James Bama. The Original Man of Bronze. 1994.

James Bama. The Original Man of Bronze. Anaheim: Graphitti Designs, 1994.

Print of the original painting for the Bantam cover of The Man of Bronze. Edition of 150, signed by the artist and by model Steve Holland.

Prolific and versatile artist James Bama painted more than 60 illustrations for the Bantam covers, and Steve Holland was the model for these and for countless mass-market paperback book covers by Bama and others. Holland was “the embodiment of the spirit of Men’s Adventure circa 1973” (Chris Brown).

No. 24.