Checkmate No 18 February 1997 cover

Shot solo by Jack Fritscher, Cover Photograph features black-and-white production of a color photograph of model Goliath seated in chair with cover copy invitation reflecting theme of issue: “Wanna Rassle?” Goliath also appears on the cover and several times in the coffee-table photography book, Jack Fritscher’s American Men, GMP, London 1995. Previously, he had been featured on the cover of DungeonMaster #47, January 1994. Goliath can be seen starring in two Palm Drive Video features: G. I. Joe and Big White Meat.