Mort Künstler – Pulp Covers

Torture In The Bride’s Bedroom

TRUE DETECTIVE April 1959

The O.S.S. — Dance Hall Nymph Mission

FOR MEN ONLY December 1962

Also featuring “Death March” Charlie Esslin’s Exotic Amazons Of Bataan, FBI Showdown For Pretty Boy Floyd’s Union Station Slaughter, Paris Alley Girls Who Plagued A Nazi Command, and Toughest Damn Fighter In The U.S. Marine Corps

Kidnap-Murder Of Patricia Ann Cook

True Detective October 1955

Only Big Women For Commissar Grigori

True Action July 1959 cover

True Action July 1959

Yank Adventurer Who Grabbed Hitler’s Incredible U-Boat Treasure

Hilter's U-Boat Treasure, Male Magazine interior illustration, April 1972

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1972’s Bloodiest Search For Sunken Riches

The prize was a million dollars in mercury. But he was surrounded by enemies — the sea, the sharks, hijackers, and then the most unexpected enemy of all…

By the 70’s, these men’s magazine covers had devolved to stereotypical (i.e. boring) girly-photos, but the interior illustrations were often still awesome.

The General Who Got Away With Murder

Stag October 1956

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Soldier, Adulterer, Con Man, Killer

Also featuring Vice Queen Of New Orleans and The Man Who Lived Underground. This entire issue can be downloaded here.

The Underwater Dolls Who Seduced Mussolini’s Frogman Fleet

Male October 1960

Commando Who Wrecked Hitler’s V-2 Arsenal In A Strange Attack Balloon

Male June 1963 Cover

Male June 1963

Death Trek of Sgt. “Shotgun” Schultz

For Men Only Feb 1959

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World War II’s 2500-Mile Escape Across The Roof Of The World

Also featuring I Went Through The Gestapo’s Fräulein Torture. This entire issue can be downloaded here

Open All Sea Cocks!

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Stag Magazine November 1959

Also, The Impossible Escape and Prophet Briggs And His Share The Wife Cult

The Yank Who Ran Paris’ Playgirl Sabotage Ring

For Men Only September 1960

His Platoon Of French Models Hijacked A Top Missile Scientist From Under The Gestapo’s Nose

Also featuring Man-Hungry Queen In The White Doctor’s Jungle Paradise

The Torpedoed Sailor Who Took Over Japan’s Camp-Girl Compound

Action For Men November 1963

This cover was reused from the May 1959 issue of Stag

Lone-Yank Who Survived Africa’s “Weird Rite” Wilderness

For Men Only September 1966

Also featuring “Table Stakes” Redhead, Lumber Camp Nympho, Fast-Buck Traitors Who Sell To Our Enemies, and Ten Best Draftee Deals In The Armed Forces

Pilot to Control Tower, I’m Hijacking My Own Plane

Stag magazine cover, December 1973

Stag magazine December 1973

Renegade Sea Nymph and Her Crew of Strange Castaways

True Action magazine cover, February 1963

MALE MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 1960

True Action February 1963

Also featuring Seek Out, Destroy Germany’s Subterranean Missile City, The Yank Airman Who Joined An Asia Sex-And-Sabotage Brigade, and Wild Society Blonde Who Became A Wehrmacht Love Queen