The Totally True Covers of True Adventures


by Mort Kunstler

True Adventures was a pulp magazine that ran from 1955 to 1971.  Each issue featured stories about manly men doing manly things and they were all supposedly true.  Today, True Adventures not because of the stories but the very pulpy and often very violent covers.

Here, for our adventurous readers, is just a sampling of the covers of True Adventures:

by Basil Gogos

by Doug Rosa

by Earl Norem

by Joe Little

by John Leone

by Norm Eastman

by Robert Schulz

by Victor Olson

by Victor Prezio

Let’s Go To The Cities With The Pulps!


by Glen Orbik

With the 4th of July approaching, let’s celebrate the American city with the pulps!  Ever since the early days of the pulp industry, writers and artists have excited readers with stories about the lives of those living in America’s cities.  Here, curtsey of some of the best artists to have worked in the industry, is a pulp-guided tour of those cities!

by Al Rossi

by Barye Phillips

by Barye Phillips

by C.C. Beall

by James Avati

by James Meese

by Lou Marchetti

by Mitchell Hooks

by Owen Kampen

by Rafael DeSoto

by Raymond Johnson

by Robert Maguire

by Robert Schulz

by Robert Stanley

by Rudy Nappi

by Rudy Nappi

by Rudy Nappi

by Stanley Meltzoff

by Victor Olson

by Walter Popp

by William George

Celebrate National Weatherperson’s Day With These “Stormy” Covers


Happy National Weatherperson’s Day!  We depend on these brave souls to help us survive the storms of life.  As the classic pulp covers below show, storms come in many different shapes and sizes:

by Robert Stanley

by Charles Wood

by Earle Bergey

by George Gross

by Gino D’Achille

by Robert Maguire

by Robert Shulz