Ho! Ho! Ho! Men’s adventure magazines style…

Most of the more than 160 different men’s adventure magazines published from the late 1940s to the mid-1970s never featured holiday-themed covers for Christmas or any other holidays. I guess…

Q&A with Fanzine Publisher Justin Marriott…

EDITOR’S NOTE: I first learned about vintage paperback fanzine publisher Justin Marriott from my friend writer, editor and action/adventure media maven Paul Bishop (whose latest book is 52 WEEKS •…

Funny text and image juxtapositions on “stripped” men’s adventure magazine covers…

I’d planned to take a few weeks off in September, but when Hurricane Irma hit the island where I live in the Florida Keys, it led to a much longer…

A Men’s Adventure Magazines & Books Facebook Group Update…

Back in 2010, I created a Facebook group as a spinoff of this blog. It’s called the Men’s Adventure Magazines & Books Group. Given the sometimes politically incorrect content in…

Who will inherit the Earth? Turtles, of course! I read it in STAG, Nov. 1961…

I’m a big fan of turtles in real life. I’m also a big fan of the surreal “killer turtles” stories and artwork found in some of the men’s pulp adventure…

I WATCHED THEM EAT ME ALIVE! — the new Men’s Adventure Library book and first “Men’s Adventure Journal”

“I had a glimpse of a squirrel perched on his neck; it seemed funny as hell for a second.” That was the initial reaction of the main character in the…

INDIA TODAY’s Kai Friese looks at American pulp and men’s adventure magazines…

The Men’s Adventure Magazines & Books Facebook Group associated with this blog now has over 2,000 members from around the world. Quite a few members are professional writers, such as:…

Happy Mothers Day – and thanks to head Mother Frank Zappa for my men’s adventure magazine obsession…

Naturally I think about my late mother every Mother’s Day. This year on Mother’s Day, in addition to thinking about Mom, I’ve been working on a new book collecting men’s…

Model/Actress Eva Lynd and Photographer Earl Leaf: Together Again…

Over the past few years, it’s been my great pleasure to have an ongoing correspondence with model and actress Eva Lynd. I first became fascinated with Eva after learning that…

Make believe paperbacks on men’s adventure magazine covers…

EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s a look back at a previous post on this blog that needed some updating… Lynn Munroe is one of the world’s top experts on vintage paperback books,…

An interview with Paul Bishop: veteran detective, writer, editor and action/adventure maven…

EDITOR’S NOTE: Paul Bishop seems like he should be a fictional character in a novel like those he writes. He served with the Los Angeles Police Department for 35 years.…

Leopard Men Ripped Their Flesh! (Updated)

“Leopard Men” — vicious killers wearing leopard skins and gloves fitted with metal claws — have been featured in stories, books and movies since the 1930s. Their first big splash…