Farmer had a fascination with making the fantastic more real, making fantasy a little more like hard science fiction, with supporting facts. He loved world-building, right down to figuring out all the ancestors of fictional characters - who, usually, were more fictional characters of similar super natures.
As part of his need to world-build for Doc, which we fans loved, he sat down and figured out how many days each of the 181 stories ("supersagas", as Farmer invariably terms them in the book) took up, and also, when each had to happen, of the ones that had historical references in them, a specific event.
Then, he's able to publish when they all "really" happened, with Lester Dent (the author of nearly all) merely writing down the story from provided notes. This, alas, led Farmer to some contretemps, where, say, "World's Fair Goblin" came out the month the actual World's Fair opened, so it "had to be fictional". Farmer gave me the giggles with his lost city in Indochina as "really happened", but a date-off by a month meant a fairly plausible story was "fictional". He did this also where his suspension-of-disbelief valve blew open, for the underground super-civilizations, he just wouldn't pick a "really happened" date for several.
Well, my suspension-of-disbelief was stronger, so I picked dates for the remainder (same method), and also, typed them all into a database. It was 1986 and I was in love with my new job managing the exploding inventory of IBM Personal Computers and Macintoshes at my workplace; everybody was turning old paper into little databases, and I just joined in.
Nearly 40 years later, any Doc Savage fans out there can reap the rewards of my silliness. Sorted in PJF-date order, here they all are.
If you want to sort them differently, Here is the Excel spreadsheet, sort them yourself!
| Title | PJF Date | Mag.Date | Bantam# | Bantam Date | Days Long | Author | Alt.Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Man of Bronze, The | 31/03/28 | 3303 | 1 | 6410 | 25 | Lester Dent | |
| Land of Terror, The | 31/04/14 | 3304 | 8 | 6508 | 27 | Lester Dent | |
| Quest of the Spider | 31/06/07 | 3305 | 68 | 7205 | 7 | Lester Dent | |
| Red Skull, The | 31/06/14 | 3308 | 17 | 6705 | 4 | Lester Dent | |
| King Maker, The | 31/07/01 | 3406 | 80 | 7502 | 23 | Lester Dent | |
| Thousand-Headed Man, The | 31/08/01 | 3407 | 2 | 6410 | 8 | Lester Dent | |
| Lost Oasis, The | 31/08/14 | 3309 | 6 | 6504 | 13 | Lester Dent | |
| Sargasso Ogre, The | 31/09/01 | 3310 | 18 | 6707 | 28 | Lester Dent | |
| Czar of Fear, The | 31/10/01 | 3311 | 22 | 6803 | 4 | Lester Dent | |
| Mystery on the Snow, The | 31/11/01 | 3405 | 69 | 7206 | 8 | Lester Dent | |
| Phantom City, The | 32/02/01 | 3312 | 10 | 6603 | 40 | Lester Dent | |
| Brand of the Werewolf | 32/03/25 | 3401 | 5 | 6504 | 9 | Lester Dent | |
| Feathered Octopus, The | 32/04/12 | 3709 | 48 | 7005 | 11 | Lester Dent | |
| Roar Devil, The | 32/06/03 | 3506 | 88 | 7705 | 2 | Lester Dent | |
| Quest of Qui | 32/06/07 | 3507 | 12 | 6607 | 10 | Lester Dent | |
| Polar Treasure, The | 32/06/19 | 3306 | 3 | 6410 | 35 | Lester Dent | |
| Pirate of the Pacific | 32/07/27 | 3307 | 19 | 6709 | 22 | Lester Dent | |
| Spook Legion, The | 32/09/01 | 3504 | 16 | 6703 | 27 | Lester Dent | |
| Secret in the Sky, The | 32/10/01 | 3505 | 20 | 6711 | 2 | Lester Dent | |
| Man Who Shook the Earth, The | 32/12/01 | 3402 | 43 | 6912 | 6 | Lester Dent | |
| Meteor Menace, The | 33/07/01 | 3403 | 4 | 6504 | 50 | Lester Dent | |
| Monsters, The | 33/08/20 | 3404 | 7 | 6506 | 5 | Lester Dent | |
| Land of Always-Night | 34/04/01 | 3503 | 13 | 6609 | 15 | Lester Dent | |
| Squeaking Goblin, The | 34/06/07 | 3408 | 35 | 6904 | 7 | Lester Dent | |
| Fear Cay | 34/06/21 | 3409 | 11 | 6605 | 4 | Lester Dent | |
| Death in Silver | 34/07/14 | 3410 | 26 | 6807 | 2 | Lester Dent | |
| Sea Magician, The | 34/08/07 | 3411 | 44 | 7001 | 3 | Lester Dent | |
| Fantastic Island, The | 34/10/07 | 3512 | 14 | 6612 | 16 | Lester Dent | |
| Annihilist, The | 34/10/21 | 3412 | 31 | 6812 | 2 | Lester Dent | |
| Mystic Mullah, The | 34/11/07 | 3501 | 9 | 6511 | 15 | Lester Dent | |
| Red Snow | 34/12/13 | 3502 | 38 | 6907 | 10 | Lester Dent | |
| Dust of Death | 35/01/07 | 3510 | 32 | 6901 | 7 | Lester Dent | |
| Majii, The | 35/03/01 | 3509 | 60 | 7105 | 29 | Lester Dent | |
| Spook Hole | 35/05/02 | 3508 | 70 | 7209 | 15 | Lester Dent | |
| Murder Melody | 35/05/18 | 3511 | 15 | 6701 | 5 | Norman Danberg | |
| Men Who Smiled No More, The | 35/05/27 | 3604 | 45 | 7002 | 3 | Norman Danberg | |
| Black Spot, The | 35/06/04 | 3607 | 76 | 7404 | 3 | Norman Danberg | |
| Midas Man, The | 35/06/09 | 3608 | 46 | 7003 | 2 | Lester Dent | |
| Cold Death | 35/06/21 | 3609 | 21 | 6801 | 3 | Norman Danberg | |
| Murder Mirage | 35/07/04 | 3601 | 71 | 7211 | 10 | Norman Danberg | |
| Mystery Under the Sea | 35/09/07 | 3602 | 27 | 6808 | 40 | Lester Dent | |
| Vanisher, The | 35/10/19 | 3612 | 52 | 7009 | 5 | Lester Dent | |
| Metal Master, The | 35/10/26 | 3603 | 72 | 7301 | 3 | Lester Dent | |
| Seven Agate Devils, The | 35/11/04 | 3605 | 73 | 7303 | 5 | Lester Dent | |
| Haunted Ocean, The | 35/11/14 | 3606 | 51 | 7008 | 7 | Norman Danberg | |
| South Pole Terror, The | 35/11/24 | 3610 | 77 | 7402 | 82 | Lester Dent | |
| Resurrection Day | 36/02/17 | 3611 | 36 | 6905 | 57 | Lester Dent | |
| Land of Long Juju | 36/04/01 | 3701 | 47 | 7004 | 15 | Norman Danberg | |
| Derrick Devil, The | 36/04/17 | 3702 | 74 | 7307 | 6 | Lester Dent | |
| Terror in the Navy, The | 36/04/25 | 3704 | 33 | 6902 | 7 | Lester Dent | |
| Mad Eyes | 36/05/03 | 3705 | 34 | 6903 | 3 | Norman Danberg | |
| Land of Fear, The | 36/05/06 | 3706 | 75 | 7311 | 5 | Lester Dent | |
| He Could Stop the World | 36/05/11 | 3707 | 54 | 7011 | 19 | Norman Danberg | |
| Magic Island, The | 36/05/30 | 3708 | 89 | 7707 | 55 | Lester Dent | Ost |
| Deadly Dwarf, The | 36/07/24 | 3710 | 28 | 6809 | 38 | Lester Dent | Repel |
| Sea Angel, The | 36/08/31 | 3711 | 49 | 7006 | 17 | Lester Dent | |
| Golden Peril, The | 36/09/18 | 3712 | 55 | 7012 | 6 | Lester Dent | |
| Living-Fire Menace, The | 36/09/24 | 3801 | 61 | 7106 | 2 | Lester Dent | |
| Devil on the Moon | 36/09/27 | 3803 | 50 | 7007 | 13 | Lester Dent | |
| Munitions Master, The | 36/10/11 | 3808 | 58 | 7103 | 15 | Lester Dent | |
| Motion Menace, The | 36/10/28 | 3805 | 64 | 7109 | 12 | Lester Dent | |
| Submarine Mystery, The | 36/11/10 | 3806 | 63 | 7108 | 33 | Lester Dent | |
| Mental Wizard, The | 36/12/07 | 3703 | 53 | 7010 | 8 | Lester Dent | |
| Green Death, The | 36/12/19 | 3811 | 65 | 7111 | 4 | Lester Dent | |
| Yellow Cloud, The | 37/02/07 | 3902 | 59 | 7104 | 4 | Lester Dent | |
| Freckled Shark, The | 37/02/14 | 3903 | 67 | 7203 | 5 | Lester Dent | |
| Merchants of Disaster | 37/02/23 | 3907 | 41 | 6910 | 5 | Lester Dent | |
| Pirate's Ghost, The | 37/03/15 | 3804 | 62 | 7107 | 13 | Lester Dent | |
| Crimson Serpent, The | 37/04/04 | 3908 | 78 | 7410 | 6 | Lester Dent | |
| Spotted Men, The | 37/04/12 | 4003 | 87 | 7703 | 3 | Lester Dent | |
| Boss of Terror, The | 37/04/19 | 4005 | 85 | 7611 | 3 | Lester Dent | |
| Mountain Monster, The | 37/07/12 | 3802 | 84 | 7609 | 3 | Lester Dent | |
| Tunnel Terror | 37/07/21 | 4008 | 93 | 7902 | 4 | Lester Dent | |
| Fortress of Solitude, The | 37/08/01 | 3810 | 23 | 6804 | 25 | Lester Dent | |
| Flaming Falcons, The | 37/09/01 | 3906 | 30 | 6811 | 20 | Lester Dent | |
| Devil Ghenghis, The | 37/10/01 | 3812 | 79 | 7412 | 18 | Lester Dent | |
| Evil Gnome, The | 37/10/23 | 4004 | 82 | 7605 | 3 | Lester Dent | |
| Stone Man, The | 37/11/01 | 3910 | 81 | 7603 | 7 | Lester Dent | |
| Red Terrors, The | 38/04/01 | 3809 | 83 | 7607 | 5 | Lester Dent | |
| Giggling Ghosts, The | 38/04/07 | 3807 | 56 | 7101 | 18 | Lester Dent | |
| Other World, The | 38/04/28 | 4001 | 29 | 6810 | 9 | Lester Dent | |
| Hex | 38/06/02 | 3911 | 37 | 6906 | 6 | Lester Dent | |
| Gold Ogre, The | 38/06/11 | 3905 | 42 | 6911 | 15 | Lester Dent | |
| Angry Ghost, The | 38/07/01 | 4002 | 86 | 7701 | 5 | Lester Dent | |
| Mad Mesa | 38/07/10 | 3901 | 66 | 7201 | 42 | Lester Dent | |
| Poison Island | 38/09/04 | 3909 | 57 | 7102 | 50 | Lester Dent | |
| Dagger in the Sky, The | 38/10/29 | 3912 | 40 | 6909 | 34 | Lester Dent | |
| Awful Dynasty, The | 39/04/01 | 4011 | 148 | 8808 | 40 | Lester Dent | |
| World's Fair Goblin, The | 39/05/13 | 3904 | 39 | 6908 | 7 | Lester Dent | |
| Men Vanished, The | 39/05/22 | 4012 | 152 | 8811 | 15 | Lester Dent | |
| Pink Lady, The | 39/06/07 | 4105 | 157 | 8903 | 3 | Lester Dent | |
| Flying Goblin, The | 39/06/21 | 4007 | 90 | 7709 | 8 | Lester Dent | |
| Devils of the Deep | 39/07/21 | 4010 | 123 | 8412 | 36 | Lester Dent | |
| Awful Egg, The | 39/08/29 | 4006 | 92 | 7810 | 11 | Lester Dent | |
| Golden Man, The | 39/09/12 | 4104 | 117 | 8402 | 109 | Lester Dent | |
| All-White Elf, The | 40/03/07 | 4103 | 127 | 8608 | 3 | Lester Dent | |
| Mindless Monsters, The | 40/03/15 | 4109 | 131 | 8701 | 2 | Alan Hathway | |
| Birds of Death | 40/04/15 | 4110 | 161 | 8907 | 5 | Lester Dent | |
| Invisible Box Monsters, The | 40/06/02 | 4111 | 160 | 8907 | 5 | Lester Dent | |
| Devil's Playground, The | 40/06/09 | 4101 | 25 | 6806 | 4 | Alan Hathway | |
| Green Eagle, The | 40/06/19 | 4107 | 24 | 6805 | 4 | Lester Dent | |
| Mystery Island | 40/07/06 | 4108 | 139 | 8710 | 3 | Lester Dent | |
| Purple Dragon, The | 40/08/01 | 4009 | 91 | 7807 | 3 | Lester Dent | |
| Bequest of Evil | 40/08/15 | 4102 | 173 | 9006 | 10 | Lester Dent | |
| Headless Man, The | 40/09/01 | 4106 | 124 | 8412 | 5 | Alan Hathway | |
| Peril in the North | 40/11/12 | 4112 | 118 | 8402 | 3 | Lester Dent | |
| Magic Forest, The | 41/03/07 | 4204 | 149 | 8808 | 47 | Lester Dent | |
| Rustling Death, The | 41/05/10 | 4201 | 132 | 8701 | 2 | Alan Hathway | |
| Laugh of Death, The | 41/06/21 | 4210 | 119 | 8406 | 12 | Lester Dent | |
| Pirate Isle | 41/07/07 | 4205 | 115 | 8307 | 12 | Lester Dent | |
| Speaking Stone, The | 41/07/21 | 4206 | 116 | 8307 | 6 | Lester Dent | |
| Man Who Fell Up, The | 41/08/15 | 4207 | 112 | 8206 | 3 | Lester Dent | |
| Men of Fear | 41/09/01 | 4202 | 140 | 8710 | 5 | Lester Dent | |
| Too-Wise Owl, The | 41/09/16 | 4203 | 167 | 8911 | 9 | Lester Dent | |
| They Died Twice | 41/10/03 | 4211 | 105 | 8107 | 11 | Lester Dent | |
| Devil's Black Rock, The | 41/10/21 | 4212 | 164 | 8911 | 10 | Lester Dent | |
| Talking Devil, The | 42/04/07 | 4305 | 113 | 8212 | 7 | Lester Dent | |
| Running Skeletons, The | 42/04/21 | 4306 | 129 | 8608 | 4 | Lester Dent | |
| Time Terror, The | 42/05/07 | 4301 | 102 | 8101 | 4 | Lester Dent | |
| Three Wild Men, The | 42/05/21 | 4208 | 121 | 8410 | 2 | Lester Dent | |
| Goblins, The | 42/06/03 | 4310 | 125 | 8504 | 4 | Lester Dent | |
| Secret of the Su, The | 42/06/10 | 4311 | 126 | 8504 | 5 | Lester Dent | |
| Spook of Grandpa Eben, The | 42/06/18 | 4312 | 137 | 8706 | 3 | Lester Dent | |
| Fiery Menace, The | 42/06/24 | 4209 | 122 | 8410 | 3 | Lester Dent | |
| Mystery on Happy Bones | 42/07/07 | 4307 | 96 | 7910 | 2 | Lester Dent | |
| Mental Monster, The | 42/07/18 | 4308 | 156 | 8903 | 2 | Lester Dent | |
| Hell Below | 42/07/26 | 4309 | 99 | 8010 | 9 | Lester Dent | |
| Waves of Death, The | 42/08/12 | 4302 | 165 | 8911 | 3 | Lester Dent | |
| One-Eyed Mystic, The | 42/10/01 | 4401 | 111 | 8206 | 6 | Lester Dent | According to Plan of a One-Eyed Mystic |
| Black, Black Witch, The | 42/10/20 | 4303 | 108 | 8110 | 6 | Lester Dent | |
| King of Terror, The | 42/11/07 | 4304 | 120 | 8406 | 8 | Lester Dent | |
| Death Had Yellow Eyes | 43/03/17 | 4402 | 110 | 8201 | 8 | Lester Dent | |
| Weird Valley | 43/03/28 | 4409 | 158 | 8903 | 4 | Lester Dent | |
| Three Devils, The | 43/04/15 | 4405 | 136 | 8706 | 3 | Lester Dent | |
| Whisker of Hercules, The | 43/06/02 | 4404 | 103 | 8104 | 3 | Lester Dent | |
| Man Who Was Scared, The | 43/06/10 | 4407 | 104 | 8104 | 7 | Lester Dent | |
| Satan Black | 43/06/23 | 4411 | 97 | 8007 | 9 | Lester Dent | |
| Derelict of Skull Shoal, The | 43/09/01 | 4403 | 178 | 9010 | 6 | Lester Dent | |
| Pharaoh's Ghost, The | 43/11/01 | 4406 | 101 | 8101 | 6 | Lester Dent | |
| Shape of Terror, The | 43/12/01 | 4408 | 109 | 8201 | 5 | Lester Dent | |
| Lost Giant, The | 44/01/04 | 4412 | 100 | 8010 | 4 | Lester Dent | |
| Hate Genius, The | 44/01/15 | 4501 | 94 | 7906 | 3 | Unknown | Violent Night |
| Rock Sinister | 44/02/01 | 4505 | 141 | 8710 | 5 | Lester Dent | |
| Jiu San | 44/03/01 | 4410 | 107 | 8110 | 27 | Lester Dent | |
| Terrible Stork, The | 44/04/07 | 4506 | 154 | 8811 | 2 | Lester Dent | |
| King Joe Cay | 44/07/10 | 4507 | 133 | 8701 | 5 | Lester Dent | |
| Cargo Unknown | 44/08/01 | 4504 | 98 | 8007 | 20 | Lester Dent | |
| Strange Fish | 44/09/07 | 4502 | 138 | 8706 | 2 | Lester Dent | |
| Ten Ton Snakes, The | 44/11/01 | 4503 | 114 | 8212 | 4 | Lester Dent | |
| Measures for a Coffin | 44/12/01 | 4601 | 135 | 8706 | 4 | Lester Dent | |
| Five Fathoms Dead | 45/04/02 | 4604 | 153 | 8811 | 10 | Lester Dent | |
| Wee Ones, The | 45/05/31 | 4508 | 162 | 8907 | 3 | Lester Dent | |
| Terror Takes 7 | 45/06/15 | 4509 | 163 | 8907 | 2 | Lester Dent | |
| Death in Little Houses | 45/07/05 | 4610 | 174 | 9006 | 2 | Lester Dent | |
| Se-Pah-Poo | 45/07/11 | 4602 | 168 | 9002 | 5 | Lester Dent | |
| Screaming Man, The | 45/07/19 | 4512 | 106 | 8107 | 16 | Lester Dent | |
| Terror and the Lonely Widow | 45/08/10 | 4603 | 166 | 8911 | 7 | Lester Dent | |
| Trouble on Parade | 45/08/22 | 4511 | 159 | 8903 | 2 | Lester Dent | |
| Thing That Pursued, The | 45/10/01 | 4510 | 134 | 8701 | 2 | Lester Dent | |
| Exploding Lake, The | 45/11/07 | 4609 | 177 | 9006 | 12 | Lester Dent | |
| Danger Lies East | 45/11/25 | 4703 | 155 | 8811 | 3 | Lester Dent | |
| Death Is a Round Black Spot | 46/03/01 | 4605 | 171 | 9002 | 2 | Lester Dent | |
| Colors for Murder | 46/04/07 | 4606 | 169 | 9002 | 4 | Lester Dent | |
| Fire and Ice | 46/05/01 | 4607 | 150 | 8808 | 4 | Lester Dent | |
| Three Times a Corpse | 46/06/01 | 4608 | 170 | 9002 | 2 | Lester Dent | |
| Devil Is Jones, The | 46/07/01 | 4611 | 172 | 9002 | 2 | Lester Dent | |
| Target for Death | 46/09/21 | 4701 | 175 | 9006 | 8 | William Bogart | |
| Disappearing Lady, The | 46/10/21 | 4612 | 151 | 8808 | 3 | William Bogart | |
| Death Lady, The | 46/11/07 | 4702 | 176 | 9006 | 12 | William Bogart | |
| No Light to Die By | 47/02/01 | 4705 | 143 | 8802 | 2 | Lester Dent | |
| Monkey Suit, The | 47/04/07 | 4707 | 144 | 8802 | 2 | Lester Dent | |
| Let's Kill Ames | 47/04/21 | 4709 | 145 | 8802 | 3 | Lester Dent | |
| Once Over Lightly | 47/06/01 | 4711 | 146 | 8802 | 3 | Lester Dent | |
| I Died Yesterday | 47/07/29 | 4801 | 147 | 8802 | 1 | Lester Dent | |
| Pure Evil, The | 47/11/07 | 4803 | 142 | 8710 | 2 | Lester Dent | |
| Terror Wears No Shoes | 47/11/12 | 4805 | 179 | 9010 | 17 | Lester Dent | |
| The Red Spider | 47/12/05 | 4811 | 95 | 7907 | 11 | Lester Dent | |
| Angry Canary, The | 48/04/07 | 4807 | 128 | 8608 | 7 | Lester Dent | |
| Return from Cormoral | 48/04/21 | 4905 | 180 | 9010 | 3 | Lester Dent | |
| Swooning Lady, The | 48/06/07 | 4809 | 129 | 8608 | 1 | Lester Dent | |
| Green Master, The | 48/10/21 | 4902 | 181 | 9010 | 6 | Lester Dent | |
| Up from Earth's Centre | 48/11/04 | 4908 | 182 | 9010 | 9 | Lester Dent |