World War II history reimagined for the American Male...

[Graham1973]

I found this image on a website devoted to Pulp magazines and the 1950/60s 'Man Adventure' publications that were their successors, the picture (Apart from the apparently obligatory busty women...) I think is meant to illustrate an article on the Bruneval Raid, which was carried out by the British, not a random selection of lumberjacks and as for the German Radar, what the...!!?!

https://pulpcovers.com/little-known-commando-raid-that-saved-d-day/#1

 

[The Artist]

Because why let the facts get in the way of a good story?

 

[Graham1973]

Because why let the facts get in the way of a good story?

Indeed, just look at this depiction of hithertoo unknown events on D-Day

https://pulpcovers.com/jake-macons-suicide-dive-off-omaha-beach/#1

Or try and figure out what type of minisub is hanging off this Catalina in the Pacific...

https://pulpcovers.com/the-hell-raising-yank-and-his-remarkable-flyi/#1

 

[Orionblamblam]

Say what you will about the dubious historical accuracy and downright silliness, these nevertheless hearken back to an era when "masculinity" was not contractually obligated to be paired with "toxic."

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

A lot of barely clothed men there - I guess if the busty women don't do it for you...

 

[Justo Miranda]

A bit of pulp fun

https://pulpcovers.com/tag/truemen/

https://pulpcovers.com/tag/actionformen/

https://www.normansaunders.com/MnsAdv1.htm

https://www.abebooks.com/collections/sc/pulps-magazines-mens-adventure/7EK8PaSXRfiTcXzHYUi5AA

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jl-incrowd/sets/72157606356561507/

https://pulpcovers.com/tag/worldofmen/

https://boingboing.net/2015/08/26/bizarre-illustrations-from-old.html

Finding Your Calling Part I: What Is a Vocation?

Discover your calling in life by learning what your vocation is.

www.artofmanliness.com

 

[kaiserd]

A lot of barely clothed men there - I guess if the busty women don't do it for you...

I’m sure there was ample competition to attract customers of various repressed sexualities (I’m presuming the actual content was a bit of a let down). But who doesn’t like their junk history with a hefty dose of homoeroticism....

 

[Graham1973]

A lot of barely clothed men there - I guess if the busty women don't do it for you...

I’m sure there was ample competition to attract customers of various repressed sexualities (I’m presuming the actual content was a bit of a let down). But who doesn’t like their junk history with a hefty dose of homoeroticism....

And for those who want busty women (and not those Nazi She-Devils...) with guns...

Assignment: Nazi Occupied Paris

Assignment: Nazi Occupied Paris

Orders To: O.S.S. Agent William Harmon: Rescue 14 French Prostitutes Whose Secrets Can Save The Normandy Invasionvia

pulpcovers.com

 

[Graham1973]

And another WWII operation that somehow didn't make it into the history books after the war...

"Send Our Top Demo Team Destroy The Guns Of Oran Pass"

https://pulpcovers.com/send-our-top-demo-team-to-destroy-the-guns-of/#2

 

[Justo Miranda]

A lot of barely clothed men there - I guess if the busty women don't do it for you...

I’m sure there was ample competition to attract customers of various repressed sexualities (I’m presuming the actual content was a bit of a let down). But who doesn’t like their junk history with a hefty dose of homoeroticism....

The making of the baby boom generation

 

[Graham1973]

And another of those things they don't teach kids about at school......

"Nazi-Hating Nymph Of Anzio’s P.O.W. Death March" (Don't blame me for the title, I didn't write it.....)

https://pulpcovers.com/nazi-hating-nymph-of-anzios-p-o-w-death-march/

 

[Graham1973]

Another of those secret actions 'history fogot'....

Kayo The German Lighthouse And Save The Anzio Landing

Also featuring Sinful Madam Elva: World's Wealthiest Call Girl, Our New Underwater Air Force (Fighter-bombers launched from 100 feet below the ocean), American Agent Murdoch's Escape From Russia's Dragnet, and After 29 Days The Crew Ate Pilot Malmgren. This entire issue can be downloaded herevia

pulpcovers.com

 

[Graham1973]

Another of those 'secret missions' that slipped the history books...

The Day We Nearly Lost The War

The Little-Known Foul-Up Of The Normandy Invasionvia

pulpcovers.com

 

[publiusr]

Go Team Venture!

 

[Graham1973]

The technical term is 'Honey Trap'...

The Sex Drug That Works Miracles!

via

pulpcovers.com

Later: As the original link was broken I've attached the image of the 'Honey Trap' cover to this posting....

 

[Dilandu]

The technical term is 'Honey Trap'...

Military flashing and exhibitionism for guerillas)

 

[Graham1973]

A daring escape...

"Bait For A Sex Fiend!" (Don't blame me I didn't write the title)

 

[Justo Miranda]

The technical term is 'Honey Trap'...

The Sex Drug That Works Miracles!

via

pulpcovers.com

A un pastel de rica miel

Cien mil moscas acudieron

Y por golosas murieron

Presas de patas en el



To a cake of rich honey One hundred thousand flies came And for sweet tooth died paw prey in it (Sorry for the translation, is a poem from the 17th century)

 

[edwest4]

Oh please. Forget the so-called Baby Boomers. I was there. Such trash was not required reading.

Yes, the new requirement* from the Dictators of All that is True and Right requires masculinity to be seen as a bad thing. Not as something normal.


"reimagined" In my top 100 Words to never use.

 

[Volkodav]

Say what you will about the dubious historical accuracy and downright silliness, these nevertheless hearken back to an era when "masculinity" was not contractually obligated to be paired with "toxic."

There has always been toxic behavior with toxic people attaching themselves to whatever image they believe to be "in" at the time (or more to the point, what they believe will attract sexual partners or how ever they qualify success). In the 90s it was toxic metro-sexualism with toxic scumbags pretending to be more feminist than any woman. Even worse these days is examples of some women "leaning in" i.e. mimicking the behavior of toxic males, in the belief it will aid them in succeeding in a mans world.

 

[edwest4]

Say what you will about the dubious historical accuracy and downright silliness, these nevertheless hearken back to an era when "masculinity" was not contractually obligated to be paired with "toxic."

There has always been toxic behavior with toxic people attaching themselves to whatever image they believe to be "in" at the time (or more to the point, what they believe will attract sexual partners or how ever they qualify success). In the 90s it was toxic metro-sexualism with toxic scumbags pretending to be more feminist than any woman. Even worse these days is examples of some women "leaning in" i.e. mimicking the behavior of toxic males, in the belief it will aid them in succeeding in a mans world.

What? Forget the word "toxic." It's the wrong word. And double forget the fake term "metro-sexualism." I was there in the 90s and that term only meant something to a handful of people. I recommend not letting total strangers run your life. Be good to other people. That's it.

Man's world? And no women? More wrong thinking. Be nice to men and women.

 

[Aubi]

It's not exactly WWII, but some of those covers are legendary...

 

[Hood]

Now we know what Frank Zappa was reading as a kid...

 

[edwest4]

Frank Zappa? Weirdo.

 

[Arjen]

 

[Justo Miranda]

The purpose of these publications was to attract young men with illustrations of beautiful women in danger and to prepare them psychologically for the next war, but psychologists and Soviet propaganda were much better and in the end managed to turn them into hippies and deserters.

 

[GTX]

but psychologists and Soviet propaganda were much better and in the end managed to turn them into hippies and deserters.

What's wrong with

 

[Justo Miranda]

What's wrong with

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0


One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small,
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all.
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall.
And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know you're going to fall,
Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call.
Call Alice
When she was just small.
When the men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go

And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low.
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know.
When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead,
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's "off with her head!"
Remember what the dormouse said:
"Feed your head. Feed your head. Feed your head"

 

[Volkodav]

Say what you will about the dubious historical accuracy and downright silliness, these nevertheless hearken back to an era when "masculinity" was not contractually obligated to be paired with "toxic."

There has always been toxic behavior with toxic people attaching themselves to whatever image they believe to be "in" at the time (or more to the point, what they believe will attract sexual partners or how ever they qualify success). In the 90s it was toxic metro-sexualism with toxic scumbags pretending to be more feminist than any woman. Even worse these days is examples of some women "leaning in" i.e. mimicking the behavior of toxic males, in the belief it will aid them in succeeding in a mans world.

What? Forget the word "toxic." It's the wrong word. And double forget the fake term "metro-sexualism." I was there in the 90s and that term only meant something to a handful of people. I recommend not letting total strangers run your life. Be good to other people. That's it.

Man's world? And no women? More wrong thinking. Be nice to men and women.

I was in the 90s too, back then I was a macho dinosaur, overly conservative, militaristic and apparently sexist according to the "SNAG / metro sexual" lads. I'm still me, but apparently I'm now a wishy washy leftie trendy and not blokey enough in a conservative masculine world. Some of those making these observations are quite literally the same people, just older and apparently senile enough to have forgotten what they were once like, and I have the photos to prove it!

 

[Graham1973]

This time without the busty ladies...

 

[edwest4]

F.B.I. Courage. Yes, of course. The tawdry magazines depicted here, with one exception, were meant to appeal to the less civilized among us. Men, civilized men, were taught to treat women with respect. Apparently, a few magazine publishers tried to disregard that notion. I saw large stacks of these in used bookstores but never bought them.

 

[hagaricus]

I happen to think these covers are wonderful kitsch artwork, and would quite happily have them as posters on my wall. As for any association with gender wars... meh. There are those who want to fight them, and there are those who would rather get on with their lives. The world has more than enough axes of polarisation without driving wedges between males, females, and whatever else people chose to identify as today.

[Edit: Seems a post got deleted, if some of my comment now seems irrelevant]

 

[Graham1973]

Saving an X-Boat

 

[Graham1973]

Another of those stories that didn't make the history books...

"Sex Trap Lure Of The Scarlet Bombshell" (Has nothing to do with the scene on the cover, but does tie in to the insert in the top left.)

Sex Trap Lure Of The Scarlet Bombshell

Also, Teen Jungle Of Lust And Sexual Violence, How Women Rate Your Love Techniques!, Blood Of A Thousand Virgins For The Russian Monster, and Anything For A Fix--Confessions Of A Female Addict via

pulpcovers.com

 

[edwest4]

The person who painted that cover has obviously not seen photos of the conning tower of an actual U-boat. And more disrespect for men and women.

 

[Graham1973]

Some wayward warships for an article entitled:

"Your Orders Are: Sink The Bismark!" (An entire fleet was committed in World War II's wildest grudge match.)

 

[Graham1973]

The Mk. 2 'Honey Trap'....

 

[Graham1973]

A stirring battle scene...

 

[amadolabonte]

I found this image on a website devoted to Pulp magazines and the 1950/60s 'Man Adventure' publications that were their successors, the picture (Apart from the apparently obligatory busty women...) I think is meant to illustrate an article on the Bruneval Raid Descarga gratuita, which was carried out by the British, not a random selection of lumberjacks and as for the German Radar, what the...!!?!

It’s not surprising that pulp magazines took creative liberties with historical events like the Bruneval Raid. These covers often prioritized eye-catching, dramatic scenes over accuracy—hence the lumberjack-like commandos and exaggerated radar equipment. The busty women were a hallmark of the genre, regardless of historical relevance. While the Bruneval Raid was a meticulously planned British mission to capture German radar technology, pulp art often turned such operations into sensationalized adventure stories to grab readers' attention.

 

[Justo Miranda]

It’s not surprising that pulp magazines took creative liberties with historical events like the Bruneval Raid. These covers often prioritized eye-catching, dramatic scenes over accuracy—hence the lumberjack-like commandos and exaggerated radar equipment. The busty women were a hallmark of the genre, regardless of historical relevance. While the Bruneval Raid was a meticulously planned British mission to capture German radar technology, pulp art often turned such operations into sensationalized adventure stories to grab readers' attention.

I should add that the British commandos wore regular uniforms and that the obsessive portrayal of guerrillas and militiamen as popular heroes of anti-fascist liberation by the media of the 1960s created an atmosphere of tolerance towards the terrorists that we are now paying for.In my opinion, when a country at war formally surrenders, it should not initiate guerrilla movements no matter how many Sten rifles the British send them by parachute. It is simply a deceitful attitude and contrary to the law of war. It didn't help much, in the end the war was won in the American factories and many unfortunate Europeans who believed in the "resistance" died an unnecessary death.