Prologue

Vast whiteness. Nothingness. Then a noise, the buzz of a small but powerful engine. In the distance, movement. A US flag.

A title card sets the scene:

The snowmobile comes to a stop beside a strange structure.

A close up gives us our first inkling of who braves the Arctic Circle by himself.

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Approaching the dome, he places his hand against a certain spot and applies pressure
And thus Doc enters his Fortress of Solitude.
It is here, the narrator tells us, that Doc retreats to so that he may further develop his wide knowledge.
	"To study astronomy; the planets, the stars, the universe."
"Or, work to invent something that one day, might be useful to mankind."
Next, we are introduced to Doc's men...
	"One of these intrepid men is Ham, a legal genius, graduate Magna Cum Laude of Harvard."
"Another member of the group is Monk, world's greatest chemist. Winner of the Blanding Prize, discoverer of the Fraxoning Formula. He named his pet Habeas Corpus."
	"The third member is Renny, globe-hopping engineer. Builder of great bridges, dams and skyscrapers."
"Next is Johnny, erudite geologist and archeologist. Famed for deciphering the hieroglyphics of the Teutonic Stone, as well as for his monumental studies of prehistoric man in central Africa."
	"Completing the quintet is Long Tom, an electrical wizard."
Sitting meditating in the freezing wastes, Doc suddenly senses something...
	...and heads into the Fortress.

Thus begins "Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze"

To Chapter One