A couple of pages from the MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #10, the Vietnam War issue (. Part of my introduction to a story in MAQ #10 reprinted from MALE, August 1966. The cover of that issue of MALE was done by Mort Künstler, who recently passed at age 97.

The “Mistel” was a Messerschmitt fighter connected to a JU-88 bomber full of explosives that the pilot could drop on a target.

From THE ART OF RON LESSER, VOL. 1: DEADLY DAMES AND SEXY SIRENS (, here's SUPER-DOLL, a humorous 1969 spy novel. It's one of the many cool covers shown in the book, which I co-edited with Ron, Bill Cunningham & paperback maven J. Kingston Pierce.

@Michael_BloomMR One of my faves, of course, since we used it on the cover of THE ART OF RON LESSER, VOL. 1: DEADLY DAMES AND SEXY SIRENS (. ;-)

PAPERBACK FANATIC #49 ( is out. Another great issue about vintage paperbacks & new books, including two new ones I co-edited: WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH! ( & THE ART OF RON LESSER, VOL. 2 (.

I love Gary Lovisi's PAPERBBACK PARADE #123. It includes his article on the Congressional investigation of "pornographic" paperbacks, articles about "The Paperbacks of Film Noir," Canadian Avons, sci fi writer Charles Eric Maine, and more. On eBay here ->

From STAG, May 1963...A wild WWII story Illustrated by Gil Cohen. It will be in the forthcoming collection of Gil’s men's adventure mag artwork I’m currently co-editing — a follow-up to our book ONE MAN ARMY: THE ACTION PAPERBACK ART OF GIL COHEN (.

One of my favorite stories we included in the MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #1 ( is “The West’s Wildest Hell Raiser” in STAG, June 1957, with it's great illustration by Mort Künstler. The story, by Jules Archer, is based on a real person named Clay Allison.

This is one of my favorite stories in our book MANEATERS: KILLER #SHARKS IN MEN'S ADVENTURE MAGAZINES (, an anthology of MAM stories & artwork with commentary by shark experts and an intro by creator of the Discovery Channel's SHARK WEEK, Steve Cheskin.

If you’re a fan of Doc Savage, artists James Bama, Bob Larkin and Joe DeVito or classic vintage paperback #illustration art in general, you’ll covet the new large format, deluxe edition of this book about the famed artists’ model Steve Holland…

In addition to reprinting #crocodile attack stories from vintage men's #pulp adventure mags, the MEN'S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #9 ( includes an article about killer croc movies by Grade B, "sleaze" and cult flick expert John Harrison (

"Highly Recommended." - Bud Plant, Founder of Bud's Art Books gave this coveted thumbs up to THE ART OF RON LESSER VOLUME 2: DANGEROUS DAMES AND COVER DOLLS, which I co-edited with Ron, Bill Cunningham, Dan Zimmer & Joe Jusko. On Bud's website here->

Does anyone know or have a guess who did this cover painting or the comics style interior page art? Former #Marvel artist Sol Brodsky was the Art Director for PRIVATE EYE magazine, but Marvel expert Michael Vassallo says he didn’t do this artwork. Scan via

@StefanDz11 Agreed!

Here's a link to Part 2 of my preview of the MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #11, the #UFOs issue. MAQ #11 reprints classic stories about UFOs from vintage men's adventure magazines. It's already a fan favorite of aliens throughout the universe...

This story written by Robert Silverberg as David Challon is from SIR!, Nov. 1959. It’s one of the wild stories in the new edition of our men’s adventure magazine story and art anthology WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH! THE ILLUSTRATED MEN'S ADVENTURE ANTHOLOGY (

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO WRITER ROBERT SILVERBERG! Bob is best known for his science fiction, but he also wrote great stories for men's adventure magazines. Many are collected in the anthology EXOTIC ADVENTURES OF ROBERT SILVERBERG (, which I co-edited.

RT @Michael_BloomMR: 🃏💋💄👙💜🥳 BOTTOM OF THE DECK Grok this 1970 sleaze paperback cover #illustration #artwork by Darrel Millsap! 🎨 https://t…

@MuchAdoAboutNil @StefanDz11 @LawrenceBlock Thanks for the heads up on that.