Category: Stanley Publications

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My annual Memorial Day post: a look at the first issue of BATTLE CRY magazine…

2 years ago
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[EDITOR’S NOTE: A link to a flip page copy of the first issue of BATTLE CRY magazine is at the bottom of this post.] Memorial Day is a day to…

American Art Agency Crestwood Publishing Earl Norem elephants Killer creature stories killer creatures Man's Life Magazine Milton Luros Stanley Publications Wil Hulsey Will Hulsey

The “killer creature” animal attack covers of MAN’S LIFE magazine…

10 years ago
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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…

Champion for Men EC Comics Fredric Wertham Key Publications Man’s Adventure Man’s Best Man’s Look Man’s Prime Men in Combat Men in Conflict Normandy Associates Real Men Real War Rugged Men Spur magazine Stanley Morse Stanley Publications War Criminals Women in War

How publisher Stanley Morse and I got even with anti-comics crusader Fredric Wertham

12 years ago
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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…

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More artwork by Norm Eastman, Basil Gogos, Norman Saunders and Earl Norem (Part 4 of the “missing” HORRORHOUND captions)

12 years ago
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It’s only natural that many fans of the vintage men’s adventure magazines are also fans of horror mags, movies and books. So, when I was asked to write an article…

Confidential Magazine Excellent Publications Hillman Periodicals Jim Bentley Literary Enterprises Magazine Management Maurice Thomas Normandy Associates Ray Johnson Real Action magazine Real Adventure magazine Real Combat Stories magazine Real Life Adventures magazine Real magazine Real Men magazine Real War Reese and Emtee Publishing Stanley Publications Vic Prezio Vista Publications Inc

REAL men read “REAL” men’s adventure magazines…

12 years ago
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The men’s adventure magazine genre that developed after World War II mixed elements from several other popular genres into a unique blend. Their action-oriented cover paintings and fiction stories were…

Brandon House Feature Publications Gene Channing Harold Straubing Man's Life Magazine Mike Kamens Parliament News Sexposes Stanley Publications Vintage ads Weasels Ripped My Flesh Wil Hulsey

Inside MAN’S LIFE, September 1956 – from sin happy vacationers to accordion-playing geeks…

13 years ago
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In recent posts, I featured cover paintings by artist Wil Hulsey, starting with his famous “WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH” cover from the September 1956 issue of Man’s Life. Tonight’s post…

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Scorpions ripped my flesh! (in men’s pulp magazine art)

14 years ago
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Many kinds of “killer creatures” were featured on the covers of men’s adventure magazines in the 1950s and 1960s: big animals, small animals, fish, birds, crabs and various creepy crawlies,…

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Reefer madness from SPUR magazine – “GANGI: Hell Smoke of the Caribbean”

14 years ago
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From 1956 to 1961, a men’s adventure magazine titled Rugged Men was published by Stanley Publications, Inc., one of the magazine companies owned by former comics publisher Stanley Morse. In…

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Real War magazine launches men’s pulp mags into space

14 years ago
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Occasionally, some of the men’s adventure magazines of the 1950s and 1960s would put out special issues that had a theme. For example, a while ago, I posted an entry…

Arnold Magazines Clarence Doore Crestwood Publishing Edgar Rice Burroughs Feature Publications girl-crazy gorilla subgenre King Kong Man's Life Magazine Man’s Adventure Normandy Associates Rage For Men Stanley Publications Tarzan True Men Stories Will Hulsey

Girl-crazy gorillas, men’s adventure magazine style…

14 years ago
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In the first half of the 20th Century, tales and scenes of gorillas who carried away white women were fairly common in magazines, books and movies from various genres —…

All Man magazine Bondage and Torture Ernest Hemingway Nazi bondage and torture Stanley Publications

“All Man” magazine – and the new “All Man: Hemingway” book by David M. Earle

14 years ago
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In my previous post, I showed some of over-the-top male prisoner of war torture covers from issues of All Man magazine. The covers on All Man weren’t always as quite…

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A great site for browsing cover browsing – www.CoverBrowser.com

15 years ago
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I recently stumbled across a terrific site for fans of pulp magazine and comic artwork called Cover Browser – at www.CoverBrowser.com. I’m not sure why I hadn’t noticed it before,…