Doc Shoot Gunman

DOC SAVAGE never shot a man except in actual defense of his own life, or that of some one else. Hence, he waited for the loud-mouthed one to lift the submachine gun he was carrying. But the man whipped down.

Coarse grass shook as the fellow crawled away. He was taking to his heels!

The second gunman was sterner stuff. He tilted his rapid firer. Bur-r-r-rip! It was spewing lead long before it came level. The slugs chopped grass to bits halfway to Doc.

The big bronze man's pistol spoke once. The report was like that given off by the popper of a hard-snapped bull whip.

The gunman melted down as though all the stiffening had been drawn from his body. On his forehead, exactly between his eyes, was a blue spot that suddenly trickled red. The man fell on top of his weapon and it continued to rip off shots until the drum magazine had emptied.

- The Land of Terror (1933) Chapter 21