Steven Assael

Under the pseudonym Steven James, Steven Assael painted a single Doc Savage Bantam cover: Escape from Loki.

According to an interview with Will Murray, Phillip Jose Farmer had Assel repaint the cover to remove a Tommy-gun that Savage was cradling and replace it with a .45 automatic. Murray said Farmer was “adamant that the cover faithfully reflect the story.”

The original painting for Escape from Loki

Notation from the back of the original painting for Escape from Loki.