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Doc Savage: El hombre de las mil cabezas

· 1934

Doc Savage: El hombre de las mil cabezas
This Spanish-language pulp installment features "El Hombre de las Mil Cabezas" ("The Man with a Thousand Heads"), a Doc Savage adventure by Kenneth Robeson. Chapter One, "Celebridad," opens at Croydon aerodrome in London, where a gaunt, long-limbed man with a hook nose attempts to evade gunfire from an unseen assassin named Sen Gat. The man passes a wrapped package to the arriving Doc Savage—a bronze-skinned giant of superhuman strength renowned as surgeon, chemist, and scientist—before being shot again. Chapter Two, "El Palo Negro," follows the wounded man to a Shoreditch opium den where he searches for Sen Gat. He knocks unconscious an Oriental doorkeeper, explores the luxurious interior decorated with dragon tapestries and Chinese armor, and attempts to crack a hidden safe before positioning himself with a sword to ambush whoever enters next. The narrative emphasizes action, mysterious intrigue, and Doc Savage's legendary abilities and five specialized assistants.

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