Colonel John “Renny” Renwick, a construction engineer. Renny is a giant of a man, with “fists like buckets of gristle and bone.” His favorite pastime is knocking the panels out of heavy wooden doors. He always wears a look of depression, which deepens the happier he grows. His favorite—and frequently used—expression, is “Holy Cow!”
| Alias Renny |
| Real Names/Alt Names Colonel John “Renny” Renwick |
| Characteristics Hero, Sidekick, Pulp Characters, Street & Smith Universe, Modernism Era, Under Copyright |
| Creators/Key Contributors Lester Dent |
| First Appearance Doc Savage Magazine (March 1933) |
| First Publisher Street & Smith [Wikipedia] |
| Appearance List Pulps: Doc Savage Magazine (181 issues in various entries and alternative titles, 1933-1949). Novels: All 181 stories reprinted by Bantam Books (1964-1990). Radio: Doc Savage 26 episode 15-minute serial (1934), Doc Savage (1943), The Adventures of Doc Savage 13 half-hour episodes (National Public Radio, 1985). Comic books: Shadow Comics vol. 1 #1–3 (1940), Doc Savage Comics #1-20 (1940-1943), Shadow Comics vol. 3 #10 (1944) to vol. 9 #5 (1948, though did not appear in every one), Supersnipe Comics #9 (June 1943). |
| Sample Read The Polar Treasure: A Doc Savage Adventure [Internet Archive] |
| Description Colonel John “Renny” Renwick, a construction engineer. Renny is a giant of a man, with “fists like buckets of gristle and bone.” His favorite pastime is knocking the panels out of heavy wooden doors. He always wears a look of depression, which deepens the happier he grows. His favorite—and frequently used—expression, is “Holy Cow!” |
| Source List of Doc Savage characters – Wikipedia |
