Do you know this book?

[Admiral Benbow]

If not, have a look at Taschen's website here for more info:

http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/popculture/all/03815/facts.htm

I don't know really if I should recommend it. On the first look through it's 512 pages full of hilarious, pulpy and superbly executed covers and pictures, you must come to the conclusion that it is a "must have" for everybody with only a slight interest in pulp games. But when it comes to the rather large section of Nazi fiends and their inexaustable variations of torturing (mainly) women, I asked myself why those periodicals were so popular in the 50s, 60s and 70s America ...

Anyway, besides from this section you will find everything a good pulp story needs:

"Battling dangerous beasts such as ferocious lions, venomous snakes, or swarms of man-eating weasels, the hunky heroes of men's adventure magazines were frequently depicted struggling to protect themselves and especially their buxom female companions from the gruesome tragic ends that threatened their every waking moment. Whether stranded on desert islands, clashing with motorcycle gangs, or shackled in prison camps, the magazines' male and female protagonists were perpetually fighting their ways out of dangerous predicaments." (from the Taschen website)

[Prof.Witchheimer]

agree, some great and some silly covers there.

[Grimm]

silly covers !!! no way That is the real live !!!

[xeoran]

I love the way it asks "How normal are your sex needs" over a picture of a man covered in scorpions...

[Gluteus Maximus]

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I can just imagine the look on my wife's face if I got a copy.....

Cheers,
Ian

[Helen]

Some nice art pictured on the front covers. Reminds me of the old Man from Uncle and Mission in Possible series and others that fit the bill.

[Captain Blood]

I browsed it in an 'art' bookshop in London, whilst I was looking for inspiration for a poster I was painting for a 'pulp' play.

Some of the contents are pretty sick. Basically this 50's genre was an extreme deviation from the pulp of the 30's and 40's. Porn for the era before porn was openly available.

Fantastic art in many cases - but in awfully bad taste!