Doc Savage #3

Issue #3 of Marvel's Doc Savage magazine plants you squarely in the pulp-adventure tradition with a cover by Ken Barr that crackles with urgent menace — a gaunt, sinister bald figure clutches an unconscious woman while riding what appears to be a rocket-powered sled, with armed pursuers firing jet packs in the icy background below. The tagline "Frenzy in a Frozen Hell!" sets the chilling tone perfectly for the interior story, "The Inferno Scheme!," brought to life by writer Doug Moench and artist John Buscema with inks by Tony DeZuniga. This 1976 Marvel magazine-format entry in the Man of Bronze's adventures delivers exactly the kind of high-stakes pulp thrills that made Doc Savage such an enduring hero.