Real Men Magazine ran from 1956 to 1975. It was a magazine full of pin-ups and stories about war, crime, and adventure. You can probably guess what the magazine was about just by looking at the covers below. If you think some of the covers below are racy, you should see the ones that I couldn’t include in this post!
by Clarence Doore
by Clarence Doore
by John Leone
by Mel Crair
by Milton Luros
by Roger Kastel
by Roger Kastel
by Sydney Shores
by Victor Prezio
by Victor Prezio
by Clarence Doore
This cover is from 1958.
Published by Stanley Publications, Battle Cry ran from 1955 to 1971. The magazine was advertised as being “for men” and each issue featured stories and features about war, dangerous women, and damsels in distress who were waiting for a good, strong man to come rescue them. Battle Cry also featured some of the most violent covers around, usually emphasizing manly soldiers battling America’s enemies and saving women in danger though there was also a large number of covers that featured evil women (usually wearing a swastika armband) whipping bound men.
Below is a sampling of the covers of Battle Cry. Most people would probably consider the covers that I picked to be mild by the standards of Battle Cry but I still think they give a good indication of what the magazine was all about.
February 1958. By Clarence Doore
June, 1958. By Clarence Doore
February, 1959. By Victor Prezio
April, 1959. By Victor Prezio
August, 1959. Artist Unknown (though it looks like another Victor Prezio cover to me)
May, 1960. Artist Unknown.
December, 1963. By Bruce Minney
December, 1965. By Victor Prezio
August, 1966. Artist Unknown
June, 1968. By Clarence Doore
by Clarence Doore
This cover is from 1957. This is how I always picture myself in the old west.
True Weird was a pulp magazine that promised stories that were, “Strange. Fantastic. True.” Unfortunately, it only had a press run of three issues. The first issue was published in 1955. The third and last issue came out in 1956. The public could only handle so much truth.
But the fantastically weird covers of True Weird live on! All three of these covers were done by Clarence Doore.
by Clarence Doore
Born in Canada, Clarence Doore settled and worked in both Massachusetts and Connecticut. He was active from the late 1930s until the mid-1960s. During World War II, he was stationed at the Climatic Research Laboratory, where the army studied the effects of extreme weather conditions on soldiers. Doore’s sketches of soldiers fighting in snow and ice led to the Pentagon adopting the use of the fur-lined “Eisenhower jacket” for alpine troops.
Doore did illustrations for several pulp magazines and paperback publishers. His exciting work can speak for itself.
Through the Shattered Lens 