Doc Savage by Pedro Potier

This week's entry comes all the way from the 30s, courtesy of Pedro Potier.
"How in Heck does Bane link up to Doc Savage", I hear you ask?
This sentence on Bane's Wikipedia page did the honors:
"According to his creators, Bane was originally intended as a "dark mirror" of the highly disciplined and multi-skilled pulp hero Doc Savage."