“Skewered?” No. It’s one of those things: the more you think about it, the more it makes sense.

Let’s REALLY get outrageous and suggest a tie-in: Philip Jose Farmer wrote a cool story titled “After King Kong Fell” which has Doc Savage (as well as the Shadow) showing up at the base of Empire State Bldg after the great ape plummeted to the street. Doc, as you’ll recall, was headquartered on the 86th floor of the ESB (though it is never actually called that in the novels, it’s obvious). So Kong falls – splat – Doc investigates, and instead of a remake of SON OF KONG, we get a Skull Island version of THE LAND OF TERROR with Doc battling dinosaurs.