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The MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #9, the “Croc Attack” issue (Full color edition)

The MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #9 features classic crocodile and alligator attack stories from men’s adventure magazines, an article about killer croc and gator films by movie maven John Harrison, an article about MAMs published in the land of Crocodile Dundee by Australian pulp culture historian Andrew Nette, another outstanding layout by MAQ co-editor Bill Cunningham, and lots more cool stuff. You can see a preview on my blog at this link and a great video preview and review by UK podcaster Jules Burt at this link.

Here’s a list of the stories and articles in it:

  • Introduction by MAQ Co-Editor and Publisher Bob Deis
  • “The Avenging Crocodile” from  MAN’S DAY, June 1953
  • “Give Me Back My Arm” from MAN’S LIFE, January 1957
  • “Gator Ground” from ADVENTURE, June 1958
  • “My Bloody Battle with a Croc” from ESCAPE TO ADVENTURE, February 1958
  • “Curse of the Crocodile” from MAN’S ACTION, June 1961
  • “Blood for the Crocodile” from MAN’S LOOK, October 1961
  • “My Hand-to-Jaw Death Duel With a Croc” from FOR MEN ONLY, November, 1970
  • “The Worst Horror Story of World War II” from STAG, November 1971
  • “We Fought the Monster Crocodile” from MAN’S EXPLOITS, December 1963
  • How the Sausage Is Made! by MAQ Co-Editor and graphic designer Bill Cunningham
  • “Men’s Adventure Down Under” by Australian Pulp Culture Historian Andrew Nette
  • The MAQ Gal-lery: “The Women of the ASTOUNDING SHE MONSTER”
  • “What a Croc! Croc and Gator Attack Movies” by film historian John Harrison

 

The MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #8 — FULL COLOR edition

The MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #8 is the first MAQ issue to come in three editions: the usual full color edition, a less expensive “Noir Edition” in which the interior pages are all black-and-white, and a full color digital replica edition viewable with an iPad, a Kindle Fire, or a PC or Mac computer. This listing is for the full color print edition. The Noir edition is available from the MensPulpMags.com bookstore in a separate listing at this link. The digital edition is only available via Amazon at this link.

MAQ #8 is our “Heavy Hitters” issue. It features classic men’s adventure magazine stories and artwork about hit men and hit women. MAQ Co-Editor Bob Deis provides an introduction for each story that sheds light on the writers, artists, magazines, and characters involved. This issue also includes several special features written exclusively for the MAQ. One, written by retromedia maven, author and podcaster Gary Lovisi, provides a look at hit men in movies, paperbacks and real life. Another looks at the world’s most famous male artists’ model – Steve Holland – in a profile written by Michael Stradford, the world’s foremost expert on Holland. There’s also an article by MAQ co-editor Bill Cunningham that provides deep background on the Blaxploitation movie classic HIT MAN. On top of all that, you get to meet a special lady who was a big “hit” with men back in the ’50s and ’60s, Betty Brosmer, in our MAQ GAL-LERY feature.

Join us as we recount the adventures of ruthless killers and killer bodies in this special “Heavy Hitters” issue of the MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY!

The MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #8 — “NOIR” Edition (black & white interiors) edition

The MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #8 is the first MAQ issue to come in three editions: the usual full color edition, a less expensive “Noir Edition” in which the interior pages are all black-and-white, and a full color digital replica edition viewable with an iPad, a Kindle Fire, or a PC or Mac computer. This listing is for the full color print edition. The Noir edition is available from the MensPulpMags.com bookstore in a separate listing at this link. The digital edition is only available via Amazon at this link.

MAQ #8 is our “Heavy Hitters” issue. It features classic men’s adventure magazine stories and artwork about hit men and hit women. MAQ Co-Editor Bob Deis provides an introduction for each story that sheds light on the writers, artists, magazines, and characters involved. This issue also includes several special features written exclusively for the MAQ. One, written by retromedia maven, author and podcaster Gary Lovisi, provides a look at hit men in movies, paperbacks and real life. Another looks at the world’s most famous male artists’ model – Steve Holland – in a profile written by Michael Stradford, the world’s foremost expert on Holland. There’s also an article by MAQ co-editor Bill Cunningham that provides deep background on the Blaxploitation movie classic HIT MAN. On top of all that, you get to meet a special lady who was a big “hit” with men back in the ’50s and ’60s, Betty Brosmer, in our MAQ GAL-LERY feature.

Join us as we recount the adventures of ruthless killers and killer bodies in this special “Heavy Hitters” issue of the MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY!

SPECIAL DEAL! All 4 of the first 4 issues of the Men’s Adventure Quarterly Magazine for $90.00

SPECIAL DEAL: All 4 of the first 4 issues of the MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY for $90, with free shipping. The MAQ is a 150-page, 8″ x 10″ square-bound magazine, published in full color on high quality paper, that reprints and discusses classic men’s adventure magazine stories and artwork from vintage men’s adventure magazines. The stories, articles and artwork in each issue focus on a theme.
– MAQ #1 focuses on Western stories and artwork (preview here-> bit.ly/MAQ1-preview)
– MAQ #2 features James Bond style spy stories and artwork (preview here-> bit.ly/MAQ2-preview)
– MAQ #3 is our special Mack Bolan/The Executioner “Vigilante Justice” issue (preview here-> bit.ly/MAQ3-preview)
– MAQ #4 focuses on “Jungle Girl” stories and artwork (preview here-> bit.ly/MAQ4preview)

The Men’s Adventure Quarterly #5, the “Dirty Mission” issue (PAPERBACK)

The MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #5 — the “Dirty Mission” issue features: “Dirty Dozen” style stories and artwork from men’s adventure magazines, including the MAM story that inspired the DIRTY DOZEN novel and movie; seven other classic MAM “Dirty Mission” stories; an introduction by Joe Kenney, author of the Glorious Trash blog; a special section about the legendary artists’ model, pinup model and actress Eva Lynd and artist Norm Eastman, who often used Eva for his wild covers; an article about British war comics by Justin Marriott; an amazing layout by co-editor Bill “Mad Pulp Bastard” Cunningham; and much more! The MAQ is an 8″x10″ perfect bound paperback format. MAQ #5 an extra long issue with 171 pages.

SEE A PREVIEW BY CLICKING THIS LINK.

The Men’s Adventure Quarterly #3 — the “Vigilante Justice” issue, featuring Mack Bolan (PAPERBACK)

In 1969, Don Pendleton’s first two novels about Mack Bolan, “The Executioner” launched one of the most influential action/adventure paperback series ever created. It established a new type of modern hero: battle-hardened Vietnam War veterans who had the skills and guts to impose bloody, “vigilante justice” on mobsters and other villains who evade the criminal justice system.

This special third issue of the MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY features exclusive reprints of “Book Bonus” versions of the first two Executioner novels, originally published in men’s adventure magazines (MAMs). They’re accompanied by an article written by Don’s wife, author Linda Pendleton, who provides insights into the evolution of the Executioner.

MAQ #3 also features: an introduction by the legendary comics writer and novelist Chuck Dixon; three other classic vigilante justice stories from MAMs; a special art gallery section featuring original Executioner cover paintings by artist Gil Cohen, who created most of the classic Mack Bolan covers; a photo spread about pinup model Bettie Page;  plus a look at artist Jack Faragasso’s paintings of Bettie and reference photos.

It’s high-impact entertainment you won’t find anywhere else except the pages of the MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY!

“…remains one of the most impressive, beautifully designed publications available today.” – James Reasoner, Author THE CIVIL WAR BATTLE SERIES, LONGARM, THE TRAILSMAN

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The MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #5, the “Dirty Mission Issue”

2 years ago
Robert Deis

In addition to the Men’s Adventure Library book series I co-edit with Wyatt Doyle, I also co-edit a full-color magazine that showcases artwork and stories from men’s adventure magazines (MAMs)…

The Men’s Adventure Quarterly #2, the “Espionage Issue” — ’60s spy stories & art (PAPERBACK)

This ALL-ESPIONAGE issue of MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY celebrates spy stories from vintage men’s adventure magazines. These behind-enemy-lines, nail-biting spy thrillers, and articles are brilliantly written by Walter Kaylin, Don Honig, Robert F. Dorr, and many others. Illustrated by renowned artists such as Mort Künstler, Vic Prezio, and Walter Popp. The MAQ Cover Gallery features some of the wildest in espionage illustration, and the MAQ Gal-lery features the ladies who could become “Jane Bond.” More than “swinging spy-fi” this issue of the MAQ is a mission back into the dirty dealings and desperate acts of agents of the Cold War Intelligence services who used any means necessary to succeed. MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY is an acknowledged leader in republishing men’s adventure fiction for new readers.

Click this link to se a preview of MAQ #2.

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The Men’s Adventure Quarterly #1 — classic Western stories & art issue (PAPERBACK)

The MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY is a lushly-illustrated, full color magazine launched in 2021 that reprints and discusses classic stories and artwork from men’s adventure magazines published in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. This first issue reprints rip-snorting Western stories by Lou Cameron, Dean W. Ballenger, Jack Pearl, Don Honig and other veteran action/adventure writers. Each story is accompanied by the cover of the magazine it appeared in and the original interior artwork, plus an introduction with background information on the writer, artist or magazine. Issue #1 also includes a special Western cover gallery featuring artwork by great artists like Frank McCarthy, Mort Künstler, Rafael DeSoto, Robert Stanley, Vic Prezio, Norm Eastman, Wil Hulsey, Charles Copeland, Bob Schulz and many others. There’s also a “cheesecake” pinup photo “GAL-lery” featuring model and actress Juli Reding, classic men’s adventure magazine cartoons and ads, and a guest editorial by Western expert and author Paul Bishop, co-host of the SIX-GUN JUSTICE PODCAST. Start your MAQ collection with this inaugural issue, and watch for new ones every quarter. The MAQ is Co-edited by Robert “Bob” Deis, Co-editor (with Wyatt Doyle) of the Men’s Adventure Library book series, which includes art books like MORT KÜNSTLER: THE GODFATHER OF PULP FICTION ILLUSTRATORS, ONE MAN ARMY: THE ACTION PAPERBACK ART OF GIL COHEN, POLLEN’S WOMEN: THE ART OF SAMSON POLLEN, EVA: MEN’S ADVENTURE SUPERMODEL and illustrated story anthologies like WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH, A HANDFUL OF HELL, I WATCHED THEM EAT ME ALIVE and CUBA: SUGAR, SEX, AND SLAUGHTER. The MAQ is designed and co-edited by Bill Cunningham, founder of Pulp 2.0 Press (KILLER, TALES OF FRANKENSTEIN, DEATH KISS: THE BOOK OF THE MOVIE, MIKE SHAYNE PRIVATE EYE COMIC COLLECTION, etc.). Each issue of the MAQ will focus on classic men’s adventure magazines stories and artwork related to a particular theme. This first issue focuses on Western stories and artwork. Issue #2 will focus on James Bond-style Sixties espionage stories and artwork. Other topics will include motorcycle gangs, Bigfoot and other cryptozoology creatures, war stories, Beatniks and Hippies, the Civil War, and other favorite topics of men’s adventure magazine readers. Be sure to get them all!

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The MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #10, the Vietnam War Issue (full color edition)

The MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #10, the Vietnam issue, reprints some of the best men’s adventure magazine stories about the Vietnam War published in the 1960s and 1970s. They include a story by Mario Puzo, author of THE GODFATHER, first published under the pseudonym he used for the many MAM stories he wrote early in his career, Mario Cleri and a story about Barry Sadler and his song “Ballad of the Green Berets.” In addition to story reprints, MAQ #10 features a special Art Gallery section showcasing other Vietnam War cover paintings by Mel Crair, articles about Vietnam War novel series by vintage paperback expert and writer Paul Bishop, author Nicholas Cain’s account of the making of the movie based on his novel SAIGON COMMANDOS, a photo feature about Raquel Welch’s 1967 USO Tour to Vietnam with Bob Hope, and a unique article by MAQ Co-Editor and designer Bill Cunningham about the now nearly forgotten PS MAGAZINE comics designed to educate GI’s about preventive maintenance on their guns, featuring artwork by Will Eisner, creator of THE SPIRIT.

The MAQ is an 8″x10″ paperback with 171 pages printed on high quality paper. If you buy the full color print edition via this bookstore, shipping in the US is free. I don’t ship internationally via this site, but I do via my eBay listings, at this link.

Print and Digital Replica ebook editions of MAQ #10 are available on Amazon in the US, Amazon UK, Amazon Australia, Amazon Canada, Amazon Germany, and other Amazons worldwide.

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The MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #9, the “Croc Attack” issue

5 months ago
Robert Deis

Issue #9 of the MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY is a cornucopia of classic men’s adventure magazine stories and artwork that feature crocodile and alligator attacks. It also includes: a special exclusive…

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ATOMIC WEREWOLVES AND MAN-EATING PLANTS: A preview, Part 1…

6 months ago
Robert Deis

Wyatt Doyle and I recently released the 18th book in our Men’s Adventure Library series, ATOMIC WEREWOLVES AND MAN-EATING PLANTS: WHEN MEN’S ADVENTURE MAGAZINES GOT WEIRD. You can now get…