black Rock (1942) 10 copies
They Died Twice (1942) 10 copies
Mystery Island (1941) 10 copies
Cargo Unknown (1945) 10 copies
Se-Pah-Poo (1946) 10 copies
King Joe Cay (2010) 10 copies
The Running Skeletons (1943) 10 copies
The Time Terror (1943) 10 copies
The Too-Wise Owl (1942) 10 copies
Birds of Death (1941) 10 copies
The King of Terror (1943) 10 copies
The Three Devils (1944) 10 copies
Weird Valley (1944) 10 copies
The Wee Ones (1945) 10 copies
Waves Of Death (1943) 10 copies
Men of Fear (1942) 10 copies
Peril In The North (1941) 10 copies
The Pharaoh's Ghost (1944) 10 copies
The Speaking Stone (1942) 10 copies
Pirate Isle (1942) 9 copies
The Laugh of Death (1942) 9 copies
The Invisible-Box Murders (1941) 9 copies
Trouble on Parade (1945) 9 copies
The Three Wild Men (1942) 9 copies
Jiu San (1944) 9 copies
The Mental Monster (1943) 8 copies
Measures for a Coffin (1946) 8 copies
Hell Below (1943) 8 copies
The War Makers (2014) — Author — 8 copies
Terror Takes 7 (1945) 8 copies
The Pink Lady (1941) 8 copies
The Goblins (1943) 8 copies
The Secret of the Su (1943) 8 copies
Glare of the Gorgon (2016) — Author — 8 copies
The Spook of Grandpa Eben (1943) 8 copies
Six Scarlet Scorpions (2016) — Author — 8 copies
The Ice Genius (2014) 7 copies
Empire of Doom (2016) — Author — 6 copies
The Secret of Satan's Spine (2015) — Author — 6 copies
Mr. Calamity (2018) 4 copies
Cargo of Doom 2 copies
POLAR CIRCUS 1 copy
El inca gris 1 copy
Nieve roja 1 copy
La Tierra Del Terror (1985) 1 copy
Genius Jones 1 copy
No More 1 copy
Locura azul 1 copy
Locura feroz 1 copy
La calavera roja (1982) 1 copy
El Mají 1 copy
The Sargasso Sea (1975) 1 copy

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Short biography
Kenneth Robeson was the house name used by Street and Smith Publications as the author of their popular character Doc Savage and later The Avenger. Many authors wrote under this name, though most Doc Savage stories were written by the author Lester Dent.
Disambiguation notice
Kenneth Robeson was the house name used by Street and Smith Publications as the author of their popular character Doc Savage and later The Avenger. Many authors wrote under this name, though most Doc Savage stories were written by the author Lester Dent.

Authors who wrote under this name include: William G. Bogart, Evelyn Coulson, Harold A. Davis, Lawrence Donovan, Philip José Farmer, Alan Hathway, W. Ryerson Johnson, Will Murray, Lester Dent, Paul Ernst

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Reviews

This rating is based entirely on my memory of loving the Doc Savage books as a kid.
 
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cdaley | 1 other review | Nov 2, 2023 |
The fourth book in the Man of Bronze series - by publication, at least - The Polar Treasure has a stronger narrative structure than the previous novels. Where the previous novels felt like episodic radio serials strung together to form a larger work, Polar Treasure feels more intentionally structured.

The adventure that Doc and his crew go on this round is also more based in reality; while their exploits are still on a grand scale, they are a far cry from ancient Mayan civilizations and modern-day dinosaurs. In short, Doc rescues a blind violinist from being kidnapped by treasure-hunters seeking the map to a lost ocean liner fill of gold and decides to beat them to the treasure out of spite, resulting in a global race involving submarines, biplanes, pirates, Eskimos. Spoiler: Doc kills and eats a polar bear with his bare hands.

Another big change is the body count. There are still plenty of fatalities, but we are now at a point where they are not being delivered by Doc himself, as he is now in the habit of subduing his enemies instead of killing them and shipping them to his secret facility where they are brainwashed into productive members of society. This, somehow, is supposed to be less creepy than Doc just pulling his attackers apart like fresh bread.

Long story short (too late), The Polar Treasure is so far my favorite Doc Savage adventure, most likely because it is - so far - the most translatable for my modern sensibilities. Just remember: "It depends on the bear."
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smichaelwilson | 2 other reviews | Aug 10, 2023 |
I read this after reading Man of Bronze. Seems I didn't miss much from vols. 2-4. I read this one because it's the first appearance of Pat Savage. Sadly, she has little to do and isn't as action oriented as Doc. Still, this was a fun adventure.
 
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admiralfinnegan | May 4, 2023 |
A classic, roiling pulp adventure. The writing is workman-like and unsophisticated, the characterizations mostly non-existent. Still, it's fun for what it is.
½
 
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admiralfinnegan | May 1, 2023 |

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Statistics

Works
529
Members
15,248
Popularity
#1,496
Rating
½ 3.5
Reviews
89
ISBNs
522
Languages
5
Favorited
23

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