DOC SAVAGE: THE RING OF FIRE

 I read this handsome trade paperback over the Easter weekend. DOC SAVAGE: THE RING OF FIRE is a 2017 four-issue mini-series published by Dynamite. Dynamite is the comic book company that often publishes comic books with fantastic cover art and poor to barely acceptable interior artwork. This time, Dynamite gets it right with the story by David Avallone and artwork by Dave Acosta being entirely solid and satisfactory. No selling the sizzle and not the steak here.

RING OF FIRE finds Doc assigned by none other than FDR himself to investigate a series of mysterious volcanic eruptions around the South Pacific Ocean, eruptions that menace US naval operations in the area. Doc and his men travel to the region via airplane and the redoubtable Helldiver submarine. Oh, and unknown to Doc, his cousin Pat also journeys to the Pacific in search of her missing friend, Amelia Earhart.

Once there, Doc discovers that the eruptions are being caused by a device of his design, a device stolen and turned against the free world by Doc's greatest nemesis John Sunlight. Things come to an explosive climax in the last issue which provides a poetic ending to this super saga. 

No complaints here. RING OF FIRE is a first rate Doc comic book series that should please all Man of Bronze fans. Thumbs up.