Philip Jose Farmer 
Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life 

Clark Savage, Jr, was raised from birth to become the perfect human specimen. Almost from birth, a team of scientists assembled by his father trained his mind and body to near-superhuman abilities, giving him great strength and endurance, a photographic memory, a mastery of the martial arts, and vast knowledge of the sciences. The result: Doctor Clark Savage, Jr. – physician, surgeon, scientist, adventurer, inventor, explorer and researcher – best known to the world as , the man of Bronze. Doc Savage.Philip Jos Farmer, biographer of Lord Greystoke (better known to the world as Tarzan), has turned his superb research and narrative skills to one of the most famous heroes of our time.