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THE VANISHER
A Doc Savage Adventure By Kenneth Robeson
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? Chapter 1. THE ONE WITH THE QUEER BACK
? Chapter 2. THE AMAZED MEN
? Chapter 3. THE GIRL JOURNALIST
? Chapter 4. PICTURE SHOT
? Chapter 5. THE FIFTY-DOLLAR PHOTOGRAPH
? Chapter 6. OIL IN MEXICO
? Chapter 7. MUSIC BOX AGAIN
? Chapter 8. SIGMUND HOPPEL
? Chapter 9. TANGLE
? Chapter 10. TWO BEFUDDLED MEN
? Chapter 11. THE WORD TWISTER
? Chapter 12. THE VANISHING SAILORS
? Chapter 13. MYSTERYтАЩS REIGN
? Chapter 14. A NEAR CAPTURE
? Chapter 15. THE TRAP
? Chapter 16. THE HUMPBACK ACCUSES
? Chapter 17. TWO MEN IN A DILEMMA
? Chapter 18. THE JAIL WAIT
? Chapter 19. THE TELEPORTER
? Chapter 20. THE PLOT
? Chapter 21. MASTER OF CUPIDITY



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Chapter 1. THE ONE WITH THE QUEER BACK
THE early fall issue of a magazine of national circulation had carried a feature write-up about Doc Savage.
The item was dramatic, well-written, and particularly interesting because it carried an excellent picture of Doc
Savage. Good pictures of the man of bronze were scarce. The story told about Doc SavageтАЩs strange,
Galahadian life work of traveling to the ends of the earth, righting wrongs, aiding the oppressed, and punishing
evildoers. It told about the bronze manтАЩs scientifically developed brain and his equally remarkable muscles,
and gave examples of the fantastic feats he could accomplish, and some of his eerie adventures. The writer of
the article had drawn on his imagination only a little. Almost every one got around to reading the article.

So it was not so remarkable that John Winer, penitentiary guard, should be reading the magazine article at
the moment when the horrible and incredible thing known as "The Vanisher" made its first public
appearanceтАФor, perhaps more correctly, disappearance.

That John Winer was reading the article was a coincidence because the mystery of The Vanisher was going
to involve Doc Savage in one of the most startling adventures of his unusual career. John Winer was one of
the night guards at the prison. He was reading in the northwest corner tower. The hour was three oтАЩclock in