Unlike mainstream magazines published in the 1950s and 1960s, most men’s adventure magazines did not feature Christmas-themed covers on their December issues. So, alas, there are no covers of MAN’S…
Year: 2012
Mala Mastroberte’s MALALAND MAGAZINES – a unique new book for fans of vintage pulp covers and pinup photos…
Many of the nearly 400 members of the Men’s Adventure Magazines Facebook Group associated with this blog are writers, artists or both. Several have new books that I highly recommend…
Robert F. Dorr’s MISSION TO TOKYO – an epic new history book by a former men’s adventure writer…
With the holiday season upon us, I decided to do some posts about books I’d recommend as gifts for fans of vintage men’s adventure magazines. First up is MISSION TO…
Attack of the Lesbian Wives! – Portrayals of Lesbians in Vintage Men’s Adventure Magazines (Part 4)
Previous posts in my series about lesbians in men’s adventure magazines noted that, early in their careers, some writers who later became well-known novelists penned purportedly true, but essentially made…
Women in Prison – Portrayals of Lesbians in Vintage Men’s Adventure Magazines (Part 3)
I’ll start this third post in my series about the depiction of lesbians in vintage men’s adventure magazines with a startling revelation from a story in the December 1964 issue…
“Lesbians on the Prowl!”– Portrayals of Lesbians in Vintage Men’s Adventure Magazines (Part 2)
My previous post here explored some historically interesting stories about lesbians published in the 1950s, such as “The Sin You Don’t Dare Talk About” from the August 1957 issue of…
Lesbians in Men’s Adventure Magazines, Part 1: Objects of Fear, Loathing – and Desire…
American males who read the men’s pulp adventure magazines published in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s seem to have had a special fascination with lesbians that editors were happy to…
How publisher Stanley Morse and I got even with anti-comics crusader Fredric Wertham
Recently, Richard Greene, one of the the many talented and knowledgeable artists who have become members of the Men’s Adventure Magazines Facebook Group, posted a link to an interesting opinion…
“Bruce Minney: The Man Who Painted Everything” — Part 3 (guest post by author Tom Ziegler)
Editor’s Note: This is the third and final installment in a series of special guest posts by Tom Ziegler, author of the fascinating, lushly-illustrated new book BRUCE MINNEY: THE MAN…
“Bruce Minney: The Man Who Painted Everything” — guest post by Tom Ziegler (Part 1)
Editor’s Note: Tom Ziegler, son-in-law of the great illustration artist Bruce Minney, has just released a new full-color book titled BRUCE MINNEY: THE MAN WHO PAINTED EVERYTHING. (Available in both…
Men’s adventure magazine covers that stoked “ophidiophobia” (and some ophidiophilia)…
Most species of snakes are harmless. Relatively few people, at least in the United States, ever have personal encounters with snakes that pose a real threat to humans. Nonetheless, many…