Monk Mayfair was one of Doc Savage's "fabulous five", a team of adventurers whose exploits ran for years in the original magazine and were reprinted in a series of paperback books. But there was more to it than that. Apelike characters called Monk were used in other stories outside the series. It might not always have been because of the Doc Savage character, but it was in some cases.
Reference photo used by Bama for drawing Monk.
The "Monk" appearing in the 1939 Universal serial THE PHANTOM CREEPS is similar.
There was no Ham, but in this serial Monk quarreled with Bela Lugosi's character a lot. This was unusual for serial henchmen in the serials of the time. Ordinarily they tended to do what they were told without a lot of arguing.
An resemblances could be coincidental, as they say, but then again they might not be.
The Monk Mayfair character was used in Ted White's CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE GREAT GOLD STEAL,
which was published by Bantam books. This was the same publisher that was reprinting the Doc Savage stories, and it was similar to the Doc Savage books, except that here Monk was one of the bad guys. Monk got killed during the course of the story, but I don't supposed that mattered very much as Monk continued to
appear in other adventures afterwords. Doc Savage books are still being published, including some new adventures by Will Murray.
CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE GREAT GOLD STEAL:
http://bennypdrinnon.blogspot.com/2012/11/captain-america-and-great-gold-steal-by.html
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