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…

MISSION TO BERLIN – a great new book by former men’s adventure magazine writer Robert F. Dorr…

In addition to featuring great pulp art by many talented illustration artists, men’s adventure magazines published in the 1950s, the 1960s and 1970s featured stories by many notable writers. One…

Robert F. Dorr’s new book MISSION TO BERLIN – and some of his classic men’s adventure stories…

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you may know that Robert F. Dorr— one of America’s top military aviation historians — was once one of the best and…

“I FOUGHT CASTRO’S CUTTHROAT GUERRILLA SQUAD” – Evil Cuban Commies, Part 3

Since I started this blog last year, I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing three notable authors who once wrote stories for men’s adventure magazines: Harlan Ellison, Walter Kaylin and Robert…

When cocaine grew on trees (in men’s pulp magazines)…

By the early ‘70s, the men’s adventure magazine genre was dying out, largely due to competition from more sexually explicit men’s magazines. “The market slid ever crotchward,” as Josh Alan…

A look at some of the notable writers published in men’s adventure magazines

In addition to having great painted covers and interior artwork by some of the top illustrators of the era, the best men’s adventure magazines had articles and stories by many…

An exclusive Men’s Adventure Magazines Blog reprint – Robert F. Dorr’s classic WWII story “Yank Ace Who Saved the Anzio Invasion.”

The best men’s adventure magazines not only used illustrations by great artists, they also published stories and articles written by some excellent writers. Consider, the December 1967 issue of Man’s…

Robert F. Dorr’s unusual “Ghost Bear” story – plus some manly bear attack art

Man vs. beast was a common theme in the stories and art in men’s adventure magazines of the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s. And, the bigger the beast, the better…

“Men’s adventure magazines” – or “Sweats” – or “Men’s pulp magazines”?

There’s a debate going on among members of the new Facebook Group associated with this blog about the terminology used for the magazine genre featured here. Back in the 1950s…

“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…