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Doc / Al (roadblock leader)

Doc / Al (roadblock leader) is recorded in 1 distinct story.

Sandy-bearded leader with sunglasses, former soldier in Akron media suppression. Narrator first calls him Al, while captives subsequently say they knew him only as Doc; both source labels retained as a textual inconsistency.

Also recorded as Al, Doc.

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The Stand

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Sandy-bearded leader with sunglasses, former soldier in Akron media suppression. Narrator first calls him Al, while captives subsequently say they knew him only as Doc; both source labels retained as a textual inconsistency.

The Stand ↗By Stephen King
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Physical description uniquely reconciles narrator’s earlier Al with the captives’ Doc; killed by Stu July 30.

The Stand ↗By Stephen King