Don
“Daredevil” Donovan
Creator: Tom Johnson
Characters
Don Donovan
Tommy Tompkins
Jerry Odom
Don Donovan had grown up in
Dundee. His parents owned the Double D spread north of town, one of the
largest ranches in the area. Don's father was a hard man and worked from sun-up
to sundown to see that his family had
everything they needed in life, and he pushed his son to excel in
school, and college tuition had already been saved up by the time Don had
entered high school. But Don
had not chosen the easy way. He learned to ride and rope, and did all aspects
of ranch work, as well as farming. He grew up straight, tall, bronzed of skin,
and muscles that rippled beneath his metallic, leathery skin. Sports had come
natural to him, and he displayed the strength of two men. He was a natural to
win State.
Don had picked up the nickname of 'Daredevil' because he was always trying to do something no one else would do - and succeeding! This might have had
something to do with the stuff he read. For Don Daredevil Donovan read the Doc
Savage adventures in the pulp magazines, and he had patterned his own life
after the magazine hero. Don had read his exploits since the 1930's, and was
well versed in all of the adventures. But the town folks just laughed at his
reading habits. "Heck," they all said, "that magazine character
is only fiction. Don Donovan can do anything he can, and Don is real!"
Nevertheless, Don never missed an exploit of his favorite hero. After medical
school, he became a world adventurer.
Tommy Tompkins is a big, two hundred and twenty pound linebacker.
He eventually became a chemist, and joined Don in his many adventures.
Jerry Odom is a gangly individual who stands six feet tall and weighs in at 160 pounds - if he was soaking wet. Jerry was the
team’s running back. He would eventually become a lawyer and be part of Don’s
team of adventurers.
There has only been one story so far, but his ranch plays a
part in a second story.
Mesa
of Terror CLASSIC PULP FICTION STORIES #12
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