During the golden era of the classic pulp fiction magazines, from the 1920s to the 1940s, some pulps focused on stories set in particular places in the world. One of…
SOUTH SEA STORIES, the 1960s men’s adventure mag about sexy (but dangerous) tropical isles…
GUSTO magazine was killed to protect you! Here’s what you missed…
In 1957, Everett M. “Busy” Arnold’s company Arnold Magazines, Inc. applied to the United States Postal Service for a second class mail permit for its new men’s adventure magazine, GUSTO.…
CULT MAGAZINES: A to Z – a highly recommended new book…
Although I focus on men’s adventure magazines on this blog, I also enjoy reading — and reading about — vintage magazines from many other genres. I have been a huge…
Inside Exotic Adventures: “Tight Pants,” Harlan Ellison, savage women wrestlers, and more…
As noted in a previous post, Exotic Adventures magazine isn’t a typical 1950s men’s adventure mag. It does have war stories, wild exotic adventure stories, exposé “shockers,” noir-like fiction and…
A good man’s Exotic Adventures magazine is hard to find…
Depending on how you categorize certain vintage magazines, roughly 150 different men’s adventure magazines were published during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Categorization can be difficult for various reasons. One…
Inside MAN’S EXPLOITS: Vampire Vamps, Bill Ward “Good Girl Art” cartoons, and more…
Man’s Exploits was one of the men’s adventure magazines that earned the genre the nickname “men’s sweats.” The “sweats” subset of men’s adventure mags tended to be very cheaply produced,…
Man’s Exploits magazine gives us an imaginary look at, um, extreme bullfighting…
Last week, vintage men’s magazine expert Dr. David M. Earle posted a series of classic bullfight covers and interior illustrations on his men’s mag Facebook site. Dr. Earle teaches courses…
Real War magazine launches men’s pulp mags into space
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…
“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…
“SQUIRM IN HELL, MY LOVELY MUCHACHA!” – Evil Cuban Commies, Part Two
The post-WWII men’s adventure magazines had a love-turned-to-hate relationship with Cuba. In the 1950s, when Cuba was run by dictator Fulgencio Batista, with a little help from his friends in…
Men’s pulp magazines take on Fidel Castro and his evil Cuban Commie comrades
Recently, I finally got around to watching director Steven Soderbergh’s controversial movie Che, starring Benicio del Toro. I think it’s an interesting movie that’s worth seeing, though I can understand…
Uncovering the Real James Bond – and the Real Roland Empey
The January 1966 issue of Male magazine features a very cool, Sixties-flavored cover painting by Mort Kunstler that looks like a James Bond scene. Quite a few of Ian Fleming’s…