Heroics is the two-volume (Heroics, Heroics II) successor series to photographer Paul Freeman's spectacular five-book Outback series (Outback, Outback Dusk, Outback Brumby, Outback Currawong Creek, Outback Bushmen), and initial four-book Bondi series (Bondi Classic, Bondi Urban, Bondi Work, Bondi Road ) of gay male physique books. In all, that's 11 books packed with thousands of pictures of scores of choice models.
At least one monotone portrait in Heroics resembles the preferable previous Outback format. It's a hairy naked man in a partially visible gladiatorial helmet, but in a rural setting, his sensational body sandwiched between bare, possibly burned tree branches, a few leafless ones, two inch-thick branches across the front of his body, and more behind him and into the distance. It's an excellent composition. The patchwork texture of the branches complements the model's natural beauty. You hardly notice the Napoleonic military coat loosely draped over his shoulders.
Another black-and-white print with the same model features him with his superfluous helmet in fuller view, arms stretched upwards, with only a black studio background. He is so beautiful that he can dominate any prop, but the previously described picture is still his best.