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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #15, the Science Fiction Issue, is out now on Amazon (amzn.to/4jyuDMe) worldwide. I’ll have copies to sell directly in a couple of weeks. You can order a copy from me—signed if you want—on my blog here → bit.ly/OrderMAQ15

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Amazon.com: THE MEN'S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #15: THE SCIFI ISSUE: 9798176418019: Deis, Robert, Cunningham, Bill, Lovisi, Gary, Chomko, Mike, Korsgaard, Sean CW: Books

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

As the contributor of a great article included in MEN’S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #15, the Science Fiction Issue, vintage paperback and #pulp expert Gary Lovisi was one of the Earthlings get a copy. He just posted this cool flip-through video preview. MAQ #15 is out now on Amazon worldwide. #booksky

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HOT OFF THE PRESSES!!! Men’s Adventure Quarterly!!

YouTube video by Gary Lovisi

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

10-4, Good Buddy! 😎🤜

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Samson Pollen’s classic men’s adventure magazine artwork is showcased in three Men’s Adventure Library books: POLLEN’S WOMEN (amzn.to/440cDRv), POLLEN’S ACTION (amzn.to/49lA3BI), and POLLEN IN PRINT: 1955–1959 (amzn.to/4agDGu7). All three are available from Amazon and www.SamsonPollen.com.

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Stories about truckers were common in men's adventure magazines movies like SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT created the trucker movie craze. Here's an example from MALE, May 1973. The original painting and 2-page spread (printed horizontally) are included in the book POLLEN'S ACTION (amzn.to/49lA3BI).

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This story in our men’s adventure magazine anthology WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH (amzn.to/4d6Msx0) is doubly trippy, since the “Savage Blonde” enslaves men with a mind-altering drug. Reprinted from HUNTING ADVENTURES, Summer 1956. The full-color WEASELS edition is available via Amazon & MensPulpMags.com

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Bill Cunningham, MPB @madpulpbastard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@bobdeis.bsky.social has received his print proof of MAQ #15, but of course, mine is still in transit. 😢

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

From our new book, MORT KÜNSTLER COVERED, VOL. 1: (amzn.to/4qqaWaU). BATTLEFIELD was a Martin Goodman men’s adventure magazine published from 1957 to 1959. Stan Borack and George Gross painted the covers for its first seven issues. Mort Künstler painted the final two, dated July and November 1959.

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

MORT KÜNSTLER COVERED, VOL. 1 (amzn.to/4qqaWaU) is now available in softcover and a deluxe hardcover edition (which has 10 additional pages of cover scans) on Amazon worldwide, or directly from me via my MensPulpMags.com website or my eBay listings (ebay.com/usr/subtropicbob).

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Mort Künstler Covered: Volume 1 (Men's Adventure Library): Deis, Robert, Doyle, Wyatt, Künstler, Mort: 9781943444540: Amazon.com: Books

Mort Künstler Covered: Volume 1 (Men's Adventure Library) [Deis, Robert, Doyle, Wyatt, Künstler, Mort] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Mort Künstler Covered: Volume 1 (Men's Adven...

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Here’s a two-page spread from our new book, MORT KÜNSTLER COVERED, VOL. 1 (amzn.to/4qqaWaU), the first in a series showcasing Mort Künstler’s men’s adventure magazine covers. These two are from FOR MEN ONLY, May and June 1965—classic examples of Mort’s action-packed cover art.

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Thanks, Joey! Much appreciateed!

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

One of my favorite quotes by musical satirist Tom Lehrer is “Life is like a sewer: what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.” I wrote a blog post that provides the story behind the quote and a link to a recording of Tom delivering it. Here's the link→https://bit.ly/LifeIsLikeaSewer

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The Tom Lehrer quip: "Life is like a sewer" Tom Lehrer’s “Life Is Like a Sewer” Quip

The story behind Tom Lehrer’s darkly funny line: “Life is like a sewer: what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.”

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

From our book POLLEN'S WOMEN: THE ART OF SAMSON POLLEN (amzn.to/3DQ9jvX), here's Sam’s artwork for a story in MEN, Aug. 1969 next to the 2-page spread it was used for. POLLEN'S WOMEN is available via Amazon, my MensPulpMags.com bookstore or my eBay listings (ebay.com/usr/subtropicbob). #booksky

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

There’s no pdf copy online that I know of. I may reprint some stories from it eventually, but not in the near future. Sorry. The Poe story is available cheap on Amazon. It would be a good one for you to read on your podcast.

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A rarity: SEA STORIES, March 1954, edited by Harry Harrison before becoming a famous sci-fi author. Cover by Clarence Doore, with stories by Winston Churchill, Edgar Allan Poe, Steve Frazee, and more—plus an article about fake "Jenny Haniver" sea monsters. Take a look→https://bit.ly/SeaStoriesPulp2

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SEA STORIES, March 1954 — a rare pulp featuring Harry Harrison, Winston Churchill, and Edgar Allan Poe

Spread the wordI mostly collect vintage men’s adventure magazines, MAMs for short. But over the years I’ve also bought many classic pulp magazines. Some in my collection are rare, like…

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A new post on my This Day in Quotes blog discusses how a classic Western TV series & Bob Hope’s autobiography turned the linguistic formula “Have X – Will Travel” into a familiar “snowclone” - i.e. a phrase template people use by replacing the original famous words with new ones) #quotes #quotations

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“Have Gun - Will Travel” lives on as a linguistic “snowclone” and in reruns...

How Have Gun – Will Travel became a famous TV catchphrase and linguistic snowclone, plus the history of Paladin, Richard Boone and the show's theme song.

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

JUNGLE MYSTERIES by Tony W Arnold is amazingly creative and funny. It shows photos of real vintage Florida postcards, then adds witty captions describing them. It's especially entertaining if you know something about Florida history and its tourism industry. On Amazon here→https://amzn.to/4xR1jVR.

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Robert F. Dorr, the late, great author of men’s adventure magazine stories & history books, would have turned 87 this year. His birthday inspired me to repost the introduction he wrote for our collection of his classic MAM stories, A HANDFUL OF HELL. It’s here→https://bit.ly/BobDorrIntro #booksky

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Remembering Robert F. Dorr and what he wrote about A HANDFUL OF HELL... Remembering Robert F. Dorr and A HANDFUL OF HELL

Remembering author Robert F. Dorr and his classic men’s adventure magazine stories, with excerpts from his introduction to A HANDFUL OF HELL.

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A HANDFUL OF HELL (amzn.to/4iY8feX) by Robert F. Dorr is available in softcover, deluxe hardcover and Kindle editions on Amazon, or directly from me via my MensPulpMags.com website or my eBay listings (ebay.com/usr/subtropicbob).

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A Handful of Hell: Classic War and Adventure Stories (Men's Adventure Library Book 4)

Amazon.com: A Handful of Hell: Classic War and Adventure Stories (Men's Adventure Library Book 4) eBook : Dorr, Robert F., Doyle, Wyatt, Deis, Robert,: Kindle Store

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I was honored to co-edit A HANDFUL OF HELL (amzn.to/4iY8feX), the collection of men’s adventure magazine stories by author Robert F. Dorr (1939–2016). Bob would have been 87 years old today. He was a great writer of both non-fiction history books and gripping fiction yarns—and a great human being.

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Huge thanks to Booktuber Olly Clarke for his glowing review of HE-MEN, BAG MEN & NYMPHOS, the collection of men’s adventure magazine stories by Walter Kaylin, co-edited by me and Wyatt Doyle. See Olly’s full review on his “CriminOlly” channel here: bit.ly/OllyHE-MEN #booksky

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A Friday Femme Fatale post…Actually TWO deadly pistol-packing gals on 2 pages from the new book MORT KÜNSTLER COVERED, VOL. 1 (amzn.to/4qqaWaU): featuring the covers of FOR MEN ONLY, February 1966 and April 1966. `You can see a flip-page preview of the book on my blog at this link-> bit.ly/4xb8dnr

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

MORT KÜNSTLER COVERED, VOLUME 1, which showcases Mort’s classic men’s adventure magazine cover art, is now available in softcover and deluxe hardcover editions from Amazon (amzn.to/4yhhtrh) or directly from me via my MensPulpMags.com bookstore. Click the link below to see a flip-page preview.

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NEW! MORT KÜNSTLER COVERED, VOLUME 1 NEW! MORT KÜNSTLER COVERED, VOLUME 1

MORT KÜNSTLER COVERED, VOLUME 1 is the first in a new series showcasing Mort Künstler’s classic men’s adventure magazine cover art. It also features a rare 2011 interview with Mort about his years as ...

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Happy Birthday to my friend Eva Lynd, the legendary artist’s model, pinup photo model, and actress. I’m honored to have co-edited the book about Eva’s career with her and Wyatt Doyle. It’s available in on Amazon or from my bookstore, here-> www.menspulpmags.com/product-tag/...

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A peek at the deluxe hardcover edition of our new book THE ART OF RON LESSER, VOL. 3: WILD, WILD, WESTERNS (bit.ly/4x0DzNF), showcasing over 200 of Ron’s paperback covers, iconic posters for Western movies, and Western history paintings.

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Robert E. Schulz is among the artists featured in MEN'S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #15 (bit.ly/OrderMAQ15). His cover for ADVENTURE, Feb. 1964, depicts the fate of Blackbeard the Pirate. After being killed in a battle with the British in 1718, Blackbeard's head was hung from the bowsprit of a British sloop

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Artist Mort Künstler would've been 99 today. I was honored to have known Mort and to have co-edited two books featuring his men's adventure magazine artwork: the new book MORT KÜNSTLER COVERED, VOL. 1 (amzn.to/4g9LlON) and MORT KÜNSTLER: THE GODFATHER OF PULP FICTION ILLUSTRATORS (amzn.to/35jNO2E).

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Bill Cunningham, MPB @madpulpbastard.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I am proud to announce that THE ART OF RON LESSER VOL. 3 - a book this bastard designed - is on display at the Ringling College of Art & Design seated right next to Joe Jusko's new art book! @bobdeis.bsky.social @tthewitt.bsky.social #graphicdesign #publishing #artbook #illustration

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It's an award-winning design, Bill!

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Are you a fan of noir films, articles about them, and artwork they inspired? Then you need the new issue of the NOIR CRAZY zine, created by Jauntworks Studio’s multitalented mastermind Erik J. Kreffel. I got mine. Get yours here-> www.jauntworks.com/noircrazyzin...

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Here's a link to popular BookTuber Michael K. Vaughan's review of HE-MEN, BAG MEN & NYMPHOS—our illustrated collection of men's adventure magazine stories by Walter Kaylin. Michael is a witty, entertaining book reviewer with nearly 30,000 subscribers, so it was great to see his review. #booksky

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Reading Report 8/25/26

YouTube video by Michael K. Vaughan

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

In addition to being available on Amazon, the softcover and a deluxe hardcover editions of MORT KÜNSTLER COVERED, VOL. 1 are available from my co-editor Wyatt Doyle's website, here-> bit.ly/MKCvol1. I'll have copies to sell via my own website soon.

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Mort Künstler Covered V1 Available Now!

The Men's Adventure Library presents MORT KÜNSTLER COVERED VOLUME 1, collecting the artist's famed MAM covers.

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Bob Deis @bobdeis.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

From the new book MORT KÜNSTLER COVERED, VOL. 1 (amzn.to/4qqaWaU), here’s a page showing Mort’s cover for ACTION FOR MEN, September 1960. Before Mort passed away last year, Wyatt Doyle and I began working with him on a series of books showcasing his great men’s adventure magazine artwork. #booksky

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