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…
Category: Killer creature stories
Pulp fiction, pulp art and pop culture treasures from the May 1973 issue of MALE magazine…
EDITOR’S NOTE: Recently, Robert F. Dorr, the great military aviation historian and novelist who started out writing stories for men’s adventure magazines, passed away at age 76. Last year, I…
The “killer creature” animal attack covers of MAN’S LIFE magazine…
For many collectors of vintage men’s pulp adventure magazines, issues that feature cover paintings with “killer creature” animal attack scenes are among the most highly prized. And, some of the…
Killer elephants, tigers, snakes and lobsters?…Oh yeah!
Last year, I co-wrote an article about “killer creature” man vs. animal themed stories in vintage men’s adventure magazines for HORRORHOUND, a nicely-produced periodical about horror and science fiction movies,…
“Weasels Ripped My Flesh” – From MAN’S LIFE magazine to the Mothers of Invention…
My very first post on this blog, back in August of 2009, was about the magazine cover that sparked my initial fascination with men’s adventure magazines: the cover of the…
Psycho killer cannibal Albert Fish vs. killer fish. Which is scarier?
Challenge for Men was a classic men’s adventure magazine published from 1955 to 1959 by Almat Publishing (part of the Pyramid book and magazine publishing group). Most issues of Challenge…
“Lizards from Hell”, killer crabs, Harlan Ellison and more…
There’s no official artist credit given for the incredible killer lizard painting on the cover of True Men Stories, Vol. 1, No. 3, February 1957. But if you’re a fan…