Patricia Savage

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Patricia "Pat" Savage is the cousin of the fictional 1930s and 1940s hero Doc Savage. Pat Savage first appears in the novel The Brand of the Werewolf, when Doc helps her secure an inheritance. She is living in Canada at the time, though later moves to New York City and opens a swank beauty salon. Doc Savage refers to her father as an uncle he never met. Pat herself refers to Doc as her third or fourth cousin. She is supposed to be Doc's only living relative.^{[citations needed]}

Pat has bronze hair and skin much like her cousin. She is described as being a knockout, someone who turns heads wherever she goes. She is an accomplished marksman and pilot, and is excellent in self defence. She desired to join Doc's group of associates, but her cousin refused to allow it. His aides, however, were always more than happy when she managed to join them, and Doc himself needed her aid on several occasions. Pat appears in thirty-seven of the original Doc Savage stories.

Pat Savage's signature weapon is an old western single-action six-shooter with the trigger filed off and a fanning spur welded on the hammer, which she carries in her purse. Later it is stated that Doc Savage produced "mercy bullets" for it which render those hit with them unconscious ( the same type of bullets used by Doc Savage's "fabulous five"). The gun becomes an important plot element in "The Hate Genius" when a disguised Hitler thinks he's left his fingerprints on it, after which the Nazis keep trying to get the gun so his secret identity won't be revealed.^{[citations needed]}

Pat Savage is the main character of the Doc Savage story "I Died Yesterday" (1948), which is recounted by her as a first-person narrative in "Doc Savage Omnibus #5".

Pat Savage, along with many other pulp characters, appears in Lin Carter's Prince Zarkon novels. In these she is named Pat Hazzard, having married pulp hero Rex Hazzard.