Doc Slap Goon

One man tried to dive past. Doc's left arm made a blurred movement. His open hand--a hand on which great bronze tendons stood out as if stripped of skin and softer flesh--slapped against the man's face.

It was as though a steel sledge had hit the fellow. His nose was broken. His upper and lower front teeth were caved inward. The man flew backward, head over heels, limp as so much clothes stuffed with straw.

But he didn't lose consciousness. Perhaps the utter pain of that terrible blow kept him awake.

- The Land of Terror (1933) Chapter 2