I am a great admirer of the cover paintings and illustrations artist Will Hulsey did for men’s adventure magazines in the Fifties, Sixties and early Seventies. The cover with the…
Men’s adventure magazines and PTSD – plus another early Harlan Ellison story
There’s an interesting chapter in the new book All Man! Hemingway, 1950s Men’s Magazines, and the Masculine Persona, by David M. Earle, that discusses how the post-WWII men’s adventure magazines…
Gays in the military? American Manhood magazine may have been ahead of its time…
American Manhood magazine was an unusual men’s adventure magazine published by Weider Periodicals Inc. The Weider company did publish several magazines that were representative of the genre, such as Fury,…
“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…
Talking with Rich Oberg: the Dean of Men’s Adventure Magazines
Recently, I had the good fortune of talking with Rich Oberg, who is literally the world’s greatest collector of men’s adventure magazines and the original artwork created for them. Examples…
“Even the Rhinos Were Nymphos”
When I bought the August 1954 issue of Male magazine shown at left, with the superb cover painting of a rhino attack by artist Robert G. Doares, it reminded me…
Connecting the dots between horror films and men’s pulp magazines (Boris Karloff Blogathon)
On this blog, I regularly feature some of the great cover paintings and interior art from men’s adventure magazines of the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s. I’m a big fan…
“All Man” magazine – and the new “All Man: Hemingway” book by David M. Earle
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…
About those male prisoner of war torture covers on men’s adventure magazines…
Let me start with some clear disclaimers… I am a NOT a “fan” of Nazis. I do NOT “enjoy” Nazi torture and bondage art. I also fully realize why the…
“Fidel Castro’s Sex Secret” – from a 1965 issue of Adventure magazine
It’s often hard to sort out the truly true stories from the phony ones in men’s adventure magazines. The authors and editors of men’s adventure mag stories were masters of…
Wildcat Adventures, Part II – William Burroughs, weird menace, wild women
My previous entry here provided a look at a classic issue of the men’s adventure magazine Wildcat Adventures from 1960, the second year of the magazine’s run. Wildcat Adventures was…