num_pages: 216
description: Doc Phoenix enters the mind of a comatose 10-year-old girl. There he finds a warped version of Oz. While solving the psychological mystery, a character from Oz appears in the real world, attacking Doc's friends and his headquarters. In the afterward, co-author Ted White writes Doc Phoenix is essentially a pairing of Doc Savage and Roger Zelazny's Dream Master. Like Doc Savage, Doc Phoenix has a large bulky scientist pal and a lawyer pal, and the two pals argue continually.The story profusely illustrated by Stephen Fabian. Cover painting by Jeff Jones.Introduction and afterward by the editor, Byron Preiss.
language: English
title: Weird Heroes, Volume 5: Doc Phoenix: The Oz Encounter
publisher: Penguin Putnam