REAL, January 1956 – a classic issue featuring four famous killers…

REAL magazine was one of the best and longest-running men’s pulp adventure magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. It was published from 1952 to 1967 by a series of companies.…

Merry Christmas, men’s adventure magazines style!

It’s not too surprising that there aren’t many issues of vintage men’s adventure magazines had Christmas-themed covers. The cover paintings used by most of the 160 or so periodicals in…

STAG, December 1965 – WWII battles, Wild Flings, “Foxhole Girls” and more…

My previous post about the December 1965 issue of STAG focused on the author of its cover story about Pearl Harbor – military historian Robert F. Dorr – and on…

The Walter Kaylin anthology, HE-MEN, BAG MEN & NYMPHOS, is now available on Amazon…

Like many fans of post World War II men’s pulp adventure magazines, I was originally attracted to them by their cool painted covers and interior illustrations. After I began collecting…

Rico Tomaso – one of the best of the many great artists who worked for men’s adventure magazines…

Recently, in the Men’s Adventure Magazines Facebook group, I posted a few examples of the great painted portraits of US servicemen artist by Rico Tomaso that were used on covers…

More classic illustration art and photos featuring Eva Lynd…

After I wrote my last post about model and actress Eva Lynd, I got an email from Eva that included a new revelation. It was a scan of an interior…

Eva Lynd…Illustration art model, glamour photo model, actress and more…

This year, I’ve had the great pleasure and honor of getting to know Eva Lynd, one of the most multifaceted glamour girls of the 1950s and 1960s. Eva contacted me…

Meanwhile, over on the WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH! Facebook page…

Earlier this year, when we published the WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH! anthology of men’s adventure magazine stories, my multitalented co-editor Wyatt Doyle also launched the WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH! Facebook…

More Bruce Minney paintings featured on the History Channel’s “American Pickers” show…

On the evening of August 5th, 2013, the History Channel’s “American Pickers” TV series aired an episode of particular interest to fans of men’s pulp adventure magazines. In it, the…

Bruce Minney, “The Man Who Painted Everything,” is now gone – but his artistic legacy will live on…

On August 5, 2013, the great illustration artist Bruce Minney passed away at age 84, about two months after suffering a major stroke. If you’re a regular reader of this…

MAN’S STORY, Feb. 1963: the good, the so-bad-it’s-good, and the gonzo (Part 2)…

My previous post here featured stories from the February 1963 issue of MAN’S STORY that were illustrated by three of the great pulp illustration artists who worked for men’s pulp…

MAN’S STORY, Feb. 1963: the good, the so-bad-it’s-good, and the gonzo (Part 1)…

One of the most common words I see associated with men’s pulp adventure magazines published in the 1950s and 1960s is lurid. The Oxford English Dictionary defines that word as…