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Description
Before the Man of Steel, there was the Man of Bronze. And before the Fab Four, there was the Fabulous Five.

Out of 1930s pulp fiction, the same realm as The Shadow and Buck Rogers, comes Doc Savage.

Clark "Doc" Savage Jr.
Trained from birth to right wrongs, aid the oppressed and rid the world of evil-doers, Doc Savage is a man of superhuman strength and genius. From his office on the 86th floor of Manhattan's most impressive skyscraper, he conducts his unusual business with the help of his five aids.

Starting at the top left (in the blue circle) and going clockwise:

Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Blodgett "Monk" Mayfair
"Last came the most remarkable character of all. Only a few inches over five feet tall, he weighed better than two hundred and sixty pounds. He had the build of a gorilla, arms six inches longer than his legs, a chest thicker than it was wide. His eyes were so surrounded by gristle as to resemble pleasant little stars twinkling in pits. He grinned with a mouth so very big it looked like an accident. "Monk!" No other name could fit him!"

Brigadier General Theodore Marley "Ham" Brooks
"Slender, waspy, quick-moving, Ham looked what he was-a quick thinker and possibly the most astute lawyer Harvard ever turned out. He carried a plain black cane-never went anywhere without it. This was, among other things, a sword cane."

Colonel John "Renny" Renwick
"A giant who towered four inches over six feet. He weighed fully two fifty. His face was severe, his mouth thin and grim, and compressed tightly, as though he has just finished uttering a disapproving, "tsk! tsk! sound. His features had a most puritanical look. His arms were enormous, his fists bony monstrosities. His favorite act was to slam his great fists through the solid panel of a heavy door. He was known throughout the world for his engineering accomplishments, also."

William Harper "Johnny" Littlejohn
"Very tall and very gaunt. Johnny wore glasses with a peculiarly thick lens over the left eye. He looked like a half-starved, studious scientist. He was probably one of the greatest living experts on geology and archeology."

Major Thomas J. "Long Tom" Roberts
"Long Tom was the physical weakling of the crowd, thin, not very tall, and with a none too healthy appearing skin. He was a wizard with electricity."
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Sources:
Kenneth Robeson's "Man of Bronze"
[link]

Description
Before the Man of Steel, there was the Man of Bronze. And before the Fab Four, there was the Fabulous Five.

Out of 1930s pulp fiction, the same realm as The Shadow and Buck Rogers, comes Doc Savage.

Clark "Doc" Savage Jr.
Trained from birth to right wrongs, aid the oppressed and rid the world of evil-doers, Doc Savage is a man of superhuman strength and genius. From his office on the 86th floor of Manhattan's most impressive skyscraper, he conducts his unusual business with the help of his five aids.

Starting at the top left (in the blue circle) and going clockwise:

Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Blodgett "Monk" Mayfair
"Last came the most remarkable character of all. Only a few inches over five feet tall, he weighed better than two hundred and sixty pounds. He had the build of a gorilla, arms six inches longer than his legs, a chest thicker than it was wide. His eyes were so surrounded by gristle as to resemble pleasant little stars twinkling in pits. He grinned with a mouth so very big it looked like an accident. "Monk!" No other name could fit him!"

Brigadier General Theodore Marley "Ham" Brooks
"Slender, waspy, quick-moving, Ham looked what he was-a quick thinker and possibly the most astute lawyer Harvard ever turned out. He carried a plain black cane-never went anywhere without it. This was, among other things, a sword cane."

Colonel John "Renny" Renwick
"A giant who towered four inches over six feet. He weighed fully two fifty. His face was severe, his mouth thin and grim, and compressed tightly, as though he has just finished uttering a disapproving, "tsk! tsk! sound. His features had a most puritanical look. His arms were enormous, his fists bony monstrosities. His favorite act was to slam his great fists through the solid panel of a heavy door. He was known throughout the world for his engineering accomplishments, also."

William Harper "Johnny" Littlejohn
"Very tall and very gaunt. Johnny wore glasses with a peculiarly thick lens over the left eye. He looked like a half-starved, studious scientist. He was probably one of the greatest living experts on geology and archeology."

Major Thomas J. "Long Tom" Roberts
"Long Tom was the physical weakling of the crowd, thin, not very tall, and with a none too healthy appearing skin. He was a wizard with electricity."
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Sources:
Kenneth Robeson's "Man of Bronze"
[link]