Let me start with some clear disclaimers… I am a NOT a “fan” of Nazis. I do NOT “enjoy” Nazi torture and bondage art. I also fully realize why the…
Year: 2009
“Fidel Castro’s Sex Secret” – from a 1965 issue of Adventure magazine
It’s often hard to sort out the truly true stories from the phony ones in men’s adventure magazines. The authors and editors of men’s adventure mag stories were masters of…
Wildcat Adventures, Part II – William Burroughs, weird menace, wild women
My previous entry here provided a look at a classic issue of the men’s adventure magazine Wildcat Adventures from 1960, the second year of the magazine’s run. Wildcat Adventures was…
Sheiks, harems and occasional Nazis: The “Arab Peril” subgenre in men’s adventure magazines
Today, fairly or not, many Americans primarily associate the word “Arab” with terrorists and religious extremism. Back in the 1950s and 1960s, we had somewhat different stereotypical mental images of…
A-OK for Men – a spicy mix of OTT stories and T&A
A-OK for Men was another men’s adventure magazine that didn’t last long. Apparently, only five issues were published between October 1962 and the fall of 1963. The cover of the…
Action Magazine, Part 2 – Manly adventures and anxieties in 1953
My previous post about Action magazine showed some of the great painted covers used for this short-lived men’s adventure mag (touted as “THE BEST IN LUSTY ADVENTURE”). Now let’s take…
ACTION – the men’s adventure magazine with “the best in lusty adventure”
From time to time, I’ll post entries here that I plan to use for an eBook, tentatively titled A Field Guide to Men’s Adventure Magazines. It will show cover scans…
“Chewed to Bits by Giant Turtles!” – Man’s Life magazine, May 1957
One of the men’s adventure magazine covers that’s a personal favorite of mine (as you can see from the header of this blog) is the May 1957 issue of Man’s…
“The Hippies Raped Him And Then They Told Him How Much It Was Going to Cost!”
Say what? Yep, I said – “The Hippies Raped Him And Then They Told Him How Much It Was Going to Cost!” That’s an actual headline from a men’s adventure…
It would be a great George Romero zombie movie…
In addition to being a big fan of men’s adventure magazines, I am also a big fan of zombie movies. So, when I saw the July 1962 issue of MAN’S…
“The First Time I Died” – plus another raging croc attack cover
A reader on Reddit asked me to post the story that goes with the great croc attack cover I recently posted from the January 1958 issue of Man’s Conquest magazine.…