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Correct!

Graham Nolan addressed this in a Q&A with the Washington Post, where he says, "Chuck Dixon came up the idea for an evil 'Doc Savage' and I designed the character." Furthermore, Bane's henchmen Trogg, Zombie, and Bird were designed to resemble three members of Doc Savage's Fabulous Five.