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MERCHANTS OF DISASTER



A Doc Savage Adventure by Kenneth Robeson



(Originally published in "Doc Savage Magazine" for July 1939. Bantam Books reprint October 1969)



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BACK COVER



THE SKYROCKETS OF SLAUGHTER



The deadliest weapon ever devised is unleashed upon the world. A twisted message, scrawled by a blind man, is the only clue to the flashing lights of shuddering death. DOC SAVAGE calls upon every known secret of science in his fierce battle with THE OXYGEN DESTROYER!



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Chapter 1



A MYSTERY MESSAGE



JOE Goopy encountered it first. Two of his companions saw it happen. Those companions didn't believe what they saw and took the attitude that it didn't matter much anyway. Joe probably would have agreed with them. He was rather tired of living.



The three were making their way to the hobo jungles outside Washington. Not one of them was sober. Panhandling had been better than usual. They had bought some canned heat, squeezed the alcohol out and gulped it down.