Hiram Richardson illustrated the cover of the Bantam release Doc Savage Omnibus 3. Richardson began his cover illustration career in 1976 and, like James Bama branched into fine art. More examples of his work can be found at The Paperback Palette.
John Emery Clarke (1911-1990) painted a number of Doc Savage covers for Street and Smith. “The friendship between Clarke and Gladney is poignantly recorded on the December 1938 cover of Doc Savage, which features a self-portrait of Emery Clark (top left with gray hair and glasses) beside...
Roger Kastel painted two covers for Bantam: Doc Savage Omnibus 2 and Omnibus 3, a cover for Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life, and the poster for the film, Doc Savage: Man of Bronze.
Joe DeVito (1957-present) has painted Doc Savage covers since 1991.
Boris Vallejo (1941- ) painted six Doc Savage covers for Bantam. Vallejo’s preferred artistic medium is oil paint on board, and has previously used digital media to combine discrete images to form composite images. Preparatory works are pencil or ink sketches — Wikipedia
William Douglas Rosa (1932-1977) painted two* Bantam covers in the Doc Savage series: The Lost Oasis and The Land of Terror. Vincent diFate postulated that Rosa got the call to do the covers while James Bama was on his honeymoon. Douglas Rosa was an illustration artist from...
James Avati, 1912-2005, painted a single Bantam Doc Savage cover…
Steve Assel painted a single Doc Savage Bantam cover: Escape from Loki…
James Bama is responsible for the image that many Bantam era Man of Bronze fans have when they think “Doc Savage.”
Unlike Doug Rosa, much is known about Mort Kunstler. His career as a historical painter made his name. Kunstler painted only a single Doc Savage cover for Bantam…
In 1976, (Len) Leone kept his word with several paperback assignments for (Bob) Larkin. By that time, Larkin’s career was in full swing. His art had graced the covers of other paperback companies, comic covers, movie posters, advertising, and more. That year, Larkin’s dream assignment opened when...
Fred Pfeiffer took over the Bantam Doc Savage covers after James Bama left. He painted 13 covers from #68 (Quest of the Spider) through #81 (The Stone Man). The cover for The South Pole Terror was reused for The Stone Man.
Gary Chaloner created this portrait of Doc Savage exclusively for Doc fan Steve Sherman. Well, the original is exclusive. They’ve generously allowed us to post a scan here.
