Popular Post Randall Dowling Posted March 19, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 19, 2022 Nice pickups, @lbcolefan! I would've bid on the Battle Cry but all my pennies were committed to purchasing a couple pieces of original illustration art by Vic Prezio. I'm really happy with both, photos don't do them justice! (Forgive the glare, they're already framed behind glass.) bounty_coder, OtherEric, lbcolefan and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Randall Dowling Posted April 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2022 Recent pickup. Tough to find these due to their inherent resistance to search engines. Tougher still to find them in fresh shape but I'm slowly chipping away at them. comicjack, jimjum12, dover and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfing Alien Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 On 4/4/2022 at 11:58 PM, Randall Dowling said: Recent pickup. Tough to find these due to their inherent resistance to search engines. Tougher still to find them in fresh shape but I'm slowly chipping away at them. Nice pickup There's so many of them... it's a life's work! Randall Dowling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Dowling Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 On 4/5/2022 at 7:14 AM, Surfing Alien said: Nice pickup There's so many of them... it's a life's work! There are a lot of them! And there's a lot of stuff to pursue within the genre- original Pussycat stories are all printed there, early issues have amazing covers and interior art by some of the best like George Gross, Victor Prezio, Walter Popp, Basil Gogos, Mel Crair, James Bama, Rudy Nappi, Clarence Doore, Mort Kunstler, Norman Saunders, Rafael Desoto, Howell Dodd, Charles Copeland, Gil Cohen, etc., and then there are the Nazi issues with all the crazy covers by Eastman (monkey arm reattachment is my personal favorite), and last there are unusual special issues like Man's Life with the Weasel's Ripped My Flesh cover that is sought after because of Zappa, the Bluebook issue with the early Ian Fleming story, etc. It's a rich landscape of material!. jimjum12, Jayman and lbcolefan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Great info RD! Did not know Basil Gogos did artwork for these mags! Surfing Alien and Randall Dowling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 On 4/5/2022 at 12:08 PM, Randall Dowling said: and then there are the Nazi issues with all the crazy covers by Eastman (monkey arm reattachment is my personal favorite You have this one to post? I’d love to see it! Surfing Alien 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Dowling Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 On 4/5/2022 at 8:47 PM, Jayman said: You have this one to post? I’d love to see it! I keep missing my shot at one. Missed this one for no good reason recently on eBay but this is the cover. Surfing Alien, lbcolefan and Jayman 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 (edited) Wow! Thats so over the top that you’d expect that to be on an Eerie Pub cover! Edited April 6, 2022 by Jayman Artifiction, Randall Dowling and Surfing Alien 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Randall Dowling Posted April 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 6, 2022 Here's another one that's one of my favorites. This thread is mostly populated with @lbcolefan's spectacular collection and this is one of his: On 12/31/2019 at 1:59 PM, lbcolefan said: lbcolefan, Jayman, Surfing Alien and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 On 3/1/2022 at 1:17 AM, Randall Dowling said: New arrival. A pretty copy of an excellent cover. Apparently back in the early 60s, this was something that happened in the jungle from time to time. Nice Bill Ward full page illustration on the inside. Wished I could have met some nympho queens when I was younger😜😜 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 LBColefans mags always look fresh off the press❤️❤️👍 Flex Mentallo and lbcolefan 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Surfing Alien Posted April 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 6, 2022 On 4/5/2022 at 12:08 PM, Randall Dowling said: There are a lot of them! And there's a lot of stuff to pursue within the genre- original Pussycat stories are all printed there, early issues have amazing covers and interior art by some of the best like George Gross, Victor Prezio, Walter Popp, Basil Gogos, Mel Crair, James Bama, Rudy Nappi, Clarence Doore, Mort Kunstler, Norman Saunders, Rafael Desoto, Howell Dodd, Charles Copeland, Gil Cohen, etc., and then there are the Nazi issues with all the crazy covers by Eastman (monkey arm reattachment is my personal favorite), and last there are unusual special issues like Man's Life with the Weasel's Ripped My Flesh cover that is sought after because of Zappa, the Bluebook issue with the early Ian Fleming story, etc. It's a rich landscape of material!. Ray Johnson did a fair amount of mostly interior work for the Men's Adventure Mags as well. His MAM work has become invaluable to me because there's usually a lot more characters portrayed than on a paperback cover so it has become a good research resource for different characters he used. He did his usual sexy women but most of his MAM stuff had somewhat of a sense of good-natured humor and he never drew any of the crazy torture stuff. We've identified about 80 MAM works of his tangentially to our paperback cover checklist. Here's a couple for fun (not my copies) Action for Men, Dec. 1962 Ken For Men July 1959 - Long Pig Amazons Action for Men March 1960 Action for Men - January 1966. This is one of the last/latest pieces of commercial art I've seen from him If anyone comes across any other of Ray Johnson's MAM art, please contact me to see if I have it listed! FoggyNelson, Flex Mentallo, Jayman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lbcolefan Posted April 8, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2022 On 4/5/2022 at 8:52 PM, Randall Dowling said: I keep missing my shot at one. Missed this one for no good reason recently on eBay but this is the cover. This one is in my top ten but my favorite nazi torture cover is this one Surfing Alien, Artifiction, Randall Dowling and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Dowling Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 On 4/7/2022 at 10:23 PM, lbcolefan said: This one is in my top ten but my favorite nazi torture cover is this one Yeah, that's pretty crazy! Dang!! lbcolefan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Here's a bigger scan of the gorilla transplant cover for @Jayman lbcolefan, Randall Dowling and Jayman 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 As for favorite cover, that's really tough, at least five strong candidates, but I think I'd have to give pride of place to this one - it's the first one I ever obtained and it kick-started my magazine collecting. So who else has a favorite cover? Jayman, Randall Dowling and lbcolefan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 On 4/5/2022 at 4:58 AM, Randall Dowling said: Recent pickup. Tough to find these due to their inherent resistance to search engines. Tougher still to find them in fresh shape but I'm slowly chipping away at them. Great pick up - I really like Adventure. It has some great covers [which is an excuse to post another favorite.]. lbcolefan and Randall Dowling 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Slightly different take on the same theme. lbcolefan and Randall Dowling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Dowling Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 On 4/17/2022 at 2:50 PM, Flex Mentallo said: Slightly different take on the same theme. Very Cool book! Here's what the original art looks like (not mine, found on internet): lbcolefan, jimjum12 and Flex Mentallo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 On 4/17/2022 at 8:53 PM, Randall Dowling said: Very Cool book! Here's what the original art looks like (not mine, found on internet): Oh boy - how cool is that?! Randall Dowling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
