Author Archives: Dazzling Erin

The Absurdly Manly Covers Of Man’s Action

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

Man’s Action was published for 20 years, from 1957 — 1977.  You can probably guess from the title who the targeted audience was and, if they title didn’t give it away, the covers definitely would.  Man’s Action was all about men going on adventures, meeting beautiful women, and defeating America’s enemies.

Here are a few of the absurdly manly covers of Man’s Action:

Artist Unknown

Artist Unknown

by Basil Gogos

by John Duillo

by John Duillo

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The Racy Covers of Silk Stocking Stories

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

by Peter Driben

Silk Stocking Stories was published from 1946 and 1939 and it specialized in stories that, back in its day, were considered to be racy.  By today’s standards, the stories may be tame but the covers remain popular with collectors.  I believe all of the covers below were done by Peter Driben.

Here are a few of the racy covers of Silk Stocking Stories!